Transfer Model Curriculum Information

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Transfer Model Curriculum Information

In response to Senate Bill 1440 (Padilla, 2010), the Academic Senates for California Community Colleges and California State University decided to develop a faculty-led, state-wide, concerted effort to identify the course content for new associate degrees for transfer, which simultaneously award students an associate degree and prepare them for special benefits/guarantees upon transfer to CSU.  The C-ID infrastructure is being used to develop and vet the transfer model curriculum (TMC) in each of the most common transfer majors.  Further, C-ID is being used to develop “descriptors” for all the courses in the TMCs, providing assurances to students and faculty that courses offered at one institution are comparable to those elsewhere, provided they have the same C-ID number.  Once a TMC has been drafted by intersegmental discipline faculty, it is vetted on the C-ID site where feedback is posted by a wider sampling of faculty.  Once finalized, TMCs become available for community colleges to use as they develop their associate degree for transfer. 

Associate degrees for transfer are either AS-T degrees or AA-T degrees. The following AS-T degrees are approved for the use of a transferable general education pattern designed for STEM (i.e. IGETC or CSU GE Breadth for STEM): Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Science.

Please see below for the TMCs currently available for local consideration or degree submission (CCCCO template available). Note that any indicated general education status is a potential articulation that a course may carry; courses at individual colleges may vary.

Please see the links below for downloadable documents. For announcements related to your discipline please email c-idsupport@asccc.org to be added to your discipline's listserv.

CCC Chancellor’s Office degree templates

Proposed TMC review dates

TMCs and associated descriptors

Open Educational Resource (OER) Summaries by Transfer Model Curriculum

The ASCCC OERI has curated available open educational resources (OER) that align with TMC requirements. Please visit the Resource Summaries by TMC and CSU GE/C-ID on the ASCCC OERI website to access the collections organized by discipline. 

Finalized TMCs

Similar CSU degrees can be found on the SB1440 counseling page at: https://icangotocollege.com/associate-degree-for-transfer#programs

For additional information on the UC Transfer Pathways, visit the University of California Office Admissions page.

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TMCs Undergoing 5-Year Review

The Intersegmental Curriculum Workgroup (ICW), the body overseeing the curricular components of the implementation of Senate Bill 1440 (Padilla, 2010), recognizes that changes to a TMC may impact existing Associate Degrees for Transfer (ADT) at the 114 California community colleges and the designations of similar made by the 23 campuses of the California State University. Because it is critical that the impact of any TMC modification be assessed prior to implementation, the TMC 5-year review process will be a two-year process to ensure that changes are necessary and that the FDRG has time to fully consider all information and changes for the TMC.

5-Year Review for Fall 2021

• Environmental Science
• Law, Public Policy, and Society
• Music
• Social Work and Human Services

5-Year Review for Fall 2020

• Administration of Justice
• Child Development
• Computer Science
• Geology
• Global Studies
• Social Justice Studies
• Spanish
• Studio Arts

5-Year Review for Fall 2018

• Accounting (descriptors only)
• Elementary Teacher Education

5-Year Review for Fall 2016

• Anthropology
• Journalism

5-Year Review for Fall 2015

• History
• Theatre Arts
• Mathematics

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5-Year Review Completed Disciplines

The disciplines in the table below completed the 5-year review. You can access the summary documents by clicking on the link under "5-Year Summary Document". The updated TMCs are accessible under the section "Finalized TMCs".

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TMCs Open for Vetting

These are the TMCs currently open for vetting.

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TMCs — Closed for Vetting 

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