CTE High School Articulation

Columbia College Career Technical Education (CTE) has partnered with local and regional high school programs to meet, collaborate and develop articulation agreements (also known as 2+2). Agreements have varied by discipline and may have included alignment of course skills, concepts and sequences, advanced placement possibilities and credit by examination options.

HIGH SCHOOL ARTICULATION UPDATE: Columbia College is shifting its focus to expanding College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) opportunities for high school students.

Why? Because CCAP courses are a better option for high school students!

CCAP courses are college courses taught on the high school campus during the school day. Upon completion, college credit is immediately applied to the student's transcript without the need for any further action on the student or high school instructor's part. In addition, most CCAP courses are transferable so that students are guaranteed that the courses will count if they decide to transfer to a four-year university. This is not always the case with articulated courses.

Students who complete an articulated high school course and meet the specific articulation requirements for the course receive college credit if they follow through the entire process. Many students do not, so these credits never appear on their college transcript. 

The steps to earn college credit for a high school articulated course are:

1. High school instructor submits detailed course information to the college and conducts a series of course revisions to ensure that the course sufficiently matches a college course.
2. High school instructor submits a Certificate of Student Completion to college dean.
3. Dean signs off on Certificate of Student Completion and forwards to Admissions & Records.
4. High school student applies to Columbia College.
5. If student has already applied to Columbia College, Admissions & Records will update transcript with Credit By Examination (CBE) credits.
6. If student has not completed a Columbia College application, credit cannot be awarded.

By contrast, the steps for a CCAP class are these:

1. College establishes CCAP program with the high school.
2. College schedules the CCAP class during a high school period on the high school campus.
3. Student signs up for class.
4. Student passes the class.
5. Student receives transcripted college credit for the class.

In fall 2019, over 300 area high school students earned college credit in CCAP courses.  Contact Michelle Walker at 209-588-5045 or walkerm@yosemite.edu to learn more about CCAP or articulation options at your school.

Current Articulation Agreements valid through June 2022

 

	Auto Tech	Computer Science	Emergency Medical Services	Entrepre	Fire Tech	Hospitality Management	Office Tech	Weld
Bret Harte High School	AT100
Calaveras High School					FNR 2
Gold Strike High School
Lincoln Technical Academy				ENTRE101 ENTRE102 ENTRE103 ENTRE104		HPMGT102 HPMGT112
Mariposa High School
Sierra Conservation Center					FIRE1*
Sonora   High School	AT100		EMS157		FIRE1*	HPMGT120		WT121
Stanislaus Culinary Art						HPMGT120 HPMGT133A
Summerville High School	AT100						OFTEC100
Tioga High School						HPMGT120 HPMGT134HPMGT142

 * These courses are considered transfer-level. However, universities are sometimes reluctant to accept credit-by-examination. Please see a college counselor for more information on transferability of these courses.

Forms for Instructors 

Certificate of Student Completion Form