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Transfer and State Articulation Websites

Alabama	Indiana	Nebraska	South Carolina
Alaska	Iowa	Nevada	South Dakota
Arizona	Kansas	New Hampshire	Tennessee
Arkansas	Kentucky	New Jersey	Texas
California	Louisiana	New Mexico	Utah
Colorado	Maine	New York	Vermont
Connecticut	Maryland	North Carolina	Virginia
Delaware	Massachusetts	NorthDakota	Washington
Florida	Michigan	Ohio	West Virginia
Georgia	Minnesota	Oklahoma	Wisconsin
Hawai'i	Mississippi	Oregon	Wyoming
Idaho	Missouri	Pennsylvania
Illinois	Montana	Rhode Island

ALABAMA

Legislation: Ala. Code 16-5-8
Mandates general education (gen. ed.) transfer

Websites: http://stars.troy.edu

Acronyms: The Alabama Articulation and Gen. Studies Committee (AGEC) monitors the Statewide Transfer and Articulation Reporting System (STARS)

ALASKA

Legislation: None
However, cooperative agreements are in place, even though not mandated by law.

Website: Transfer Credit Resource website of the University of AlaskaFairbanks

http://www.uaf.edu/admissions/transfer

ARIZONA

Legislation: Title 15, sec. 1824
Mandates transfer of gen. ed. courses to 4-year AZ public universities [41 semester credits]

Websites: The University of Arizona Community College

Transfer Guide http://transferguides.arizona.edu

Items of special interest: Arizona has three forms of its gen. ed. curriculum: one for liberal arts majors (AGEC-A); one for business majors (AGEC-B); and one for science majors (AGEC-S).

See “Do We Need to ‘Fix’ the Associate of Arts / Oregon Transfer Degree?” by James C. Arnold, Dir. of Community College Articulation and Policy ( Oregon ); last paragraph mentions Arizona and Illinois practice. At http://www.ous.edu/aca/TransferPolicy.htm

ARKANSAS

Legislation: Ark. Code. Ann. 6-61-218
Gen. ed. transferable core

Web sites: Two-to-four articulation agreement in Arkansas

http://www.arkansashighered.com/artagree.html

State Minimum Core Curricula

http://www.arkansashighered.com/pdfs/statemin.pdf

Of special interest: Listing of Transfer Officers, 2004-2005 Arkansas State Four-Year Colleges and Universities. Part of “State Minimum Core Curricula” website above

CALIFORNIA

Legislation: Cal. Educ. Code sec. 66738
Responsibilities of governing board of each segment of
CA. higher education: Develop system-wide articulation agreements

Cal. Educ. Code sec. 66740
Responsibility of each department, school and major in the University of California and California State systems: Develop discipline-specific articulation agreements

Websites: Transfer pathways from the community colleges to the Univ. of California and Cal. State systems

http://www.cpec.ca.gov

California Articulation Number System

http://www.cansystem.org

California Virtual Campus: Links to 4,400 courses offered online by accredited CA institutions

http://www.cvc.edu

Acronym: ASSIST (Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer). Information to support students transferring into or among the CA higher educ. System

http://www.assist.org

COLORADO

Legislation: Colo. Rev. Stat. Sec. 23-13-104
Statewide expectations and goals for higher education

“Ensure that students who change degree programs lose only those credit hours that clearly and justifiably cannot apply in the degree program to which the student transfers.”

Also: Sec. 23-1-125
Student Bill of Rights

“Students have a right to know which courses are transferable among the state public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education.”

Colo. Rev. Stat. 23-1-108(7)

2-2 and 2-4 transfer – Among in-state public institutions

Colo. Rev. Stat. 23-1-108.5
Common course numbering

Web site: Statewide Transfer Policy

http://www.state.co.us/cche/policy/newpolicies/i-partl.pdf

CONNECTICUT

Legislation: Conn. Gen. Stat. Title 10a, Ch. 185a, secs. 10a-19a
Established an Advisory Council on Student Transfer and Articulation; gen. ed. transfer agreement across all state public higher ed. instits.

