Articulation Information:
PVC's Course Articulation Process for new courses submitted for GE (flowchart by Irma Gonzalez, AO):
Courses submitted for GE approval: All courses created during the academic year needing GE approval are submitted at the same time in July for UC-TCA articulation (except for rare exceptions) and colleges usually hear back mid-October. UC will review a course first to see if it is transferable to their system, and if so, they will they review later on to deem it as a GE course or not. Sometimes UC will allow a re-submission in October for about one week, but that isn't always a given. Those courses, if approved by UC, are then submitted in December of the same year to CSU-GE/IGETC, and PVC usually hears back in April. CSU sometimes allows a re-submission in June for about a week. If approved by CSU-GE/IGETC, your new course will be able to be offered in a following Fall semester. Please refer to the above chart. Please contact the articulation officer (AO) for any questions regarding GE and articulation questions. Please refer to the C-ID and TMC websites when submitting courses and programs.
IGETC: Please refer to the Guiding Notes for General Education Reviewers .
NON-GE Courses: There are courses that have UC TCA approval and count towards either elective credit or major prep, but do not apply to general education in either the IGETC or CSU GE. Although some subjects are approved for UC TCA (meaning that the UCs offer similar courses and that meet the minimum standards), they are not relevant to any of the GE areas, so don’t show up on the IGETC/CSU GE. Normally, the goal is to get the course approved for as many different requirements in order to attract students to take the course and so the course will transfer. However, if the UC doesn’t offer similar courses, then it will not be approved for UC TCA.
Any PVC course with a number 100 or above can transfer to a CSU. The course can end up as elective credit, GE credit or major prep credit.
Programs: Any updates to a previously approved ADT will need to be re-submitted (such as adding a course). ADT's need to be reviewed every five years. Also, after each completed 5-year TMC review, colleges will need to make sure their ADTs match the TMC's. Colleges have one year to align with the new TMC template. Changes made to a program won't take effect until the following Fall.