High School Career Education (CE) Articulation

1. Students earn IVC college credit for courses taken in a high school or ROP program
2. Students do not need to repeat coursework at IVC
3. Students develop skills and knowledge prior to college
4. Students decrease the cost of college tuition and textbook fees
5. Students may complete IVC college programs and/or transfer more quickly

Note:  Check with an Irvine Valley College counselor about the transferability of articulated high school CE courses to universities. Policies on the acceptance of articulated high school CE course credit may vary by institution.

High school students may be granted college credit pursuant to established high school CE articulation agreements between the high school or Regional Occupation Program (ROP) and Irvine Valley College.

The procedures to obtain credit for high school CE articulation are as follows:

1. Apply Online.  Apply online to one of the colleges in the district (Irvine Valley College or Saddleback College). There is no requirement to be currently registered in a college class to receive credit. You can apply to become an Irvine Valley College student.
2. Meet with a Counselor.  The student will initiate the assessment process by meeting with an Irvine Valley College counselor, who will fill out and submit a CE High School Articulation Request. An official high school transcript will need to be provided with the request. High school transcripts may be provided electronically or as a hard copy in a sealed envelope. Counseling appointments may be made here.
   NOTE:  The course name on the high school transcript must match the course name on the articulation agreement.
3. Validate Request.  Determination of whether a specific course or elective credit is to be awarded in any area is made by faculty in the discipline who normally teach the course and is detailed in a course articulation agreement. An articulation agreement for the requested course must be verified to be approved. A list of approved articulation agreements may be found on the college’s website. The Irvine Valley College counselor will conduct this verification.
4. Process and Notate.  Once the documents have been reviewed and approved, the Irvine Valley College Counseling Department will forward the petition with supporting documents to the Irvine Valley College Admissions and Records Office for processing.  After Admissions and Records receives the petitions and supporting documents, it will take up to two business days* for the course and grade to be notated on the student’s Irvine Valley College transcript. Once the credit appears on the transcript it is not reversible or repeatable.
   *At peak times this may take longer.

A letter grade may be assigned for a high school CE articulation course and the course will be identified as “Credit by Examination” on the transcript in accordance with official grading assignment on the Course Outline of Record (COR). The enrollment fee for credit by examination will not be charged for credit awarded under this provision.

Only students who are successful in obtaining a standard grade of B or better will be approved for credit and the Irvine Valley College course, units, grade, and a credit by exam notation will appear on a student’s Irvine Valley College transcript in the designated term in which the course was completed at the high school.

For high school courses taken over two semesters to satisfy an Irvine Valley College course, a grade of B or better is required in each high school course. Grades of B- or lower in either semester do not qualify. Full credit for the Irvine Valley College course will be awarded, not partial credit. Grades from both semesters will be averaged to determine a final grade of A or B. Plus (+) and minus (-) grades will not be awarded, but will be averaged as follows: