Ii. Preparation of Articulation Agreements

II. PREPARATION OF ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS

A. Introduction B. New Program Articulation: Different Degree Programs C. Developing Articulation Agreements D. Sample Articulation Agreement

OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS OFFICE OF PROGRAM REVIEW, ARTICULATION AND TRANSFER

FACULTY HANDBOOK FOR THE PREPARATION OF NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

REVISED AUGUST 2014

II. PREPARATION OF ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS

A. Introduction

Formal articulation agreements are common practice among colleges and universities in the United States. They facilitate the smooth passage of students from one college to another by: (1) detailing the course of study to be followed in order to transfer into a specific program; (2) ensuring the maximum number of credits upon transfer; and (3) spelling out the conditions under which transfer may take place. In addition, formal articulation assists faculty and administrators in establishing and maintaining communication, as well as sustaining an ongoing working relationship on behalf of the many students who transfer from one college to another each year.

The Board of Trustees’ 1993 Policy on Academic Program Planning contains two resolutions that emphasize the importance of articulation. The first reaffirms the importance of inter-college collaboration in offering academic programs and calls upon the colleges to pursue college-to-college articulation agreements. The second reaffirms the importance of strong and effective University-wide policies and procedures regarding articulation in order to ensure the maximum transfer of credits. Also please note, The State Education Department now requires articulation agreements for all transfer programs, (A.A., A.S.).

Articulation agreements should conform to the relevant Board policies on transfer of credit. These are: 1973 Policy on A.A.S. Transfer; 1985 Policy on the Transfer of Liberal Arts and Science Courses (also administrative Guidelines for the 1985 Policy); 1993 on Academic Program Planning; and the 1995 Policy on Degree Credit Limitation and the 2011 Resolution on Creating an Efficient Transfer System. Generally, the more specific the agreement, the more useful it is for both the students and the institutions.

A sample for faculty consideration is provided in Section VI.D. of this Handbook. The list of elements and the model format were derived from common elements in existing CUNY articulation agreements. They are not intended to limit the scope of the agreements, but rather to assist in their preparation.

B. New Program Articulation: Different Degree Programs

The sole purpose of an articulation agreement is to guarantee students that all of their completed course work will transfer. Within CUNY there is also a Board Policy of a 60/120 degree credit limit, respectively, for associate and baccalaureate programs. Therefore, colleges should strive to facilitate a seamless transfer from one program to another with no loss of credit and the optimal course-by-course equivalency should be obtained. While this may require some effort, it will lead to improving curricula and will ultimately benefit students. Granting electives credits should be done only when all course equivalencies have been exhausted. This practice should be limited to one or two course. Colleges are encouraged to begin articulation discussions at the earliest stages of new program development.

The guidelines below for the submission of articulation agreements with new program proposals reflect these considerations, within the framework of Board policies:

Undergraduate Liberal Arts and Science Programs (A.A., A.S., B.A., and B.S.): At least one CUNY articulation agreement must be included in each new program proposal. Additional CUNY agreements are encouraged. Agreements with a non-CUNY institution are also encouraged.

Undergraduate Professional Programs: At least one CUNY articulation agreement must be included in new program proposals. Professional programs that must meet certification or accreditation requirements may not be able to articulate seamlessly. These programs should, however, negotiate “best fit” agreements that ensure a maximum number of transfer credits toward the degree.

Occupational and Career-Specific A.A.S. Programs: At least one CUNY articulation agreement must be included in A.A.S. new program proposals that have parallel or related programs at the senior colleges.

Graduate Programs: In general, graduate programs are not required to submit articulation agreements with new program proposals. Exceptions are: (1) doctoral programs that are integrally linked to master’s programs either through accreditation requirements or because they grant transfer credit for master’s or doctoral-level work completed in the master’s programs and, (2) master’s programs that are integrally linked to undergraduate programs.

C. Developing Articulation Agreements

Proposal

The Curriculum section of the proposal should summarize the articulation agreement(s). Please append the actual agreement(s) to the proposal.

Minimally, articulation agreements should address the following areas:

• Names of articulating institutions, degrees, programs and departments affected by the agreement; • Program admission requirements of receiving college, such as minimum GPA, auditions/portfolios, etc.; • Total transfer credits granted toward the baccalaureate degree; • Total additional credits required at the senior college to complete baccalaureate degree; • List of lower division courses and credits, including general education and prerequisite requirements, clearly indicating the college to college transfer of Pathways categories and major gateway courses. Include course-to-course equivalency information (with transfer credit granted.) • List of upper division courses (prerequisite and major courses as well as remaining general education requirements, with credits) for completion of the baccalaureate degree; • Procedures for reviewing, updating, modifying or terminating the agreement (generally, this will occur when the programs undergo regular, periodic program reviews): • Procedures for evaluating the agreement, e.g., tracking the number of students who transfer under the agreement and their success (generally, this will form part of outcomes assessment for the programs, departments, or college); • Procedures developed by both sending and receiving colleges for publicizing agreements, (e.g., college catalog, transfer advisors, Websites); • Effective date of the agreement; and • Dated signatures of Department Chairpersons and Chief Academic Officers.

