OAR 715-025-0005: DEFINITIONS

(1) Common Course – A course identified as having similar content and competencies, including any course subject to articulation as an equivalent course, between two or more institutions, or a course proposed by the Transfer Council for which a Common Course Numbering Articulation Policy is intended to be developed. (2) Common Course Numbering System – The established system described in ORS 350.423 which uses the same course numbers and subject codes to identify equivalent courses at different institutions. (3) Common Course Numbering Articulation Policy (CCNAP) – A policy document establishing the content of each common course, specifying the course title, subject code, course number with universal common course designator determined by the Transfer Council, course description, course learning outcomes, and any other course aspect deemed necessary by the Transfer Council. (4) Core Transfer Map (CTM) – A policy document describing a “Foundational Curriculum,” compliant with ORS 350.400(2) and (3), that allows a student an opportunity to transfer full academic credit from a community college to any public university listed in ORS 352.002 and which will be counted toward the student’s degree requirements at any public university. (5) Major Transfer Map Curriculum Articulation Policy (CAP) - A “Unified Statewide Transfer Agreement,” as such terms used in ORS 350.404, and policy document establishing the content of a Major Transfer Map, serving as the binding document upon institutions and students governing the treatment of students who transfer pursuant to the document. (6) Institution – A community college or public university listed in ORS 352.002. (7) Typographical Error - A clerical or formatting mistake in a CAP or CCNAP that does not alter curriculum, articulation, or institutional obligations. (8) Non-Substantive Modification – A change to a CAP or CCNAP that does not alter curriculum or affect implementation. (9) Substantive Modification means a change to a Curriculum Articulation Policy (CAP) that alters curriculum.