2010-2011 Catalog (PDF) - College of the Redwoods

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COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS
2010-2011 CATALOG
Transfer Requirements
For students wishing to pursue a bachelor’s (four-year)
degree, College of the Redwoods offers the first two years
of most four-year degree programs. In addition, students
may make up any high school grade or subject deficiencies
which are required for entrance to four-year colleges or
universities.
Requirements of various college and universities will
vary — no two state colleges or branches of a university
will necessarily have the same requirements. Students,
therefore, should secure a copy of the appropriate college
or university catalog and work closely with their advisor or
counselor in planning their program.
Transfer Agreements with Colleges and Universities
College of the Redwoods negotiates agreements with
a number of colleges and universities whereby, these
institutions guarantee that they will accept certain College
of the Redwoods courses as fulfilling specific lower
division requirements in various major fields. These
transfer agreements are also referred to as ‘Articulation
Agreements.’ Transfer information for many of College of
the Redwoods programs may be obtained at www.assist.
org. Assist is the statewide articulation site designed to be
used by counselors and students to determine equivalent
course work and requirements at other California public
colleges and universities.
Lower Division Transfer Patterns (LDTP)
The Lower Division Transfer Patterns (LDTP) is a program
sponsored by the California State University (CSU) and
supported by the California Community Colleges that presents
potential transfer students with the most direct path to
a bachelor’s degree in the CSU system. The ultimate goal
of the LDTP is to identify a set of “road maps” for students
to follow that will increase their academic preparation and
decrease their time to graduate once they enter the CSU.
Students who elect to follow the LDTP option will receive
the highest priority for admission to a CSU campus.
Highest priority for admission is defined as a written guarantee
that is granted at the time the student accepts the
offer of the LDTP agreement from a specific CSU campus
subject to satisfactory completion of the requirements of
the agreement between the student and the CSU. Students
will be asked to complete a distinct set of general education
and major courses which are common to all CSU campuses
and identify a major program with a CSU campus once
they have completed 45 transferable units.
In addition, students will complete a set of major courses
specific to the campus they select to meet the required
60 units needed to transfer to CSU as an upper division
transfer student.
Through CSU Mentor (http://www.csumentor.edu/), counselors
and students will be able to obtain more information
regarding the process of entering into an LDTP for a specific
campus and major, “road maps” detailing coursework by
campus and major, and a transfer planner for students to
track their progress through the LDTP program.
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