
Transfer FAQs
Transfer Students
Any passing grades received from outside institutions during the Spring 2020 semester may transfer to WCU. Please reach out to the Registrar's Office (registrar@wcu.edu) if you have a course that is not transferring.
Check out our Transfer Frequently Asked Questions below by clicking on each question. If you have any questions that aren’t answered here, please don't hesitate to contact us.


FAQS
Check out our lookup tools! They are updated every night. The links for the lookup tools are located at the bottom of this page. Click on Look-Up Tool to look up thee individual institution by state. Click on Equivalencies to look up courses in any of the North Carolina Community Colleges. If the course you are looking for does not appear, that means no one has transferred it in yet. Feel free to contact us with any questions about courses that have not yet been evaluated. This also applies to institutions that do not appear in the lookup list. Please note that only curriculum coursework taken from a regionally accredited institution will transfer.
You must have a grade of at least C-, or equivalent, in order for a course to be considered for transfer. Transfer work is only used to meet program requirements, therefore your GPA will NOT be affected by your transfer courses.
Once admitted and all your OFFICIAL transcripts have been received we will begin to evaluate your transfer credit. We aim to have all credit articulated within 15 business days from admintance and receiveng all official transcripts. If you have 4 or more transcripts or an international transcript this process may take up to 30 business days.
We send emails to new incoming students every 3 weeks alerting them to changes to their transfer credit. You can check your myÄ¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµportal by searching Credits Earned Elsewhere in the top search bar.
Log in to your myÄ¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµaccount and search Degree Evaluation in the top search bar.
For more information about your degree audit, please contact the Advising Center or go to advising.wcu.edu.
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If your transfer course appears in all capitals, that means that no one has transferred that course in before, and an equivalency has not yet been determined. It will take us a bit longer to review your courses and determine equivalencies and we prioritize the records of students who are attending orientation sessions. Feel free to contact our office if you have questions about courses.
If your transfer course is blank or says 'No Equivalency' instead of a Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµcourse, this means the course has been evaluated and determined that it will not transfer for credit.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµdoes not generally transfer courses that are more technical in nature unless we offer programs in those areas. Courses that are outside of programs we offer are not in line with the mission and purpose of the institution and therefore will not transfer. You should be able to see whether a course will transfer on our lookup tools (see 1st question). If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
Courses that require the development of a skill (like learning an instrument or a particular style of dance) may not automatically transfer in as a specific Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµcourse. You will need to speak to the department and likely audition or provide a portfolio before being given specific credit for a performance-based course. You can find contact information for each department by clicking here on the Departments, Schools & Colleges page.
Yes, you can. If you believe a course should have transferred in, or should have transferred in as a specific or alternative Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµcourse, please fill in the appeal form at this link: .
We do not articulate any coursework from high school transcripts. We will need official transcripts from the community college through which the Early College or Dual Enrollment coursework was taken, or the official AP or CLEP transcript from College Board.
Joint Services Transcripts are evaluated by our Director of Military Student Services. (Check out military.wcu.edu for more information.) Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµis very student-friendly when evaluating military experience for college credit. Service members who have served at least 2 continuous years may transfer 7 general elective credits and have their C4 Wellness Liberal Studies requirement waived once the JST and DD-214 have been reviewed. (See liberalstudies.wcu.edu for the requirements and additional information.) Also, be sure to ask your advisor about the section of USI 130 transition course that is offered exclusively for veterans.
We accept transcripts from institutions from other countries only if they have been evaluated by an approved agency. Even with an evaluation from an approved agency, we can only transfer in courses as elective credit; however, this can be appealed with translated or English course descriptions from the original institution.
If you attended a college or university that is now closed, accreditation guidelines require that transcripts and other records be kept at another institution. This will vary by state, but it may help to contact your state’s Department of Education or the local school district. Your closed institution may even still have a website with information on how to obtain your records. If your institution was in North Carolina, you can contact the State Archives office at archives@ncdcr.gov.
Students who transfer in with an AA, AS, or AE from a North Carolina Community College, a bachelor’s degree from a UNC System School, or a master’s degree from an US institutionally accredited school will receive a waiver of their Liberal Studies requirements. Waivers are not guaranteed for any other degrees earned and are evaluated on a case-by-case basis; this includes AAS degrees. Please allow at least a week from the time your transfer work appears in your myÄ¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµaccount for your waiver to be applied. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµcannot apply the waiver unless the Registrar's Office has an official transcript that shows a degree has been awarded/conferred. If you think you should have a liberal studies waiver and do not, please reach out to the registrar's office. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
Students who transfer in at least 15.1 credit hours (NOT 15.0 or less) will not have to take a First Year Seminar at WCU. Please allow at least a week from the time your transfer work appears in your myÄ¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµaccount for your waiver to be applied.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµhas many resources available to you. Check out the ones below: Admissions information Student Transitions for transfer initiatives Military Student Services for information on transitions and support Distance Learning Programs Advising Center Financial Aid Information Become part of a Learning Community Mentoring & Persistence to Success (MAPS) for first generation and independent students Apply for admission to the Brinson Honors College Counseling Services.
Our transfer students (who make up over 40% of our student population—and growing!) often experience a slight dip in GPA during their first semester. Transitions are challenging, even for the most resilient people. It is a big change in culture to go from one campus to another, and it takes most people a while to adjust. So give yourself some time and space—and grace! Make use of the resources available to you (see above), and don’t be afraid to ask for help. After that first semester, our transfer students bring their GPAs back up, and have higher GPAs, on average, than students who have only attended WCU. We are glad you’re here, and we are here to support you!
In order to take courses elsewhere and transfer them back smoothly to WCU, be sure to complete a Transient Permission form. You will need both the department head's initials to verify that the course will transfer in as the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµcourse you are requesting and your advisor's signature for confirmation that the transferring course will fulfill a requirement on your degree audit. This will guarantee that your credit will transfer the way you expect regardless of changes in equivalencies or articualtion agreements.
You can find out more about NCCC pathways by accessing the Advising Center webpage and following the links for transfer students.
