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Check out our look-up 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 see individual institutions by state. Click on NC Community College 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. Contact the registrar's office with any questions about courses that have not yet been evaluated. This also applies to institutions that do not appear in the look-up 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 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 admittance and receipt of 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 you to changes with your 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 or go to degreeworks.wcu.edu. 

For more information about your degree evaluation, please contact the Advising Center or go to advising.wcu.edu.

Transfer Coursework Evaluation

If your transfer course appears in all capitals, 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 have been admitted and have submitted all their official transcripts.

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. Developmental and remedial courses do not transfer for credit.

 

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµdoes not generally transfer courses that are more technical in nature unless we offer programs in those areas. You should be able to see whether a course will transfer by going to our look-up tools (see the first question).

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.

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. And be sure to ask your advisor about the section of the 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 a U.S. institutionally accredited school will receive a waiver of their Liberal Studies (general education) 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 on your student record 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. If you think you should have a Liberal Studies waiver and do not, please reach out to the registrar's office.

 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 on your student record for your waiver to be applied.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµhas many resources available to you as a transfer student.

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 the department head's approval to verify that the course will transfer in as the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµcourse you are requesting, as well as your primary advisor's approval to confirm that the transferring course will fulfill a requirement on your degree evaluation. This will guarantee that your credit will transfer the way you expect, regardless of changes in equivalencies or articulation agreements.

You can find out more about NCCC pathways by accessing the Transfer Guides.

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Course equivalencies by individual institution
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Course equivalencies from North Carolina community colleges