Whereas, The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office has interpreted AB 1705 (Irwin, 2022) [1] to require that students “begin in… math coursework that satisfies a requirement of their program,” and the guidance issued in memo ESS 23-19 [2} states that colleges must place students pursuing the Associate Degree for Transfer in Business Administration 2.0 into a business calculus class or other calculus class; and
Whereas, The transfer model curriculum (TMC) serves as the template for the associate degree for transfer, and the Business Administration 2.0 TMC [3] allows “finite mathematics OR business calculus OR a math course (excluding statistics) articulated for the business major at a CSU campus” to meet the Associate in Science for Transfer in Business Administration 2.0 degree requirements so long as the course has an articulation agreement for a major [4] at a California State University campus;
Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges work with the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to revise the guidance provided in memo ESS 23-19 [5] clarifying that students pursuing the Associate Degree for Transfer in Business Administration 2.0 [6] shall be placed into the program-applicable math class that best suits their academic background in math and their academic and transfer goal.
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1. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1705
2. https://www.cccco.edu/-/media/CCCCO-Website/docs/memo/ess-23-19-ab-1705-validation-of-non-stem-transfer-level-prerequisities-a11y.pdf
3. https://c-id.net/cms-uploads/cms/FINAL_TMC_BusinessAdministration-Revised%204.20.20r.doc
4. https://c-id.net/cms-uploads/cms/C-ID_Glossary_2016_Final.pdf
5. https://www.cccco.edu/-/media/CCCCO-Website/docs/memo/ess-23-19-ab-1705-validation-of-non-stem-transfer-level-prerequisities-a11y.pdf
6. https://c-id.net/cms-uploads/cms/FINAL_TMC_BusinessAdministration-Revised%204.20.20r.doc