Transfer Credit

Transfer Evaluation Form (Word Document)

AP (Advance Placement) Credit

CLEP (College Level Examination Prep) Credit

IB (International Baccalaureate) Credit

Transfer Students

Students transferring to the University of Wyoming should check their Transfer Evaluation on WyoWeb after the completed admission file has been sent to the Office of the Registrar and has been evaluated. The information presented here should help you understand both the evaluation procedure and the information provided on the transfer evaluation.

To view your transfer evaluation, log on to WyoWeb and complete the following steps:

1. Click on the Student Resources tab

2. Click on the Banner Self Service channel

3. Click on the Student and Financial Aid link

4. Click on the Student Records link

5. Click on the Transfer Evaluation link at the bottom of the list.

The loaded coursework for each school will be shown, along with any UW equivalent, if applicable. The earned hours for each institution will be at the very bottom of the evaluation in "Total Transfer Hours." If no hours are listed and the statement "Evaluation in Progress - Not in History" appears, the Office of the Registrar has not completed the evaluation of course work.

Transfer Evaluation
The transfer evaluation contains information regarding both the course work as completed at another institution as well as the transfer equivalency information. Course work is listed in chronological order, following your academic career as you completed the work. Course information (such as MATH 1000) listed to the left side of the evaluation details the classes accepted as they were completed at the other institution(s). Other information listed here includes the dates of completion, the hours completed, the grade listed on the transcript, and the term applied to the student record at the University of Wyoming (for example, "013" signifies the 2001 year [01], with work applied in the fall term [3]).

Transfer Equivalencies
There are four basic equivalencies for transfer work to the University of Wyoming:

• Specific Courses at UW--Many of the courses transferred to the University of Wyoming transfer as specific UW courses, and are from that point forward recognized as UW courses (not by their transfer designation).
  
  
• General Transfer Credit--If there is not a course at the University of Wyoming that is exactly like the transfer course, but that transfer course is considered to be college level work, the course will come in as general transfer credit. This means that you will receive all of the credit for completing the course, but that it doesn't necessarily fulfill a University of Wyoming requirement. We recommend that you discuss these general transfer credit courses with your adviser; he/she may be willing to use some of these general transfer credit courses within specific degree requirements.
  
  
• University Studies (UNST) Requirements--Sometimes the course fulfills the spirit of the University Studies, or general education, requirements without specifically matching a course already offered here at UW. If this is the case, the course is loaded as fulfilling a specific UNST course code. For example, many writing courses from other institutions are recognized for fulfilling the W1 or W2 writing requirements at UW, but are not exactly like the writing courses offered here. Instead, the course is transferred as fulfilling the W1 or W2 requirement without necessarily having the direct equivalent.
  
  
• Not Accepted--In rare instances courses transferred to the University of Wyoming are considered to be not acceptable. Reasons for this are detailed below. This means you will not receive any college/UW credit for this course work, and it is not listed on your transfer evaluation.
  
  

Transfer Exceptions
There are three basic exceptions for transfer work at the University of Wyoming:

• Repeat Courses--Course work transferred to the University of Wyoming is evaluated against the UW rules for repeating courses, not the transfer institution. If a course is taken more than one time, only the last occurrence stands; the others will be repeated out of the student record and no course credit will be received for earlier attempts.
  
  
• Excess Credit--The University of Wyoming limits total overall hours for specific types of courses, and this also may not have occurred at the transfer institution. If more hours are transferred than are accepted at UW, the additional credit will be excluded from the overall evaluation. For example, the University of Wyoming limits PE activity course credit to four total hours. If a student transfers six hours of PE activity, credit will only be given for the first four hours, and the last two hours will be considered excess credit.
  
  
• Not Accepted--Credit that is not accepted is most often considered either technical in nature or remedial course work. Course work that is not academic, including such work as vocational training, construction, cosmetology, is not transferable and will not be listed on the transfer evaluation. In addition, work that is considered remedial, such as sentence structure or beginning or intermediate algebra, will also not transfer to UW and will not be listed on the transfer evaluation.
  
  

Final Transcripts
If you are still completing work at another institution, final transcripts must be sent to the Admissions Office upon posting of final grades. Without that final transcript, all transfer work cannot be applied to your record here at UW. In addition, your file will be considered incomplete and an admissions hold will be placed on your account at UW, stopping you from enrolling in any more courses at UW until the final transcript has been received.

If you plan on completing more course work in the future at another institution, we would recommend that you contact the Office of the Registrar prior to registering for any classes. This will insure that the course work will indeed transfer to the University of Wyoming, and that it will transfer for a specific requirement or specific course if necessary. It is much easier to contact the Registrar's Office first than to fight to have a particular course accepted after you have completed all of the work. If you do complete additional work outside of UW, official transcripts must be sent directly from that institution to the University of Wyoming after grades have been posted.

Questions?
If you have any questions about transfer work or the transfer evaluation process, please contact:

Office of the Registrar
West Wing, Knight Hall
(307) 766-3952

Greg Cunningham, Associate Registrar
CunningG@uwyo.edu