Web sites: Update from the Board of Governors for Higher Education, on transfer pathways from the University of Connecticut to Connecticut Community Colleges

http://www.ctdhe.org/info/pdfs/TransferandArticulation.pdf

Listing of Articulation Agreements between the University of Connecticut and Connecticut Community Colleges

http://www.commnet.edu/services/transfers.asp

DELAWARE

Legislation: None

Web sites: Transfer from Delaware tech. and community colleges to rest of system

http://www.dtcc.edu/programs

FLORIDA

Legislation: Title 48, K-20 Education Code

Ch. 1007 – Articulation and Access
Statewide articulation agreement (1007.23);
Statewide course numbering system (1007.24);
Gen. ed. transfer (1007.25) – 36 hours
N.B. The state Board of Ed. is to identify technical courses to be applicable to college credit.

Web sites: FACTS – Florida Academic Counseling and Tracking for Students

http://www.facts.org

Contains: Statewide Articulation Manual

Articulation Manuals for Independents FL Colls. & Univs.

University of Central Florida Transfer Services

http://www.transfer.sdes.ucf.edu

Includes a Transfer Student Counseling Manual, 2003-2004 (click on “Resources”) – Majors, support services, veterans’ affairs

Of special interest:

On the FACTS web site: “General education courses not taught in accordance with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schols Commission on Colleges criteria for programs designed for college transfer shall not be included in the associate in science degree.” (Discussion of “The Career Ladder Agreement,” paragraph 2. Page 28 when downloaded.)

GEORGIA

Legislation: None
But there is a core curriculum transfer

Web sites: Transferring Core Curriculum Credit between University System of Georgia : FAQs

http://www.usg.edu/academic/core_curriculum/faqu.phtml

Georgia Tech Transfer Equivalency Catalog

http://www.registrar.gatech.edu/stuudents.transfercredit.php

HAWAI'I

Legislation: None
There is, however, a 2-to-4 articulation agreement between the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the University of Hawaii Community Colleges)

Web site: “Admission of Transfer Students”

http://www.hawaii.edu/admrec/apptr.html

IDAHO

Legislation: None

Web sites:

Idaho Electronic Campus Includes links to distance programs at ID’s 7 state colleges

http://www.accessidaho.org/education

Statewide Nursing Articulation Agreement

http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/FactSheets/AA.htm

ILLINOIS

Legislation: 110 Ill. Compiled Statutes 805 – Public Community College Act
Sec. 2-11 – State policy is to ensure “maximum freedom of transfer” 2-to-4 and 2-to-2

Web sites: Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI)

http://www.itransfer.org

IAI Frequently Asked Questions

http://www.itransfer.org/IAI/FACT/Default.taf?page=QandA

Very useful and detailed; answers many specific questions. Discusses the Illinois Transferable General Education Core Curriculum (GECC), among other topics. (Minimum 37 semester or 56 quarter credits.)

INDIANA

Legislation: Ind. Code 20-12-17.1-1
The state educational institutions shall jointly identify at least thirty (30) semester credit hours of general education courses.

Ind. Code 20-12-17-1.2
Credits earned in any of those identified courses shall be transferable among all state educational institutions.

Web site: “State of Indiana Official Source for Course Transfer Information”

http://www.transferin.net

Of special interest: The above web site includes a list of “Transfer Contacts for the General Public” (a list of transfer, or admissions officers)

http://www.transferin.net/TransferContacts.htm

IOWA

Legislation: None

Web sites: Iowa State University – Transfer Credit Practices

http://www.iastate.edu/~catalog/2005-07/geninfo.admis.html

Listing of Articulation and Transfer Agreements between the three “Regents Universities” (UIowa; Iowa State ; U. of Northern Iowa) and the 15 community colleges

http://www2.state.ia.us/regents/2+2Council/articulationlisting.pdf

KANSAS

Legislation: Ks. Stat. Ann. 72-4453
Articulation between vocational-tech schools and the Community Colleges

