ERIC Review: An Examination of Non-Liberal-Arts Course Transferability in California.

From: Community College Review | Date: June 22, 2000| Author: Striplin, Jenny Castruita | Copyright information

Course catalogs and class schedules were examined from all 26 community colleges in California to determine the extent of non-liberal-arts course transferability by subject area to the California State University and to the University of California. When results were compared with a similar 1991 study, the data indicated that all of the subject areas, and particularly agriculture, experienced an increase in transferability to the California State University. In contrast, for the Un...

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