The Key to a Successful Transfer

If you are thinking about transferring to a four-year college or university, you will want to understand articulation. Articulation is a formal process that identifies what courses completed at one institution (e.g., a community college) can satisfy requirements at another institution (e.g., a university).

Articulation establishes whether a course may be used for admission, baccalaureate-level (transferable) units, general education breadth or as preparation for upper-division courses in a bachelor's degree major, and ultimately ensures that your MJC courses are meaningfully applied toward bachelor's degree requirements when you enter a university.

ASSIST: Learn how MJC courses articulate

Articulation is vast and complex. While you can get some clues about how a given MJC course transfers from UC to CSU, you easily learn about articulation from the MJC catalog. You and your counselor need to do research. That is where ASSIST comes in.

ASSIST.org is an online student-transfer information system that stores articulation agreements between California Community Colleges, the California State Universities, and the University, and is designed for student and faculty use. It is the official repository of articulation for California's public colleges and universities and provides the most accurate and up-to-date information about student transfer pathway requirements in California.

How to Use ASSIST

Of course, if at any time you need assistance with accessing or interpreting the information in ASSIST, contact your MJC counselor.

AICCU - (California Independent Colleges & Universities)

• The AICCU Mentor Web site
• The University of Pacific Articulation Website (ROAR)