715-025-0020 MAJOR TRANSFER MAP CURRICULUM ARTICULATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CONTENT (1) Not later than December 31 of the year the Commission determines a CAP shall be developed for a major course of study, the Transfer Council shall appoint and charge a subcommittee for such purpose. (2) The Subcommittee appointed by the Council shall develop the CAP, which must: (a) Identify an approved Core Transfer Map that makes up a portion of CAP coursework requirements. (b) Enable a student to transfer from a community college to a public university listed in ORS 352.002 without the loss of academic credit or the requirement to retake a course at a public university that the student has successfully completed at a community college, provided that the grade in each course that is transferred meets the degree requirements established by the CAP; (c) Contain provisions that identify the optimal number of academic credits, including credits in the major course of study, that the student should have when the student transfers from a community college to a public university listed in ORS 352.002 in order for the student to efficiently receive a bachelor’s degree; (d) Define the classes and completion standards for the optimal number of academic credits identified in subsection (c) of this section that may be taken at a community college; (e) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, ensure that if a student at a community college has completed 90 academic credits of coursework in conformity with the completion standards identified in subsection (d) of this section and transfers to a public university listed in ORS 352.002, the student will: (A) Receive junior status in the major course of study at the public university; and (B) Be able to receive a bachelor’s degree in the major course of study by completing the additional academic credits identified in the CAP after transferring, based on the total number of academic credits and standards approved by the accrediting body for the public university; (f) For CAPs that in subsection (c) of this section identify an optimal number of academic credits to transfer other than 90, ensure that if a student at a community college has completed the identified number of academic credits of coursework in conformity with the completion standards identified in subsection (d) of this section and transfers to a public university listed in ORS 352.002, the student will: (A) Receive status at the public university, based on the number of academic credits referenced in the CAP, that is comparable to the status of students with the same number of academic credits in the major course of study who began their post-secondary studies at the public university; and (B) Be able to receive a bachelor’s degree in the major course of study by completing the additional academic credits identified in the CAP after transferring, based on the total number of academic credits and standards approved by the accrediting body for the public university; and (g) Explore alignment, to the greatest extent possible, of lower-division requirements in the major courses of study. (3) The subcommittee shall, by a vote of the majority of voting members, submit a CAP recommendation to the council. Two or more members of a subcommittee who disagree with recommendations that are submitted to the Council may jointly submit a minority report to the Council that contains alternate recommendations. (4) At the time the subcommittee submits a CAP recommendation to the Council, it shall submit a statement of justification for any element of the CAP that requires a student to complete a different course or course sequence depending on the potential enrollment or destination institution of the student. The statement shall: (a) Describe efforts taken by the subcommittee and institutions to establish curriculum alignment to the greatest extent possible, including but not limited to any efforts taken to align learning outcomes, credit loads, lower-division requirements, and prerequisite requirements for upper-division coursework between institutions; (b) Provide information pertaining to how any differences in courses or course sequences present in the CAP is of benefit to such students; and (c) Contain any further information the subcommittee determines is informative. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 350.395 & ORS 350.429 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 350.395, ORS 350.429, ORS 350.404 & ORS 350.412 History: HECC 6-2023, adopt filed 08/11/2023, effective 08/11/2023