Working Toward Course Transferability Within and

Beyond the Colorado Community College System

Eleanor Camann

Red Rocks Community College

CCCS Discipline Chair

• 18 participant colleges

• Coordinate Curriculum Initiatives

• Consensus via listserv & semi-annual meetings

• Biggest challenge is lack of participation

General Transfer Courses

• Additional review process involving representatives from 4-year programs

• Mandatory transfer of approved courses to any public institution of higher learning in state

• Originally only “core” courses

• Now, if not GT, most courses > 2 credits do not get sufficient enrollment to be viable

Articulation Agreements with Individual Schools

• Especially important if their courses have non-traditional prefixes/names (i.e. no clear “equivalent”)

• e.g. Colorado School of Mines– Earth and Environmental Systems (SYGN)

• Benefits both schools by making transfer process easier & boosting enrollments

• Helps students by clarifying requirements & reducing hassles