Moving Forward with Flexible Pre-Majors in the BC Transfer System

Autor/in	McQuarrie, Fiona
Institution	British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) (Canada)
Titel	Moving Forward with Flexible Pre-Majors in the BC Transfer System
Quelle	(2019), (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Majors (Students); Associate Degrees; Higher Education; Institutional Cooperation; Required Courses; College Transfer Students; Two Year College Students; Foreign Countries; Information Dissemination; Web Sites; Guides; Articulation (Education); Canada; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Pflichtkurs; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Ausland; Informationsverbreitung; Web-Design; Handbuch; Leitfaden; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Kanada; USA
Abstract	Flexible pre-major agreements (FPMs) have been a feature of the British Columbia (BC) Transfer System since the early 2000s. A flexible pre-major is a discipline-specific transfer agreement whose content and structure is developed by an articulation committee and accepted by participating institutions. FPMs consist of "a set of flexible requirements that is (1) deliverable by sending institutions and acceptable to receiving institutions; and (2) deemed to fulfill the lower level requirements for the major [in that specific discipline]. At present, there are seven active FPMs in the BC Transfer System, in the disciplines of Anthropology, Biology, English, Economics, Mathematics, Psychology, and Sociology. This report explores how participants in the BC Transfer System can facilitate the effective functioning of the currently active FPM agreements. The report first reviews the current operations and status of FPMs in the BC Transfer System, and identifies operational issues that policy and practice will need to address. It then reviews research from other jurisdictions on transfer arrangements similar to FPMs, to identify policies or practices around these arrangements that could be adapted for FPMs. It then examines how information on FPMs is communicated on the BC Transfer Guide website, and on the websites of programs and institutions that currently participate in FPM agreements. Finally, it presents recommendations for how the participants in the BC Transfer System can best support FPM agreements. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer. 709-555 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 3H6, Canada. Tel: 604-412-7700; Fax: 604-683-0576; e-mail: info@bccat.ca; Web site: http://www.bccat.ca
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01