Articulation agreements

Articulation Agreements are formal agreements between two or more colleges and universities to accept credits in transfer toward a specific academic program. Articulation Agreements are generally for specialized professional or technical programs offered at colleges (e.g., Associate of Science (AS), Associate of Fine Arts (AFA), Associate of Applied Science (AAS), diplomas, certificates) that can be applied to a specific program/major at the receiving university, and the entire associate degree or program needs to be completed before transfer. The associate degree, diploma or certificate program is complementary with the baccalaureate degree. Each institution is responsible for developing articulation agreements with other institutions.

Most public colleges and universities have articulation agreements with institutions in their own system; however, agreements may exist between any colleges and universities. Articulation agreements are developed for one program transferring to another program, so they have to be developed for colleges and universities with complementary programs.

Sometimes articulation agreements are created because of the large number of students transferring to a particular university from a particular college. In short, because there's a demand, the college and university responds by formalizing transfer agreements. This is particularly true of two-year college students transferring to four-year universities.

Minnesota State maintains additional transfer information regarding broad field agreements and articulation agreements, in addition to Reverse Transfer, Transer Appeals, and Military Training.

Try using www.Transferology.com to pre-determine your course transfer! You can import courses directly from eServices or add them one-by-one in order to preview how courses can transfer.  Other great tools include uAchieve® Planner which is being rolled out to Minnesota State colleges and universities from 2019-2021.

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