UB Launches New Articulation Web Site

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Office of Transfer and Articulation Services at the University at Buffalo has launched a new transfer course articulation Web site, called TAURUS, that replicates and enhances the services that were available in ARIES, the university's award-winning articulation Web application that was released in 1996.

TAURUS has numerous advantages over ARIES, says Jennifer Gottdiener, director of transfer and articulation services in the UB Office of the Vice Provost for Enrollment and Planning:

o In addition to displaying course-to-course articulation, TAURUS will give users the capability to view course descriptions and requirements for UB degree programs, enter their own transfer courses and request articulated planning guides for any UB major. ARIES only displayed course articulation, Gottdiener points out.

o TAURUS uses the Course Applicability System (CAS), a nation-wide transfer information system developed by Miami University of Ohio. The CAS software allows users access to articulation information from any member institution.

o The update time between DARS and TAURUS is instantaneous, while ARIES data changes were displayed the next day.

TAURUS is going live in two phases, Gottdiener notes. The first phase, which went live on Nov. 11, gives users a view of UB's transfer-course articulation data and shows how courses from other institutions match UB courses and requirements. This information is essential to effective educational planning by current and prospective students and their advisors, she says.

The second phase of TAURUS, which will be developed during 2003, will enable users to view requirements for UB degree programs, enter their own transfer courses, and request articulated planning guides for any UB major, she says.

TAURUS can be accessed at http://taurus.buffalo.edu/.

For further information, contact the Office of Transfer and Articulation Services at 645-6729.