Web site: Transfer Agreement and Articulation Guide: Kansas Public

Community Colleges – Kansas Public Universities

http://www.kckcc.cc.ks.us/catalog/trnsprg.psp

Kansas Community Colleges and Kansas Technical Schools Agreement

http://www.sccc.edu/academics/catalog/pdf/10%20Certificates%20and%20Graduation%20Requirements.pdf

If this link does not work, input the entire title, through “community colleges,” into Google

KENTUCKY

Legislation: Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. 164.296 – Vocational/tech to cc articulation

Also 151B.250 – School-to-careers articulation (secondary schools)

Web sites: Gen. Ed. Transfer Policy

http://www.cpe.state.ky.us/going2/going2_transfer_planning_getp.asp

Gen. ed. program of 48 hours includes a 33-hr. Core Transfer Component

If this link does not work, input “General Education Transfer Policy” into Google

Baccalaureate Program Transfer Frameworks

http://www.cpe.state.ky.us/going2_notes.pdf

Shows courses fr. and sophomores should take for specific majors.

LOUISIANA

Legislation: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. 17:3129:1
Common core course articulation

Web sites: Louisiana Board of Regents Articulation System

http://app1008lsu.edu/bor/articulation.nsf/BackGroundPage?OpenPage

Louisiana Public Higher Education General Education Course Articulation Matrix [A Crosswalk of Gen. Ed. Courses]

http://www.regents.state.la.us/pdfs/crossw13.pdf

If these links do not work, input the entire title into Google.

MAINE

Legislation: None

Web sites: Maine Community College System

http://www.mccs.me.edu/student/student.html

Maine Technical College System Contains “Tech Prep Maine ” – “an articulation bridge from high school and vocational education to higher ed.”

http://www.mtcs.net/techprep.html

Of special interest: Listing of transfer officers (1999)

http://www.maine.edu/transferofficers.html

MARYLAND

Legislation: Md. Code. Annotated 11-207
The Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) is to encourage flexibility among higher ed. segments and establish standards for articulation agreements.

Web sites: University System of Maryland : FAQs

http://www.usmd.edu/FAQ.html

ARTSYS – The Articulation System for MD public postsecondary

http://artweb.usmd.edu

Maryland Independent Colleges and Universities (MICUA)

http://www.micua.org/sup6.htm

“Student Guide to Transfer Among Maryland Colleges and Universities”

http://www.mhec.state.md.us/preparing/stuguide.asp

Note: Contains a list of Transfer Coordinators (at the public institutions)

MASSACHUSETTS

Legislation: Mass. Ann. Laws
Ch. 75, sec. 1A – Discusses access generally, although not transfer specifically

Ch. 74, sec. 24B – Coordination between voc-tech schools and public higher education shall be encouraged by the state board of education and the state board of regents

Web sites: The Commonwealth Transfer Compact

http://www.bristol.mass.edu/students/transfer/transfer_compact.html

Provides for 2-to-4 transfer, with a 35-credit common core. “D” grades will transfer.

MICHIGAN

Legislation: Mich. Stat. Ann. Sec. 15.1919
Career preparation system – Includes articulation agreements and apprenticeship programs

Web site: The MACRAO Articulation Agreement and Guidelines (effective 1973-74)

Oriented toward 2-to-4 transfer. Expresses a “common understanding;” subject to limitations or exceptions by an individual college.

http://academicsenate.cmich.edu/Policy/THE_MACRAO_ARTICULATION_AGREEMENT.pdf

If the link does not work, input the whole title into Google.

MINNESOTA

Legislation: Minn. Session Laws

Ch. 356, Art. 2, sec. 8 – “By January 1, 2002 , the Board [of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities] must implement the Minnesotatransfer curriculum at all state colleges and universities.”

Ch. 136F.32 -- Students who have earned a certificate in a vocational or technical field may earn a degree in the same field if they complete general education and other degree requirements.

