SMC Articulation Agreements

Articulation is the planned process linking together two educational institutions to help students make a smooth transition—without experiencing a delay or duplication of coursework—from the community college to the four-year college or university. Santa Monica College has articulation agreements with a variety of institutions of higher education. Students planning to transfer from Santa Monica College to a UC or CSU campus can find articulation information online (go to www.assist.org or to www.smc.edu/articulation) or in person at the Transfer/Counseling Center. ASSIST (www.assist.org) is a database that contains information on lower-division major requirements and general education requirements and their equivalent at the Community College.

Santa Monica College also has articulation agreements with a variety of private and out-of-state institutions. These agreements can contain general education requirements, lower-division major requirements, or both. For further information, please visit our website at www.smc.edu/transfer or drop by the Transfer/Counseling Center. Santa Monica College has articulation with the following institutions of higher education:

University of California

UC Berkeley
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Los Angeles
UC Merced
UC Riverside
UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Cruz
UC San Diego

California State University

CSU Channel Islands
CSU Chico
CSU Dominguez Hills
CSU Fresno
CSU Fullerton
CSU Humboldt State University
CSU Long Beach
CSU Los Angeles
CSU Monterey Bay
CSU Northridge
CSU Pomona
CSU Sacramento
CSU San Bernardino
CSU San Luis Obispo
CSU San Jose State University
San Diego State University
San Francisco State University

Independent – California

Academy of Art University, San Francisco
Alliant International University
American Jewish University (formerly University of Judaism)
Antioch University
Art Center College of Design
Art Institute of California
Azusa Pacific University
Biola University
Brooks Institute
California College of The Arts
California Lutheran University
Caltech
Cogswell Polytechnical University
DeVry University
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM)
Kaplan College
Loyola Marymount University
Mills College
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Mount Saint Mary’s College
Notre Dame de Namur University
Occidental College
Otis College of Art & Design
Pacific Oaks College
Pepperdine University
Saint Mary’s College of California
Scripps College
South Baylo University – School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Southern California University of Health Sciences (formerly Los Angeles College of Chiropractic)
Springfield College
University of the Pacific – (School of Pharmacy)
University of Phoenix
University of Redlands
University of San Francisco
University of Southern California
University of Southern California (School of Pharmacy)
University of Southern California (Viterbi School of Engineering)
Woodbury University

Independent – Out of State

American University of Paris
Berkeley College, NYC
Cleveland State University
Kansas City Art Institute
Marymount College Tarrytown (NY)
Michigan State University
Mount Holyoke (Mass.)
Mount Ida (Mass.)
Northern Michigan University
Oregon State University
Polytechnic University (NY)
Regis University
Smith College (Mass.)
Southern University – Baton Rouge (LA)
University of Oregon
University of Nevada, Reno
University of New Mexico
Western Michigan University

The California Articulation Number (CAN) System

The California Articulation Number System (CAN) is a course identification system for core lower-division transferable, major preparation courses commonly taught on California Community College and CSU campuses. Colleges and universities that demonstrate common acceptance of courses through traditional articulation agreements can qualify courses for CAN designations.

Courses with CAN designators are accepted by any other CAN-participating institutions as being comparable to their local courses with the same CAN designators in meeting local requirements, even if the receiving institution has not established an explicit traditional articulation agreement with a particular California Community College.

The following Santa Monica College courses have been identified with CAN designators:

PLEASE NOTE: The requirements listed on the following pages are SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. For the most current information, please consult with a Santa Monica College counselor.

Lower-Division Transfer Patterns (LDTP)

The Lower-Division Transfer Pattern (LDTP) project, sponsored by the California State University (CSU) and supported by the California Community Colleges, presents potential transfer students with the most direct path to a bachelor’s degree in the CSU system. The LDTP project provides a set of “road maps” for students to follow that will ensure appropriate academic preparation and decrease the time to graduation once LDTP students enter the CSU system. Students may enter into an LDTP agreement up to the time they have completed 45 transferable units. Students who elect to follow the LDTP option will receive the highest priority for admission to a CSU campus.

“Highest priority for admission”—defined as a written guarantee of admission to a particular CSU campus and major—goes into effect when both the student and the CSU campus ratify an LDTP agreement. The guarantee is subject to both the satisfactory completion of the agreement’s requirements and the ability of the particular campus to accommodate the student. Students will be asked to successfully complete a specified set of general education courses and major courses that will be common to all CSU campuses offering that major. Students will also be asked to successfully complete an additional set of courses identified by the particular CSU campus named in the LDTP agreement. The student’s coursework in the systemwide and campus-specific LDTP pattern must total at least 60 semester units, the number needed to transfer to CSU as an upper-division student.

Through CSUMentor (www.csumentor.edu) and ASSIST (www.assist.org), students and counselors will be able to find road maps online detailing coursework preparation by CSU campus and major.

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