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Eligibility Criteria and Workforce Need:
Use this checklist to ensure that the proposed program meets the eligibility criteria. This includes requirements such as identifying unmet workforce needs, avoiding CSU/UC program duplication, and demonstrating the college has an existing associate degree in the program of study. See the tools, resources, and the CCCCO application approval process and for more guidance and information.

•  The proposed degree is not duplicated at a UC or CSU

• Letters of Support

• Evidence of Collaboration

• Curriculum Duplication Analysis

📘 Resources

• ASSIST
  ASSIST is the official course transfer and articulation system for California’s public colleges and universities. Use ASSIST to analyze lower division curriculum

• California State University

  • CSU Master Plan

  • Search Academic Plans by Major

• University of California

  • Check majors

• AICCU

  • WASC Senior College and University Commission Program Directory

• Centers of Excellence CSU and UC Program Finder Tool Instructions

• Centers of Excellence CSU and UC Program Finder Tool

•  The college currently has an associate degree in the subject area of the proposed degree

• TOP Code

• CIP Code

• 5 years of enrollment data/successful completion

•  Documentation of unmet workforce needs

• Proposed Baccalaureate Degree Codes: TOP Codes, CIP Codes, SOC Codes

• Letters of Support

• Evidence employers are having difficulty filling positions (baccalaureate degree necessary)

• Evidence employers will pay students with a bachelor’s degree higher wages

• Job Announcements

• LMI Data (Regional and Statewide)

  • Centers of Excellence (at least 90 days before the application is due!)

https://livingwage.mit.edu/counties/06073

•  Evidence program meets industry standards; provides knowledge and skills for occupations that pay a high wage (LMI workforce data)
•  Evidence program will provide equity
•  Evidence of sufficient demand/student interest (student surveys)
•  Evidence of necessity for a 4-year degree in the proposed degree program
•  Evidence employers will hire students
•  Letters of support from industry workforce partners
•  Regional Consortium Recommendation

This can be used to guide the college through the program development process. See the program development section for a comprehensive description of the California community college baccalaureate degree program requirements.

•  Proposed upper division coursework and recommended sequence (40 upper division semester units (60 quarter units)/including 9-semester units (12 13.5 quarter units) upper-division general education)
•  Program Sequence
•  Program alignment with industry standards
•  Faculty commitment/minimum qualifications