Terminology

To use the tool effectively, it helps to understand common transfer and articulation terminology used by the AI Transfer Articulation & Exploration Tool Assistant.

• Articulation is the process of identifying courses that are comparable between institutions.
• A sending institution is where you completed the course you wish to transfer, usually a California Community College
• A receiving institution is the 4-year college or university where you plan to transfer. The receiving institution determines the credit you’ll earn for the coursework completed at the sending institution.
• The Academic Year is the year in which you completed the course. For example: if you took a course in the Fall 2025 term, that would be the 2025-2026 academic year. However, the tool will recognize Fall 2025 and locate the appropriate articulation.

 

•   Transferability area approvals indicate the designations a course holds; for example, whether a course is CSU and/or UC transferable, or approved for a general education pattern like Cal-GETC.

 

 

 

 

Tips for Using the Tool

The list below includes useful tips to help you get the most out of your search experience.

• Having a college transcript available is an efficient way to quickly and accurately locate information for completed courses.
• You will receive a faster response if you include the academic year up front, as well as the sending and receiving institutions, when performing a more targeted search. 
• The more data you provide about the course, the more thorough and accurate the results will be.
• While data from your chat session is not stored by ASSIST, please don’t include any sensitive information in the chat.
• You can print your search results by clicking the printer icon, or share them by copying this link with the link icon.
• If you need help while using the tool, click on the question mark icon for more information and to find a link to the ASSIST Resource Center Students, Faculty, & Staff tab to access video tutorials. 

 

 

Example Scenarios

Scenario #1: If I’m curious about how my community college course will transfer to the universities I’m considering applying to, I can begin by asking, for example: “How does STAT C1000 taken at American River College transfer to UC Berkeley, UC Riverside, and UCLA?” Since we didn’t provide an academic year (AY), it will ask us for the applicable AY.

 

 

After you complete your search, the results will display on the right side of the screen. You’ll see Transferability information listed first – this is the information you can locate on the assist.org homepage in the “Search for transferable courses” box. Beneath it, you’ll be given previews of all articulation information for your course, with links to all the major, general education, and/or department articulation agreements where that articulation appears. We always recommend viewing the full agreement for context and clarity. Simply click on the link to be taken to the live agreement on assist.org.  

 

 

To close the results and allow more room for a new chat conversation, click the “x” icon.

 

Scenario #2:  I’m trying to find a course at a California community college, referred to as a CCC for short, that is accepted for a 4-year institution’s course. Maybe you can’t get into the course at your 4-year college or university, or you want to take a CCC course over the summer. In this example, we will explore articulation for Cal State Long Beach’s BIOL 200 course. I can use the same chat window or launch a new one and type in: “Show me community college courses offered in academic year 2025-2026 that articulate to CSU Long Beach’s BIOL 200”. The tool will ask you to confirm options for sending institutions. It will provide you with button selections for the five closest institutions, and additional buttons for other options. For example, All CCCs, All, etc. Make your desired selection. For this example, “All CCCs” was selected.     

 

 

The results for the first five CCCs then appear in the right-side window pane, in alphabetical order by the community college’s name. At the bottom of the results, there’s a button to “Load Next 5 Institutions.”

 

 

If desired, you can further narrow down results, perhaps to CCCs where you have already completed coursework. Type in the chat: “limit results to Orange Coast College and Irvine Valley.” Now instances of articulation with only these two community colleges display on the right.

 

 

To toggle back to earlier results in the same chat session, use the “View” link next to the eye symbol in the blue Articulation Results box; it will become the Current Display.

 

 

You can also click on the new window icon to open your results in a new browser window. To share your search results, click the link icon to get a shareable link, which you can then send to yourself or others. You can also print your results using the print icon.

 

 

Lastly, we want to hear from you! Please use the “Help us improve the new AI Transfer Articulation & Exploration Tool. Take a quick survey” link to launch a brief poll. This link is located at the bottom of the search box.