Transfer Policies
Transferring credit from other institutions
Courses completed at colleges and universities
accredited by the North Central Association
of Colleges and Schools, or similar regional
associations, are acceptable for transfer to
The University of Iowa. If your course work
was completed at a school not regionally accredited,
the recommendations by the American Association
of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers
or the American Council on Education will be
used.
Transfer Planning Resources
Your
transfer GPA
The University builds on the transfer GPA rather than starting fresh. All grades,
including Ds and Fs, on transfer course work will be calculated to find your
transfer GPA. Grades from career-technical courses are not figured into your
transfer GPA.
Course
repeat policy
If you repeat a course at the same institution, or an approved equivalent course
from another college, the first grade is not counted in your cumulative
transfer GPA. If the course is completed at The University of Iowa, the repeat
must also be taken at The University of Iowa. See your Iowa advisor for more
information.
Credit
from two-year colleges
Course work earned at
a two-year college or as part of an associate degree program may be applied toward up to one-half the credits required
for a bachelor’s degree from Iowa. Excess credit and
grades will be used in computing your grade-point average (GPA)
and may be used to satisfy course requirements, but they will
not count
toward the total hours needed for graduation from the University.
Associate
of Arts (AA) degree articulation
agreements
The University of Iowa has AA articulation agreements with all Iowa community
colleges, Waldorf College in Iowa, and Black Hawk College in Illinois.
AA Degree
Articulation Agreements
Associate of Science (AS) degree articulation agreements
The University of Iowa has an AS articulation agreement with all Iowa community colleges.
AS Degree Articulation Agreement
Iowa
Regents articulation agreement
Students who have satisfied general education requirements at the
University of Northern Iowa or the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
at Iowa State University may transfer to the University of Iowa's College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences with all General Education Program requirements
(except world language) fulfilled. Contact the Office
of Admissions for information on the validation procedure.
Credit by
exam
Iowa offers credit for a variety of exams.
Credit by
Exam
Credit
for military service
The Office of Admissions evaluates
transcripts from the military services according
to recommendations in the American Council on
Education’s Guide to the Evaluation
of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services.
Credit
for Military Service
Career-technical
credit
Up
to 16 semester hours of career-technical credit can be used
as elective credit toward a degree in the Colleges of Liberal
Arts & Sciences, Education, or Business. Career-technical
credit, however, comes in as ungraded credit and does not count
toward the 24 transferable hours needed for admission.
Noncollegiate
sponsored instruction
The University reserves the
right to independently evaluate credit granted by external agencies
and noncollegiate sponsored programs. |
