sferring now that some major requirements have been altered with the help of “The Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act”.
Career Transfer Center Coordinator Judi Gould has been introducing the new program to students and showing how it can make transferring at easier process.
“I think it will benefit the students,” said Gould.
“The Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act” also known as Senate Bill 1440, is an agreement made between California Community Colleges and California State Universities. In the bill the two organizations worked together to create a system where students would be able to complete their general education courses and receive an AA-Transfer degree in 60 units.
The bill opposes students repeating classes already taken once they transfer and guarantees students a bachelor’s degree in 120 units.
Gould said that even though it is not required to transfer “It is never a disadvantage to have an AA.”
The program cut down the amount of units students will need to take in order to receive a transfer degree. Most majors are now between 18 and 20 units, and the remaining 40 units required to transfer would come from general education courses. The program worked with the CSU schools and decided what courses most schools required for transfer and which classes were most valuable to students.
Andi Skinner, 19, Criminal Justice major, finds this new program to be very beneficial to the students.
“It absolutely will benefit the students. Students will not be stuck here longer than they need to be, and can get to a CSU quicker, also they can start their lives sooner,” said Skinner.
This new process makes transferring easier but it also helps students accomplish the goal of graduating from a community college within two years.
So far, only seven of the majors offered at Moorpark College have been approved including psychology, sociology, history, kinesiology, child development, criminal justice, and physics.
As of November according to Articulations Officer and Counselor Letrisha Mai, business administration, mathematics, and communication studies have been added.
Devyn Howell, 19, photography, hopes that her major will be approved for this program.
“Even though my major is not yet a part of this program or approved yet, I think it will really benefit the students by saving us time and money,” said Howell.
This program does not apply to UC schools but can help students transfer to others in a timely fashion.
