What value does articulation of high school courses have if it doesn produce actual college credit?
Articulation has many values. Most occupations require some post-high school education, and community colleges are the primary source of that education. Students moving from high school to community college will be much better prepared if the expectations of college faculty are met by the preparation provided by high school teachers. The dialog required by articulation is design to assure this alignment. Students who take advanced, articulated high school courses and master competencies of comparable entry level college courses do not have to retake those courses, but may be placed directly into second-tier courses. Let’s suppose an Automotive Technology degree requires 24 units in the major, consisting of a set of courses in a sequence: AT 1 which is required before taking AT 2 and so on. If AT 1 is articulated with a comparable high school course that the student successfully completes, that student can start at the college immediately with AT 2.
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