Web sites: MN Transfer – Official State Transfer Guide

http://www.mntransfer.org

MISSISSIPPI

Legislation: Miss. Code 37-153-3
Legislative intent: To develop a regionally-based system of education in-state to “make maximum use of limited resources….”

Web site: Mississippli Institutions of Higher Learning: The Articulation System [by major]

http://www.msuniversities.org/studentadvisor/articulation.asp

Individual institutions can allow additional courses to transfer.

MISSOURI

Legislation: None

Web site: Missouri Department of Higher Education Academic Affairs

http://dhe.mo.gov/mdhecentralprinciplescredit.shtml

Refers to Midwest Student Exchange Program

Covers some programs in six states: Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, and North Dakota.

Contains gen. ed. policy and transfer course equivalencies

Credit Transfer: Guidelines for Student Transfer and Articulation Among Missouri Colleges and Universities

http://www.cmsu.edu/provost/pdf/transferguidelines.PDF

MONTANA

Legislation: None

Web sites: Montana University System 2002 Transfer Project

http://www.montana.edu/wwwbor/TransferProj1-02ATT.htm

“About the Montana Transferable Core Curriculum”

http://www.montana.edu/wwwoche

[OCHE = Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education] Contains online transfer course equivalency guides for 5 Montana state institutions

NEBRASKA

Legislation: Nebr. Rev. Stats. 85-963
Encourages 2-to-4 transfer within the state system

Web sites: Nebraska Transfer Initiative

http://www.wncc.net/general/NEtransfer.html

“Effectively, through this initiative, associate and baccalaureate-granting institutions are equal partners in providing the first two years of a baccalaureate degree.” [Bold-face in original.]

Western Nebraska Community College : Transfer Initiative Associate of Arts Degree Courses

http://www.wncc.net/general/NETransferCourses2.html

NEVADA

Legislation: None

Web sites: College Transfer Directory – Nevada

http://www.collegeprofiles.com/transfer/nv.html

As of this time, only the link for UNV-Las Vegas is live.

University and Community College System of Nevada – Transfer Information 1998-99

http://www.nevada.edu/academ/transferinfo.htm

Transfer Rights and Responsiblities for Students and Institutions.

http://system.nevada.edu/Resources/Students/Transfer-R/

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Legislation: Title 15, ch. 188-F
Mandates development of articulation agreements between community -- technical colleges and the university system of New Hampshire.

Web site: University of New Hampshire Undergraduate Admissions

http://www.unh.edu/admissions/transfer/apply/html

Of special interest:

The above web site states: “Courses taken in the Liberal Arts curriculum at any New Hampshire Community Technical College are now 100 percent transferable to UNH.”

And, same site: “Completion of an associate’s degree in liberal arts fulfills the UNH general education requirement, a 10-course sequence all UNH students must complete.”

NEW JERSEY

Legislation: State of New Jersey Executive Order #81 ( Nov. 4, 2003 )

http://www.njtransfer.org

“NJ Transfer is a web-based statewide initiative to improve the transfer of community college students to four-year colleges and universities in New Jersey .” Good statement of policy goals and proposed initiatives.

Web sites: New Jersey Statewide Transfer Initiative

http://www.njtransfer.org/main.asp

NEW MEXICO

Legislation: N.M. Stat. Ann. 21-1B-1
Postsecondary Education Articulation Act
Statewide transfer of lower-division common core.

Web sites: State Policy and Community College Baccalaureate Transfer

http://www.highereducation.org/reports/transfer/transfer11.shtml

National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education – Background on transfer policies in New Mexico

http://www.highereducation.org/reports/transfer/transfer11.shtml

NEW YORK

Legislation: N.Y. State Consolidated Laws, Art. 8, sec. 351(f)
Promote “appropriate program articulation” between the state’s universities and community colleges.

