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The Office of the Registrar is responsible for awarding transfer credit and completes course-by-course transfer credit evaluations for all students. All students are responsible for providing their final official transcript to the university. The university reserves the right to revise a transfer credit evaluation at any time. Applicants to the University who have attempted college courses at other institutions are required to disclose their complete academic enrollment history in the admission application.
Criteria for Assessing Transfer Credits
Credits presented for transfer should be relevant to the student’s academic program at WAU. The university reserves the right to reject credit earned at other institutions or require validation examinations, especially in professional programs, to meet current content requirements in specific courses.
The following are some of the most used criteria to determine transferability of credits:
- All coursework must be earned at an institutionally accredited (formerly known as regionally accredited) U.S. college or university or from an international university recognized by that country’s Ministry of Education. Transfer credit is not awarded for coursework from U.S. institutions not institutionally accredited.
- If you took any classes at a foreign college/university you will need to have your official transcripts sent to one of the following evaluation companies:
- World Education Services: You must request a WES ICAP evaluation of your credits. The course by course analysis option must be selected when ordering the evaluation. | www.wes.org
- ACEI-Global Evaluation Comprehensive Report: If this option is chosen WAU will also require your Official Transcripts (in a sealed envelope) to be mailed directly from your home institution to Washington Adventist University | acei-global.org/international-credential-evaluation-for-wau-2/
Note: WAU will NOT accept an evaluation from any other company. The Admissions office can provide additional information on how to get the transcripts evaluated by World Education Services or ACEI.
- WAU will accept no more than a combined total of 90 semester hours (credits from two-year institutions cannot exceed 70 credits) from all of the institutions an individual has attended.
- A maximum of 90 semester hours earned at institutionally accredited (formerly known as regionally accredited) four-year colleges or universities may be accepted at Washington Adventist University.
- A maximum of 70 semester hours from institutionally accredited (formerly known as regionally accredited) community colleges will be accepted. Regardless of course content, courses completed as lowerdivision level (freshman or sophomore) will transfer as lower-division level, even if WAU’s version of the same course is an upper division level course. Courses completed as upper-level (junior or senior) will transfer as upper-division level. Courses taken at two-year institutions are typically lower-division level in nature.
- Undergraduate college-level courses must be graded with a “C” or higher to be considered for transfer. A student may request to transfer courses with “C-” or “D” grades earned at another college or university. Such requests will be considered on the basis of the student’s academic and professional goals.
- Courses graded on a Pass/Satisfactory basis will not be considered for transfer.
- Developmental/Remedial coursework as well as career technical courses do not transfer.
- Transfer course equivalents for CPTR 105 or INSY 110 (to fulfill the computer literacy requirement for all WAU baccalaureate graduates) taken more than five years before enrollment at WAU do not meet this requirement.
- A credit conversion process is used for students transferring from institutions under the quarter hour, so that the credits equate with the semester hour that WAU uses. This means that fewer credits will be transferred from quarter hour institutions in comparison to what they record on their students’ transcripts (i.e. 3 quarter hours = 2.7 semester hours).
- Transfer credit is not awarded for any English as a Second Language (ESL) courses.
- Once transfer credits have been posted they cannot be removed from someone’s record unless specific criteria has been met, that is determined by the Office of the Registrar. Students will not be able to request that certain courses be removed in an attempt to boost their G.P.A.
- If a someone has taken courses through Straighterline they must request both the Straighterline and ACE Recommended transcripts be sent to WAU. These transcripts must be on file before a transfer evaluation is done to determine transferability of any coursework. The majority of courses would only transfer as electives and not as specific course equivalents. Students must be sure to obtain approval to take the course(s) prior to enrolling in them.
- For masters degree programs a maximum of nine semester-hour credits from institutionally accredited (formerly known as regionally accredited) colleges and universities can be accepted with an official transcript. These hours must have been completed within three years of enrollment at WAU. If you wish to transfer credits, please provide the appropriate SGPS program coordinator with course descriptions and syllabi.
- For masters degree programs you must have earned a grade of “B” or better in all courses. A validation examination may be required in cases of some transfer students to update the content of courses required by the program.
Further details of the university’s transfer policy are in the document “Transfer Policy and Non-classroom Learning Credits” approved by the Educational Policies Committee March 9, 1993. The complete document is located on the university’s website: Transfer Policy and Non-classroom Learning Credits - March 9, 1993.
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)/Articulation Agreements Policy
The Office of the Provost shall keep a record of all articulation agreements and MOUs. The list of affiliations and partnerships is managed as a collaboration with the provost’s office, the registrar, SGPS, Admissions, COIRE, and the president’s office. This group meets quarterly to review upcoming items and to maintain an accurate listing.
Knowledge of existing agreements is beneficial in the negotiation of new agreements and, where appropriate, assures consistency in format.
Articulation agreements and memorandums of understanding document a pathway between two or more colleges/universities and their academic programs. These agreements usually narrow the range of course options by providing a checklist or sequence of what courses should be taken to satisfy degree requirements.
WAU has developed a number of partnerships with various organizations and institutions to establish seamless pathways between them and WAU academic programs. These agreements detail the course equivalencies, course transfers, and waivers as applicable.
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