Students will now have an easier time transferring 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 making them aware of the new system being offered to make transferring simpler.
“I think it will benefit the students,” said Gould in a telephone interview.
“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 sixty units.
The bill strongly opposes students repeating classes already taken once they transfer and guarantees students a bachelor’s degree in 120 units.
Gould believes even though an AA degree is not required to transfer “It is never a disadvantage to have an AA,” she said.
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.
“You 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.
Not only will this new process make transferring easier but it helps students accomplish the goal of graduating from a community college within two years.
So far, only 7 of the # majors offered at Moorpark College have been approved. Those approved majors include psychology, sociology, history, kinesiology, child development, criminal justice, and physics. Gould did, however, explain that they are currently working towards transforming all majors to hit this program.
Devyn Howell 19, photography major, hopes that her major will become one of the majors approved for this program.
“Even though my major is not yet apart of this program or approved yet, I think it will really benefit the students by saying us time and money,” said Howell.
This program does not apply to UC schools. They are, however, looking into creating a similar program which will help students planning to transfer to a UC.
With schools becoming impacted this program can give students a guideline to succeed in college in a timely fashion. Not only will it benefit the students but the colleges as well will become less impacted if students are moving along at a more sufficient rate.
