Articulations are designed to provide clear transfer information, and in some cases pathways, for students as they transition to Indiana University. Articulations at IU include Articulation Agreements, Articulation Plans, Guaranteed Admissions Agreements, and Transfer Single Articulation Pathways. Select an articulation type below for more information.
Official articulation agreements are formalized plans designed to outline specific admission requirements and best-fit coursework to maximize credit transfer between an IU campus and a partner institution. Students will, at minimum, earn the Indiana College Core (ICC) -- formerly the Statewide Transfer General Education Core (STGEC) -- or general education requirements prior to transfer. Most agreements permit completion of the general education core and an associate degree. Agreements may include a student transition into an IU campus or from an IU campus to the partner institution for degree completion.
On the UTO articulation agreements webpage, you can find current official agreements by IU campus with links to campus webpages for more information.
Developing an Articulation Agreement
After holding preliminary conversations about articulation agreement generation with relevant IU partners, you’re ready to put these plans into effect and develop an official agreement. To start the process, begin with step 1 below.
Step 1. Identify IU contacts - Determine a main IU contact, preferably a faculty member in the academic unit wishing to craft an articulation agreement, for the agreement. If your proposed agreement may involve a student completing a minor or certificate in another academic unit, please identify a main contact for this unit as well.
Step 2. Utilizing the articulation agreement template, complete all components as thoroughly as possible. For the IU Admissions code component, please use the full CIP code associated with the IU undergraduate degree an IU student would receive as part of the agreement.
Step 3. After completing a solid draft of the articulation agreement, please submit the completed agreement template to uto@iu.edu for review. Within one week of receipt, UTO will review agreement language to ensure IU consistency where appropriate, and once completed, will route back to the IU campus and additional relevant persons.
Step 4. Upon campus receipt of this final version, campuses should submit this copy to their partner institution leadership to ensure it also meets their needs and expectations. After partner needs and expectations have been met, the IU campus should collect partner institution signatures followed by IU campus leadership signatures.
Step 5. Once all signatures have been collected, the agreement is considered final. The IU campus must submit the final version with all signatures to uto@iu.edu within 10 business days of last signature.
Step 6. Additionally, within 10 business days of last signature, the IU campus should add the articulation agreement information to their IU campus website, location as determined most appropriate by their campus leadership, to aid in student and IU representative transparency of the agreement option. Articulation agreement information links should be submitted to uto@iu.edu to be included on the UTO Articulation Agreement website within this same time frame.
Please contact uto@iu.edu if you have any questions about developing an official articulation agreement.
A Guaranteed Admissions Agreement (GAA), developed between an IU campus and a partner institution, details programs and pathways which an associate level graduate from the partner institution may be directly admitted into the corresponding bachelor degree at the IU campus. Included provisions provide transparency of the transfer process and details to ensure maximized transfer credit is maximized between the two institutions.
Please review the Guaranteed Admissions Agreement guidance document for more information on the development, maintenance, and alteration processes of the GAA.
Transfer Single Articulation Pathways, more commonly known as TSAP, were created in collaboration between the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ICHE) and Indiana higher education institutions to provide streamlined transfer pathways for Ivy Tech Community College and Vincennes University associate degree earners to bachelor degree pathways at an Indiana 4-year public institution. Most TSAP programs require completion of 60 credit hours (with the exception of programs such as the Associate of Science in Nursing which is 65 credits). Once admitted to the Indiana 4-year public institution (separate admissions application are required and admission to the program or institution is not guaranteed), a TSAP student will begin as a junior and have no more than 60 credits to complete at IU in the equivalent TSAP program to earn the bachelor degree.
The UTO TSAP webpage provides an historical overview of TSAP creation, current TSAPs, and provides links to IU campus TSAP webpages.
View TSAP program availability and curriculum at Ivy Tech Community College and Vincennes by selecting the institution below.
Ivy Tech Community College TSAP webpage
Vincennes University TSAP webpage
To view TSAP competencies and a list of all TSAPs statewide, please visit the ICHE TSAP webpage here.