Web sites: State Policy and Community College Baccalaureate Transfer

http://www.highereducation.org/rreports/transfer/transfer12.shtml

Links to institutional websites at state Education Department

http://www.nysed.gov

NORTH CAROLINA

Legislation: Ch. 116, sec. 11(1)
“The Board of Governors shall plan and develop a coordinated system of higher education in North Carolina.”

Web sites: Comprehensive Articulation Agreements between the University of North Carolina (UNC) and the NC Community College System (NCCCS)

http://www.ga.unc.edu/student_info/caa/

Integrated Counseling and Advisement Network (NC)

http://www.cpcc.edu/ican/general/collegetransfer.faq.htm

Note: “As a rule, Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees do not transfer to NC four-year institutions.”

NORTH DAKOTA

Legislation: Chapter 15-10.1 Reciprocal Higher Education Agreements

It is “desirable” for state and private colleges in North Dakota to provide means for in-state students to obtain courses “in the most expedient manner and at the least possible cost.”

Web site: A Guide to Transfer within the North Dakota University System

http://www.ndus.nodak.edu/students/

Contains an Articulation Agreement Index

OHIO

Legislation: Title 33, secs. 3333.16, .17, and .18

Ensure transfer “in the most efficient and effective manner” (3333.16)

Develop course equivalencies, “so that transfer is “not inhibited by inconsistent judgment about the application of transfer credits.” (Ditto)

Also: Extend in-state tuition rates to students in contiguous (333.17) and neighboring (3333.17) states, if the other state extends the same courtesy to Ohio students.

Web sites: Ohio Board of Regents: Ohio Articulation and Transfer Policy

http://www.regents.state.oh.us/transfer/policy.html

Proposed Changes to Ohio ’s Transfer and Articulation Policy: Report to the Academic Senate

http://cc.ysu.edu/acad-senate/articulationtransfer_oct03.pdf

OKLAHOMA

Legislation: OK. Stat. Title 70, Ch. 50, sec. 3207.1
Legislative intent to facilitate system transfer

Web sites: Course Equivalency Project: Course equivalencies discipline-by-discipline Includes several private institutions

http://www.okhighered.org

Transfer Policies

http://www.okhighered.org/student-center/transfer-stdnts/policies.shtml

OREGON

Legislation: Or. Rev. Stat. 348.470 – Foster 2-to-4 cooperation

Or. Rev. Stat. 351.070 – Biennial reports required from State Bd. of Higher Education on its cooperation with the State Bd. of Education re: developing policies to ensure the maximum transfer of credit.

Web site: Oregon University System: Joint Boards Articulation Commission – The Articulation and Transfer Home Page for Transfer Students and Transfer Student Issues

http://www.ous.edu/aca/jbac.html

Joint project of both boards – see above

PENNSYLVANIA

Legislation: Pa. Code Title 22, ch. 40.24 ‘’ “Articulation agreements”

State policy favors

Web sites: Pennsylvania Transfer System (PATS)

http://www.passhe.edu/content/?/office/academic/assport/transfer

History and Survey of Articulation in Pennsylvania

http://www.msacroa.org/news/99spring/articpa.html

RHODE ISLAND

Legislation: R.I. Gen. Laws 16-45-1.1 Vocational programs shall be organized for maximum articulation between educational levels.

Web sites: Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education – Course-by-Course Transfer Agreements between CCRI (Comm. Coll. of Rhode Island ), URI, and Rhode Island College

http://www.ribghe.org/course_0001.htm

Community College of Rhode Island – Listing of articulation agreements with four-year institutions

http://www.ccri.edu/Admissions/traagree.shtml (as of 1997)

SOUTH CAROLINA

Legislation: S.C. Code Ann. 59-52-100
South Carolina School-to-Work Transition Act

Emphasis on voc/tech articulation with the rest of postsecondary education

Web site: List of Articulation Agreements and Transfer Guidelines for Public Institutions of Higher Education in South Carolina

http://72.14.203.104/search?q+cache:7wt5vuofUP]www.che.sc.gov/AcademicAffairs/TR

Of special interest: “List of Institutional Chief Transfer Officers at Public Institutions of Higher Education in South Carolina .” For the academic year 2003-2004.

