Maricopa Community Colleges

Transitions

News from the Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation

April 2008

FEATURE

Connection Anniversary Worth Celebrating

In just two short years, a farsighted agreement between the Maricopa Community Colleges and Northern Arizona University has made substantial progress.  The memorandum of understanding, signed by Maricopa Chancellor Rufus Glasper and NAU President John Haeger in April of 2006, opened the door for NAU to have a presence on each of the Maricopa campuses, and to expand transfer programs for Maricopa students.

Since the signing, NAU has opened an office at every Maricopa campus with one or more full time staff members.  The university has expanded programs to include a Bachelor of Business Administration at the Paradise Valley campus, a Bachelor of Science in Speech Communication program at Glendale, and a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Fire Science Administration at the Mesa Downtown campus, to name a few.  Recently, an interdisciplinary bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Public Management was added at the Chandler-Gilbert campus.  The new program allows for the transfer of up to 90 credits from the community college, making it the most affordable baccalaureate program in Arizona.

The partnership, called the “Maricopa-NAU Connection,” provides 22 on-site bachelor completion programs on Maricopa campuses, along with a wide variety of baccalaureate programs available online through the university.   “Northern Arizona University is committed to making it easier for community college students to complete bachelor’s degrees,” said Fred Hurst, NAU Vice President of Extended Programs.  “The partnership with the Maricopa Colleges is a giant step toward making that happen.”

NAU has also made available ten transfer scholarships for Maricopa students enrolling in NAU programs. Information on the partnership, program locations, advisor contacts and scholarship application can be found at www.maricopa.edu/connection.

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SAVE THE DATE

College Curriculum Technicians Meeting
April 24th, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
District Office, Executive Conference Room (611)

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Fall IC Chairs and Lead ATF Members Meeting
September 5th, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Rio Salado Conference Center

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Transfer Week: On behalf of the Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation, we want to thank all those who participated and supported the events during the 5th Annual Transfer Awareness Week. We had record participation in all activities.
To access Tom Brown's keynote presentation.

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Transfer Brief: Are you interested in the most recent statistics about Maricopa’s university transfer students?  Our latest briefing paper summarizes the highlights about how Maricopa transfer students perform at the three state universities. (Transfer Brief. pdf)

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Capella University's Featured Opportunities

CURRICULUM NEWS

Instructional Councils Review the Course Bank

It's become a well-publicized statistic that the Maricopa course bank contains more than 10,000 courses.  We are fortunate to be able to offer students an incredibly rich curriculum from which to choose.  This year, the District Curriculum Committee set a goal of reviewing the course bank to ensure that our courses are as up-to-date and relevant as possible.  The course review process was conducted by the Maricopa Instructional Councils (IC's). 

The Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation prepared lists of courses, by Instructional Council, that either were never offered, or had not been offered in five years -- about 2,800 in total.  The councils reviewed the lists and recommended whether to continue courses, based on a rationale, or delete courses that were no longer current and relevant.  As a result of the review, several hundred courses will be deleted from the course bank.  We'd like to acknowledge the conscientious work of the many Maricopa faculty who contributed to this effort!

 

The Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation is committed to the development and continuous improvement of curriculum and articulation services, resources and systems. The Center supports the Maricopa faculty and administration in development of quality curriculum for Maricopa students, and articulation of the curriculum to post-secondary institutions. The Center collaborates with internal and external partners in the development of student centered policies and resources that facilitate the transfer of students to post-secondary institutions.