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Office of Articulation, Transfer, and Prior Learning Articulation Agreement Process

In an effort to best serve ҹɫÍõ³¯ students and provide a wide array of pathways towards completion and success, articulation agreements are essential. The Office of Articulation, Transfer, and Prior Learning (ATPL) is here to support and participate in this very important process. Please contact ATPL at the onset of an articulation agreement.

The development process of an articulation agreement can be found below.

Articulation agreement origination: 
There are multiple ways for an agreement to begin.

• ҹɫÍõ³¯ faculty member 
• ҹɫÍõ³¯ leadership, dean or administrator
• Current/potential partner institution 
• ATPL recognizes potential 

Who to include in discussion when developing a new agreement:

• From ҹɫÍõ³¯:

• From the partner institution:

Agreements can be negotiated more quickly if the subject experts from both partner institutions are involved in meetings. Prior to meeting, prepare and package as much information as possible to help facilitate the conversation and expedite the process.

Transfer pathways should be applied to degree requirements or a specific major/program at a partner institution.  Whenever possible, use the Ohio Transfer 36 and/or Transfer Assurance Guide coursework while developing a transfer pathway or articulation agreement with either public or private institutions.

The steps to developing an articulation agreement:

1. ATPL office should be contacted right away. 
2.  ATPL will contact the appropriate deans, associate deans, program managers/directors, and faculty. 
3. If the articulation is deemed a good fit and will benefit ҹɫÍõ³¯ students, it will move forward and the following steps will be taken:
   a. ATPL will send the ҹɫÍõ³¯ approved template to those concerned. Please understand that this is the required template for all agreements. (ҹɫÍõ³¯ will not use any other template.)
   b. ATPL will facilitate a meeting to discuss the specifics of the agreement including ҹɫÍõ³¯ faculty, deans, counselors, etc as appropriate. 
   c. ҹɫÍõ³¯ contacts will meet with the partner institution to review curriculum and draft the appropriate attachments and appendices.
   d. Tri C and partner institution will jointly create a draft document of the articulation agreement using the ҹɫÍõ³¯ template.
   e. ҹɫÍõ³¯ contacts will have a ҹɫÍõ³¯ counselor or discipline expert review the draft agreement.
   f. Once this review process is completed, ҹɫÍõ³¯ contacts will meet with or send agreement to ATPL for review.
   g. ATPL will send the reviewed draft agreement to ҹɫÍõ³¯’s legal department for review and approval; the legal department may have edits.
   h. Once ҹɫÍõ³¯’s legal department approves, ATPL will route the approved agreement to the partner institution for their review and approval.
   i. When both ҹɫÍõ³¯ and the partner institution have given final approval, ATPL will route the document for signatures from both institutions.
   j. When finalized, ATPL will post the signed fully executed agreement on the partner website and will notify appropriate deans, program managers, involved faculty, and counseling contacts.

The typical timeframe to develop an articulation agreement:

New articulation agreements can take up to a year to finalize; however, in the best of circumstances, they can take less time depending on course equivalencies and the work needed to finalize curriculum, tables, and attachments. Renewing articulation agreements usually moves more quickly unless there are numerous curricular changes. At times, the curriculum, legal review and approval processes at both partner institutions can take considerable time.