DISCIPLINE INITIATIVES
1. Development of a discipline policy statement relative to course transfers and program articulation.
2. Expand the utilization of the BAS to facilitate discipline articulation.
3. Examine how online courses and programs within the discipline can be coordinated, and how these courses and programs fit into transfer and articulation.
STATUS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1. The following discipline policy has been approved:
1) Each 2-year school with a computer-related degree should state one of the following in its catalog, for each degree program:
a) This degree prepares a student to finish a BS (or BA or BAS) in Computer Information Science (or some other program) at the following 4-year colleges:b) This degree has been designed to lead directly to entry into the workforce. It is not part of an articulation agreement with a 4-year college.2) The articulation agreement should list requirements that the students need to meet for the bachelor’s degree. Equivalencies of individual courses from the 2-year degree are not listed in this agreement.
3) The 200-or-300-level question does not need to be addressed. The articulation agreement lists specifically-identified courses which are to be taken within the 2-year degree program. There is a second group of specifically-identified courses which are to be taken at the 4-year school. Both sets of courses are selected to eliminate repetition of content.
4) Individual course equivalencies between 2-year and 4-year schools should be posted on those colleges' web sites, for those students who transfer without having completed a 2-year degree program.
Commentary: This proposal allows for a clear and easy transition from a completed 2-year degree program to a 4-year degree program. Students who are transferring between MnSCU institutions with less than a 2-year degree will have coursework transfers handled on a course-by-course basis as per Policy 3.21 [Undergraduate Credit Transfer]. Individual institutions can choose to articulate individual course transfers, as each feels to be most appropriate.
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We are just beginning to look at how we can best coordinate online efforts within the discipline, and how there coordinated efforts can lead to appropriate articulation across multiple MnSCU institutions to allow for both 2-year and 4-year degree programs.
NEAR-TERM PLANS
1. Continue to encourage the development of articulation agreements, as appropriate, within the discipline. This may best be accomplished by making certain that articulation agreements, as completed, to the discipline representatives throughout MnSCU.
2. Work to establish a BAS articulation agreement with a MnSCU 2-year institution's online degree (AS or AAS) program.
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