For questions concerning TAP, please contact tap@ct.edu
Policies
Board of Regents Transfer and Articulation Policy Comprehensive policy describing the parameters for pathways to transfer from the community colleges to the state universities and Charter Oak State College within the CSCU system.
Board of Regents Policy Statement on Associate Degrees Description of the types of associate degrees at the community colleges – career, transfer, and general – within the CSCU system based on system mission and state statute. Requires clear information be provided about the purpose of each associate degree.
Transfer and Articulation name and local status of pathway transfer degrees Describes the name of the TAP degrees; addresses management of these degrees at each college. TAP transfer degrees can be combined with existing career degrees or aggregated with other TAP degrees for purposes of viability and/or review.
Framework for Community College Designated Transfer Degree Program Requirements (Framework30) Agreed upon framework for 30 credits of general education required of all TAP degrees specifying eight required categories (section A, 24 credits)) and two categories (section B, 6 credits) that are chosen from a specified list by each college. This framework will be revisited as part of the consolidation of the community colleges into a single community college.
Protocols
Implementation Policy This document outlines the plan for the implementation of the Transfer and Articulation Policy (TAP) approved by the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education in March 2012.
Course substitutions / retroactive protocol Describes the guidelines and restrictions for making course substitutions specifically within Transfer Tickets. Also describes receiving courses from non-CSCU schools into the Framework30 and Pathway30.
System Consortium / Cross Registration Agreement Details the circumstances in which a student can take a course not available at the home institution at another CSCU institution. This Agreement makes specific exceptions for Transfer Ticket students.
Guide for general education I and II lag time Describes how to ensure students receive full credit and transfer of additional general education courses that were taken before the policy described above was implemented.
Protocol for transfer between community colleges of courses within the TAP Framework30 Each community college has vetted its own set of courses to fulfill Framework30 categories. This document describes how to transfer Framework30 courses between community colleges to ensure students lose as few credits as possible. This protocol will be revised to include the additional general education courses required in some Transfer Tickets.
TAP student provisional and reverse transfer protocol TAP students receive a different transfer audit at the state universities and Charter Oak State College than non-TAP students do; this protocol describes how to receive students who have not completed a TAP degree before being advised at the state universities and Charter Oak State College.
Protocol for awarding credit to multiple transcripts for TAP students Describes how the state university and Charter Oak State College transfer audits will receive courses from multiple transcripts that applied to the completion of a TAP degree. The state university and Charter Oak State College will honor the community college graduation audit for the 60 credits required for the TAP degree.
