Support Revisions to Lower Division General Education Requirements for California Community College Baccalaureate Degrees

Fall
2022
Resolution Number
07.02
 
Assigned to
5C
Category
Consultation with the Chancellor's Office
Summary
Assigned to: 5C and Baccalaureate Workgroup Members

Whereas, Resolution S22 9.03 [1] called for the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges to work with the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to develop a lower division general education pathway specific to California community colleges baccalaureate degree programs;

Whereas, Current California community colleges baccalaureate degree students are required to complete either the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) of 34 units or CSU General Education Breadth (CSU GE Breadth) of 39 units lower division general education patterns as determined locally,[2] which are both in excess of the 27 lower division general education units - 36 total general education units less nine upper division general education units - required for accreditation by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges [3];

Whereas, The baccalaureate degree lower division general education pattern being proposed [4] was vetted in its first form, which was consistent with current associate degree requirements in California Code of Regulations, title 5, §55063(c)(d), plus the additional units required for the lower division general education of baccalaureate degrees, by baccalaureate degree programs (BDP), BDP articulation officers, and attendees at the baccalaureate degree breakout session at the 2022 Curriculum Institute, and then adjusted for alignment with the proposed singular lower division general education pathway required by AB 928 (Berman, 2021) [5] and proposed associate degree revisions; and

Whereas, Delegates to the ASCCC Fall 2022 Plenary Session are being asked to support a holistic realignment and revision of the general education required by California Code of Regulations, title 5, §55063 to align it with the proposed California General Education Transfer Curriculum (CalGETC) pattern required by AB 928 (Berman, 2021),[6] and students would benefit from alignment of all three lower division general education patterns;

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges work with the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to incorporate the proposed lower division general education pattern for California community colleges baccalaureate degrees [7] into the Baccalaureate Degree Handbook and, as appropriate, into California Code of Regulations, title 5.

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[1] Resolution S22 9.03 Develop Lower Division GE Pathway for CCC Baccalaureate Degree Programs: https://asccc.org/resolutions/develop-lower-division-ge-pathway-ccc-baccalaureate-degree-programs.
[2] California Community Colleges Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program Handbook (2016) found at https://www.cccco.edu/-/media/CCCCO-Website/About-Us/Divisions/Educational-Services-and-Support/Academic-Affairs/What-we-do/Curriculum-and-Instruction-Unit/Curriculum/Baccalaureate-Degree-Pilot-Program/Files/CCC16_BA-Degree-Pilot-Program_Final_HiRez.pdf?la=en&hash=AE1555C1CFC4D74370C37EAF77F5C3329A6B12A4.
[3] Accrediting Commission of Community and Junior Colleges. Informational Webinar: Baccalaureate. 27 April 2016. page 10. Accessed 30 Sep 2022 at https://asccc.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/ACCJC_Webinar_Baccalaureate_04_27_2016%20%281%29.pdfACCJC Guide to Institutional Self-Evaluation, Improvement, and Peer Review (August 2022) found at https://accjc.org/wp-content/uploads/Guide-to-Institutional-Self-Evaluation-Improvement-and-Peer-Review.pdf.
[4] Proposed pathways for CalGETC, associate degree general education pathway, and lower division baccalaureate degree general education pathway located on the ASCCC website at https://asccc.org/sites/default/files/2023-04/General_Education_Pathways_final_R.pdf.
[5] AB 928 (Berman, 2021): https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB928.
[6] Ibid.
[7] Proposed pathways for CalGETC, associate degree general education pathway, and lower division baccalaureate degree general education pathway located on the ASCCC website at https://asccc.org/sites/default/files/2023-04/General_Education_Pathways_final_R.pdf.