D. Sample Articulation Agreement

THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

ARTICULATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN

LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

AND

JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

A. SENDING AND RECEIVING INSTITUTIONS

Sending Institution: LaGuardia Community College Department: Social Science Program: Liberal Arts: Social Science & Humanities Degree: Associate of Arts

Receiving Institution: John Jay College of Criminal Justice Department: Anthropology Program: Anthropology Degree: Bachelor of Arts

B. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR SENIOR COLLEGE PROGRAM

Minimum GPA- 2.0

To gain admission to John Jay College, students must be skill certified, meaning: • Have earned a grade of ‘C’ or better in a credit-bearing mathematics course of at least 3 credits • Have earned a grade of ‘C’ or better in freshmen composition, its equivalent, or a higher-level English course

Total transfer credits granted toward the baccalaureate degree: 60 credits

Total additional credits required at the senior college to complete baccalaureate degree: 60 credits

C. COURSE-TO-COURSE EQUIVALENCIES AND TRANSFER CREDIT AWARDED

LaGuardia Community College John Jay College Credits Course Number & Title Credits Course Number & Title Credits Awarded LAGCC General Education Requirements English: 6 credits ENG/ENC 101: English Composition I 3 ENG 101 Composition I 3 3 ENG 102: Writing through 3 ENG 201 Composition II 3 3 Literature Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning: 3 credits Select one: 3 3 MAT 107: Mathematics and the MAT 108: Social Science Modern World Mathematics MAT 112: College Algebra MAT 105: College Algebra MAT 118: Introductory Statistics STA 250: Principles and Methods of Statistics Life and Physical Sciences: 3 credits Select one: 3 These courses satisfy the Life 3 SCB 101: Topics in Biological and Physical Sciences core Sciences requirement at John Jay SCC 101: Topics in Chemistry SCP101: Topics in Physics SCP 140: Topics in Astronomy Flexible: 18 credits Select one course from each of the 18 John Jay accepts courses taken at 18 five following areas AND one LaGuardia under this heading as satisfying additional course from any flexible the flexible core requirements at John Jay. core category. Note: Student can select only two courses from any one discipline: • World Cultures and Global Issues • US Experience in its Diversity • Creative Expression • Individual and Society • Scientific World Subtotal 30 Program Core: 30 credits New Student Seminar 0 No equivalent 0 0 ENG 103: Research Paper 3 (blanket composition) 3 ELL 101: Introduction to Literature 3 (ENG elective – 100-level) 3 ENG/ELA, select one: 3 • ELF 250: Contemporary • (blanket lit.) Francophone Lit. in Translation • ELI 250: Italian Literature in • (blanket lit.) Translation • ELJ 250: Japanese Literature in • (blanket lit.) Translation • ELS 250: Contemporary Latin Amer. • (blanket lit.) Literature in Translation

• ENG 204: Asian American Lit. • (blanket lit.)

• ENG 235: Cultural Identity in • (blanket lit.) American Literature • ENG 245: Images of Women in Lit. • (blanket lit.) • ENG 247:The Woman Writer • (blanket lit.) • ENG 248: Latino/Latina Writing of • LIT 265 Foundations of the United States U.S. Latino/a Literature • ENG 261: Literature of Difference: Lesbian/Gay Writers • (blanket lit.) Humanities, select two: 6 6 • HUA 101 Introduction to Art • ART 101 Introduction to • HUN 195 Art in New York Art • HUC 101 Fundamentals of Speech • ART 201 Art in New York Communication • COM 113 Oral • HUC 106 Public Speaking Communication • HUC 150 The Art of Film • COM 113 Oral Com. • HUT 170 Art of Theatre • DRA 106 Intro to Film • HUC 270 American Film • DRA 110 Intro to Theatre • HUM 101 Introduction to Music • (blanket film)

• HUM 210 American Music • MUS 101 Intro to Music • HUP 101 Intro. to Philosophy • (blanket music) • HUP 104 Ethics and Moral Issues • PHI 231 Intro to • HUP 105 Philosophy of Religion Philosophy • HUP 106 Social and Political Phil. • PHI 102 Ethical Foundations • Philosophy of Religion • PHI 203 Political Philosophy Liberal Arts: 3 3 3 LIB 200 Humanism, Science and (blanket) Technology Social Science (6 credits): • SSA 100 Introduction to 3 • Introduction to Cultural 3 3 Anthropology Anthropology and, select one: • SSH 101 Themes in American 3 • HIS 201 American 3 3 History to 1865 Civilization – Colonial • SSH 102 Themes in American Times to Civil War History Since 1865 • HIS 202 American • SSH 103 Western Civ. from Ancient Civilization – From 1865 to Times to the Renaissance the Present • SSH 104 Western Civ. from the • (blanket history) Renaissance to Modern Times • (blanket history) • SSH 105 World History from • HIS 204 The Medieval Ancient Times to 1500 World • SSH 106 World History from 1500 • HIS 205 The Modern to the Present World • SSH 110 East Asia Civilization and • (blanket history) Society • AAH 211 African American

