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Florida |
Statewide Course Numbering System |
State Statute |
Unknown |
- Program in which Associate in Arts degree graduates of a state-approved Florida community college is guaranteed admission as a junior to any state university as long as the institution has space, money and the curriculum to meet the student's needs.
- The common course numbering system maintains course information and identifying numbers and prefixes for more than 120,000 courses offered by 38 state supported vocational schools, 28 public community colleges, 10 state universities, and at least 2 private two-year colleges. This system is maintained by approximately 170 faculty discipline committees, 78 institutional coordinators, and 2 Department of Education employees.
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Illinois |
iTransfer or the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) |
Voluntary Agreement Between the Community Colleges and the Four-Year Institutions - Administered by the Illinois Board of Higher Education |
Approximately $500,000 per year plus administrative costs and salaries |
- The purpose of the program is to identify common curriculum requirements across associate and baccalaureate degrees and across institutions in order to facilitate student transfer. The Illinois Transferable General Education Core Curriculum is a package of freshman and sophomore level courses that will transfer from one to another of more than 100 participating schools and fulfill the lower-division general education requirements at the new (transfer) school.
- The program requires 3 website administrators, 2 co-coordinators, and 2.5 program management positions.
- The Illinois Transferable General Education Core Curriculum identifies the common general education coursework. The Baccalaureate Majors' Recommendations build on the transferable General Education Core Curriculum by identifying major and prerequisite courses that students need to complete to transfer as a junior into the specific major.
- Panels meet twice a year to review all courses in the program. This includes 5 general education panels (each with about 20 members) and 25 major panels.
- All community colleges in the state have voluntarily adopted this program.
- Because this is a voluntary program, there is not a required number or percentage of courses that the institutions must submit to the common course numbering system.
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Minnesota |
MNTransfer (Minnesota General Education Transfer Curriculum) |
Special Law (never codified). However, it is still binding and has not been amended since the law was adopted in 1991. |
The cost is not split out from either the University or Casper College Budget. Responsibilities are assigned to existing personnel and are not accounted for separately by either institution. |
- Common course numbering system in which over 3000 courses are transferable between the community colleges and the University of Wyoming, and over 400 general education courses share common titles, numbers, and expected learning outcomes.
- The University of Wyoming and the community colleges have developed a unique partnership, the products of which are a state-wide Higher Education Transfer Guide, which lists over 3000 courses that are transferable between the community colleges and the University of Wyoming, and among the community colleges.
- Faculty at the University of Wyoming review and approve all Wyoming community college courses for transfer and all "commonly named and numbered courses."
- These agreements are reached through annual "articulation meetings" of University and community college faculty in all of the core general education areas. More than 20 articulation meetings are held each year where University and community college faculty come together to discuss curriculum and make joint decisions concerning course content and expected learning outcomes.
- The Higher Education Transfer Guide is maintained and published annually by the University of Wyoming.
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