Minnesota Transfer, Transfer Resources for Educators

Transfer Specialists: Transfer Resources: Discipline/Department Articulation Councils

Discipline/Department Articulation Councils

Each Discipline/Department Articulation Council???a group of Minnesota State Colleges & Universities faculty members from a single discipline or program area who are appointed through Inter Faculty Organization (IFO) and Minnesota State College Faculty (MSCF) procedures???meet as needed to help build the essential base of knowledge, understanding, trust, and mutual respect that supports equitable treatment of transfer students. These councils provide part of the structure for continuing faculty communication across system and institutional boundaries. The council oversight ensures appropriate, high-quality education for students who transfer within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.

Council Responsibilities

1. to improve articulation of disciplines and selected program areas;
2. to provide assurance of comparable, appropriate preparation of students across systems;
3. to recommend for systems, and institutions, consideration and adoption strategies to achieve 1 and 2.

Each council discusses course goals and content, pedagogy, student requirements, and issues of concern in each field. The council goals are:

The charge to each council is to identify transfer issues in their disciplines and to specify corresponding strategies or solutions to these issues.

Email List Information

1. Click on the appropriate department/discipline below.
2. Enter your email address and name (optional) in the spaces provided.
3. Click on the Subscribe button.

An email list for each council has been created so meeting attendees and others may articulate their issues and resolutions. The email lists require that you log-in with your email address; a password is not needed. The email lists are open to anyone that wishes to submit comments or view the messages. To join the lists:

Your participation in the email list discussion is encouraged.