http://www.che.sc.gov/AcademicAffairs/TRANSFER/Transfer.htm

SOUTH DAKOTA

Legislation: S.D. Codified Laws 13-53-44

Technical institutions – transfer of credit

Web site: South Dakota Board of Regents Policy Manual: System to System Articulation of General Education Courses with South Dakota Technical Institutes

http://ww.edbor.edu/policy/policy.htm

TENNESSEE

Legislation: Tenn. Code Annotated 49-7-202(9)(d)

The Tenn. Higher Educ. Commission “shall guard against inappropriate and unnecessary conflict and duplication by promoting transferability of credits and easy access of information among institutions.”

Web site: List of Common Course Numbers and Rubrics in the Tennessee

Board of Regents System

http://www.tbr.state.tn.us/student_information/transferinfo2.htm

TEXAS

Legislation: Tex. Educ. Code Annotated 61.821

Core curriculum, to develop a “seamless system of higher education”
Texas also has a Texas Common Course Number System (TCCNS)

Web sites: Transfer and Articulation Resource Information for Students

http://www.austin.cc.tx.us/transfer/terms.pdf

Texas Common Course Numbering System

http://www.tccns.org

Links to additional equivalency guides, Texas-related

http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/transfer/Updates/March2001.htm

UTAH

Legislation: Utah Code Annotated 53B-16-102

Web site: State Board of Regents policies

http://www.utahsbr.edu/policy/r465.htm

R465, General Education
R471, Transfer of Credit
R472, Course Numbering
(for courses with “substantially identical” content and level)

VERMONT

Legislation: None

Web sites: Vermont State College System

http://web.vsc.edu/current/325.html

Note: The state system has an official state transcript that includes edits earned at all five state colleges.

University of Vermont Transfer Guidelines

http://www.uvm.edu/admissions/transfer/?Page=ugapply.html

Articulation agreement – UVM and Community College System of Vermont

http://www.uvm.edu/admissions/transfer/?Page=ccv.html

VIRGINIA

Legislation: Va. Code Annotated 23-49.22:3

“In developing upper level undergraduate educational programs, the boards shall consider articulation agreements and course offerings at area community colleges to ensure the appropriate breadth and availability of coursework.”

Web sites: Virginia’s Policy on College Transfer ( Oct. 1, 2004)

http://www.schev.edu/Student/StatePolicyOnTransfer.pdf

The Condition of Transfer in the Commonwealth

http://www.schev.edu/Reportstats/ConditionOfTransferInthe CommonwealthReport2003.pdf

Interesting discussion of what has not worked, as well as what has. If the link does not work, input the exact title into Google, and you will be able to access it.

WASHINGTON (State of)

Legislation: Wash. Revised Code Annotated 28B.80.280 Statewide transfer of credit policy, including technical colleges

Web site: Transfer Credit Policies, University of Washington Undergraduate

http://admit.washington.edu/BeforeYuApply/Transfer/Plan/CreditPolicies

WEST VIRGINIA

Legislation: W.Va. Code 18B-1B-1 Establishes higher education policy commission

Web site: West Virginia State Community and Technical College

http://www.wvsctc.edu/AcademicPolicies/ArticulationServices.htm

WISCONSIN

Legislation: Wis. Statutes and Annotations

Ch. 38 – Technical College System 38.001((3)(a) (2) – Goal is to facilitate coordination between secondary schools, technical colleges, and colleges.

Web site: University of Wisconsin Transfer Information System

http://www.uwsa.edu/tis

Includes links to the technical colleges, as well

WYOMING

Legislation: Wyo. Statutes Annotated 21-16-602 State policy is to facilitate articulation, including sharing of facilities, personnel and technology.

Web site: Wyoming Statewide Course Catalog

http://outreach.uwyo.edu/wyocatalog/index_search.asp