The Oregon University System’s Interinstitutional Faculty Senate joined representatives from state community colleges Wednesday to discuss a proposal that would make it easier for transfer students from community colleges to fulfill their general education requirements at universities and colleges statewide.
The proposal, called the Transfer Module, is part of a statewide effort to make transitions between educational institutions more seamless.
The proposal was designed by the Joint Boards Articulation Commission, which is comprised of community college and Oregon University System representatives. The proposal outlines a set of criteria specifically designed to fulfill general education coursework and to be completed in just a year.
Currently, students at community colleges can get an Associate of Arts/Oregon Transfer degree, which takes two years to complete and includes general education and electives credits, before transferring to a university.
According to a senate document, “the Module would guarantee that courses taken to complete it would be wholly transferable and would apply toward students’ … OUS baccalaureate degrees.”
While the Transfer Module would ensure that all of a transfer student’s credits count towards his or her general education, it wouldn’t fulfill all of a student’s general education because it does not include a foreign language or multicultural requirement, according to the document.

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