Interested in creating an articulation agreement?
- Identify the needs and goals of your idea.
- How does does your idea support the mission of the University? What is the size and scope of the population you hope to serve?
- How will this help transfer students?
- Are you interested in creating a pathway using coursework that is already transferable? — then maybe consider a transfer map
- Are you interested in creating new equivalencies? —Fantastic! No articulation agreement needed!
- Are you interested in creating a pathway or equivalencies using coursework that is normally non-transferrable? –then an articulation agreement is the right way to go!
- Identify the community college you’re interested in partnering with and meet with the community college contact (usually the department chair of the program).
- Is the community college program a good match for EWU’s programs?
- How does the transfer program compare with EWU’s program?
- What courses are similar and could be equivalents?
- What course work could be accepted as transferrable because it is applicable to the EWU’s degree program?
- What is the ideal path you would hope a student to take from beginning community college to graduating from EWU?
- Meet with the EWU Transfer Center to draft an articulation agreement using a supplied template.
- With your contact, identify the courses that must be completed at the community college.
– Pay special attention to equivalencies that can fulfill GECRs or graduation requirements. - Create course equivalencies and substitutions between EWU major courses and prerequisites where appropriate.
- Identify the location courses will be offered (Cheney, Riverpoint, online?).
- Finalize an articulation agreement draft with the EWU Transfer Center.
- Finalize the articulation agreement collaboratively with the community college contact and the community college relations officer.
- Secure EWU department/program and school/college signatures. (The provost does not sign at this time, but will sign later as part of official approval).
- Initiate the community college’s signature process with your contact. They will forward the signed document to the community college’s relations officer who will seek final approval from their senior administration.
- EWU’s Provost’s office will then sign the original agreement and submit it to the EWU Transfer Center. The Transfer Center will distribute copies of the agreement to the community college President, the community college Relations Officer, and to your department.