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The University Articulation Officer serves as CSUSB's subject matter expert on course and degree articulation, transfer credit evaluation, and Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC)/Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) compliance. This role develops and maintains articulation agreements with California Community Colleges, administers the ASSIST and uAchieve/TES articulation systems, advises faculty and staff on transfer policy, and provides lead direction to Registrar's Office staff on articulation-related functions. Requires a bachelor's degree and four years of related administrative experience.

University Articulation Officer (Administrative Analyst/Specialist Exempt II), Strategic Enrollment Management Full Description

Job Summary

The University Articulation Officer serves as the University's subject matter expert on course and degree articulation, transfer credit evaluation, and Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC)/Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) compliance. The incumbent develops and maintains articulation agreements with California Community Colleges and other institutions, administers campus articulation systems to maintain, update, and publish articulation data, provides guidance to faculty, staff, and campus partners on articulation and transfer policies, and provides lead direction to Registrar's Office staff performing articulation-related functions to ensure accurate transfer credit evaluation and compliance with CSU and university requirements.

Responsibilities

Articulation Agreement Development & Administration

Develop, negotiate, and maintain course and major articulation agreements with California Community Colleges and other partner institutions by working directly with CSUSB department chairs to evaluate curriculum equivalencies, creating and publishing agreements on the ASSIST platform.
Maintain official campus articulation records and accurate course-level articulations in the uAchieve database, in order to ensure students receive appropriate transfer credit and that CSUSB's degree pathways remain accurate, current, and defensible under CSU and state transfer policy.
Serve as the University's primary point of contact for articulation-related inquiries from faculty, counselors, feeder-college administrators, and the CSU Chancellor's Office.
Analyze and resolve disputed course articulation decisions by collaborating with faculty and campus partners and evaluate the impact of proposed CSUSB curriculum changes on existing articulation agreements and current and prospective transfer students to ensure seamless transfer pathways.

Transfer Credit Evaluation & TMC/ADT Program Administration

Evaluate and optimize transfer credit pathways by analyzing new and revised Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC) patterns issued by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office and working with faculty to determine equivalency to CSUSB majors, reviewing CSUSB curriculum changes for their effect on existing TMC agreements and recommending solutions.
Develop workflows with the Office of the Registrar for awarding transfer credit for external exams (AP, IB, CLEP), military training, and prior learning assessments, in order to ensure transfer students can complete their CSUSB degree within the maximum allowable units and remain compliant with CSU system-wide transfer requirements.
Collaborate with Admissions and Academic Advising to ensure that students entering with an Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) are placed in the correct major, tracked and coded correctly, and advised appropriately.

Technology Systems Administration

Under general direction of University Registrar, administer the campus articulation systems to publish articulation data by serving as the lead campus data manager for ASSIST and campus administrator for the Transfer Evaluation System (TES), training faculty and staff on the use of both platforms, creating and monitoring user accounts, to ensure articulation data is accurate, accessible, and correctly published to students and partner institutions.
Serve as a campus spokesperson to the ASSIST management team to provide feedback and recommendations on system development and direction.

Policy Advisement, Consultation, & Institutional Representation

Advise campus stakeholders on articulation and transfer policy by maintaining current knowledge of applicable laws, Chancellor's Office executive orders and coded memoranda, and legislative changes affecting articulation and transfer programs.
Consult with administrators, department chairs, faculty, and staff on articulation issues and initiatives such as the ADT program, in order to keep the University informed of and compliant with evolving transfer requirements.
Represent CSUSB at statewide and regional California Intersegmental Articulation Council (CIAC) meetings to maintain the University's standing in statewide articulation efforts.

Unit Lead & Work Direction

Provide lead work direction to staff in Registrar office assigned to articulation-related functions by developing and coordinating workflows for staff who record course articulations in uAchieve and TES and who monitor students on ADT pathways.
Provide input to the University Registrar on staff performance evaluations to ensure articulation and transfer credit processing is completed accurately, consistently, and in a timely manner.
The incumbent is accountable for the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of the articulation work performed by assigned staff.

Other Classification Related Duties as Assigned

Perform additional duties related to articulation and transfer pathways as assigned by the University Registrar, in order to support departmental and divisional operations as needs arise.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and/or the equivalent training and administrative work experience involving study, analysis, and/or evaluation leading to the development or improvement of administrative policies, procedures, practices, or programs, and four years of related experience.

Required Qualifications

Thorough knowledge of and ability to apply extensive expertise to complex programs and/or administrative specialties, including pertinent laws and regulations.
Demonstrated expertise in and advanced knowledge of the principles, problems, and methods of public and business administration and operational and fiscal management.
Expertise in administrative survey techniques, operations and systems analysis, statistical and research methods, and the ability to interpret and evaluate results to develop sound conclusions and recommend new or revised policies.
Ability to understand problems from a broad, interactive perspective and discern applicable underlying principles to conceive of and develop strategic solutions.
Ability to work with representatives from public and private entities and handle potentially sensitive situations. Demonstrated consultative skills in working with internal and external constituent groups.
Ability to effectively present ideas and concepts in written or presentation format and use consultative and facilitation skills to gain consensus.

Preferred Qualifications

Successful experience in articulation or college-level student services programs (such as advising) that include a working knowledge of articulation and the intricacies of curriculum.
Experience with the articulation and/or curriculum processes/policies at the California Community Colleges, the CSUs, or the UCs.
Experience with degree audit tools, such as uAchieve, and with articulation tools, such as ASSIST and TES.
Excellent organization and communication skills.
High comfort level with using Microsoft 365 (especially Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, Word, and Excel), Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, and Sites), and Zoom.

Special Conditions

Provide training and lead work direction to SSP II.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary offered will take into account internal equity and experience among other factors.

Anticipated hiring range: Step 1 $5,797 per month for qualified candidates.

Classification hiring range: $5,797 (Step 1) - $8,445 (Step 20).

The CSU system provides a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental and vision plans, membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), sick and vacation time, and 15 paid holidays a year. Eligible employees are also able to participate in the fee waiver education program.

Position Information

Work status: Full-time/Exempt/Probationary.

Academic year schedule: Monday through Friday (08:00 am – 5:00 pm), some evenings/weekends.

Summer schedule: Monday through Thursday (7:00 am - 5:30 pm), some evenings/weekends.

The application deadline is September 4, 2026 at 11:55 P.M.

California State University, San Bernardino, as part of the CSU system, is a State of California Employer. As such, the University requires all employees upon date of hire to reside in the State of California. As of January 1, 2022 the CSU Out-of-State Employment Policy prohibits the hiring of employees to perform CSU-related work outside the state of California.

California State University, San Bernardino is not a sponsoring agency for staff or management positions (i.e. H1-B Visas). CSUSB is not an E-Verify employer and cannot support visa holders with certain requirements (e.g., H1B, F1, STEM OPT).

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