• SSH 231 Afro-American History History I • PLH 166 History of the • SSH 232 Survey of Latin American Caribbean Islands and Caribbean History

Other Anthropology courses (in place of free electives), 6 credits SSA 101 Cultural Anthropology 3 (blanket anthropology) 3 SSN 182 Urban Anthropology 3 ANT 208 Urban Anthropology 3 3 Subtotal 6 Total 60

D. SENIOR COLLEGE COURSES REMAINING FOR BACCALAUREATE DEGREE

Course Number & Title Credits General Education Requirements (from JJC “College Option”) One 300-level Justice Core course from Struggles for Justice in the U.S. or Justice in Global 3 Perspectives One course from Learning from the Past or Communications 3 Total Gen Ed at JJC 6 Remaining Requirements in Major 1) Major Sequence, 21 credits (minus 6 taken at LAGCC) ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (satisfied at LaGuardia) 0 ANT 208 Urban Anthropology (satisfied at LaGuardia) 0 ANT 212 Applied Anthropology 3 ANT 2XX Language and Culture 3 ANT 3XX Theory in Anthropology 3 ANT 3XX Class, Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Anthropological Perspective 3 ANT 4XX Anthropology of Contemporary Problems 3 Subtotal 15 2) Research Methods Requirement, 6 credits STA 250 Statistics 3 ANT 3XX Ethnographic Research Methods 3 Subtotal 6

Major Electives, 9 credits The Anthropology major offers two concentrations; students choose one or the other. Concentration A: Global Cultural Forms and Social Inequalities (“Social Inequality”) Choose 3 9 (as A) courses from among the following: • ANT 210 Sex and Culture • ANT 224 Death and Dying in Society • ANT 230 Culture and Crime • ANT 310 Culture and Personality • ANT 3XX Anthropology of Work • ANT 3XX Anthropology of Global Health • ANT 3XX Anthropology and Development • ANT 3XX Structural Violence and Social Suffering • ANT 4XX Special Topics Concentration B: Anthropology of Law, Power and Politics (“Law”) 9 (as B) Choose 3 courses from among the following: • ANT/ENG 228 Introduction to Language

• ANT 230 Culture and Crime • ANT 315 Systems of Law • ANT/ENG 328 Forensic Linguistics • ANT 330 American Cultural Pluralism and the Law • ANT 3XX Structural Violence and Social Suffering • ANT 4XX Special Topics in Anthropology Subtotal 9 Total credits in major at John Jay 36 Credits Remaining (outside Gen Ed and Major) Free electives 24 Total credits at John Jay 60

John Jay General Education Requirements 6 Remaining Core Requirements in Major 30 John Jay Electives 24

Total Credits to be earned at John Jay College: 60 Total Credits to be earned at LAGCC: 60 Total Credits required for B.A. degree: 120

E. ARTICULATION AGREEMENT FOLLOW-UP PROCEDURES

1. Procedures for reviewing, updating, modifying or terminating agreement:

LaGuardia Community College faculty and John Jay College faculty will review and analyze the strength of the curriculum and the success of students on an annual basis as part of their annual assessment activities. Modifications will be made as required.

Changes Neither party may change this agreement unilaterally. Proposed changes in policies or curricula by either party must be communicated in writing to the other party and agreed upon in consultation with relevant officials, including faculty, of each institution. Any changes agreed upon must be signed, dated, and attached to this agreement.

Notice of Cancellation Either party may independently cancel this agreement by notifying the other party no less than one academic year before the intended date of cancellation.

2. Procedures for evaluating agreement, i.e., tracking the number of students who transfer under the articulation agreement and their success:

The CUNY Institutional Research Database will be used to track performance (in terms of credit accumulation and GPA) and persistence (in terms of retention and graduation) of all Kingsborough Community College students who transfer to CUNY Senior Colleges.

3. Sending and receiving college procedures for publicizing agreement, e.g., college catalogs, transfer adviser, websites, etc.:

LaGuardia Community College and John Jay College will collaborate in publicizing this agreement on their websites and in their catalogs. They will share brochures and other marketing materials including web-based promotions. Transfer advisors will be made aware of this agreement and will have available all necessary materials to publicize the agreement to the students with whom they work.

Effective Date: Fall 2014

FOR LAGUARDIA FOR JOHN JAY COLLEGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE of CRIMINAL JUSTICE

______Lorraine Cohen, Ph.D. Anthony Marcus, Ph.D. Chairperson, Social Science Chairperson, Anthropology LaGuardia Community College John Jay College of Criminal Justice

______Paul Arcario, Ph.D. Jane Bowers, Ph.D., Vice President for Academic Affairs Provost, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs