College in the High School
Additional credit restrictions may apply when students enrolled in high school have been awarded college-level credit by another college or university, and the course work was completed on the high school campus rather than on the college campus.
Community College Credit
A maximum of 90 credits from community college course work may be applied toward the credits required for the bachelor's degree. All of the credits transferred from two-year colleges may be used toward graduation requirements, but a student must still complete at least 90 credits of course work at the UWB or at another baccalaureate-granting institution (see also Senior Residency Requirement). Think of transfer courses as a "bank account" from which to draw. All of a student's transferable community-college courses remain in the bank to be applied toward specific degree requirements.
Extension Credit from Other Schools
Extension credit, including correspondence courses, earned at other schools may not exceed 45 credits. Military credit is included in this 45-credit limit.
Military Credit
Credits earned in Armed Forces Training Schools (AFTS) and through USAFI and DANTES may not exceed 30 credits and are included in the 45-credit limit for extension credit. Official transcripts, DD-214, or DD-295 forms must be submitted, and credit will not be awarded until after the student has enrolled at the University. Scores received in such course work are not included in the transfer GPA. No credit is awarded for Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) programs.
Native Language
First-year (elementary) or second-year (intermediate) foreign-language credit is not granted either by examination or by course completion in a student's native language. "Native language" is defined as the language spoken in the student's home during the first six years of his or her life and in which he or she received instruction through the seventh grade.
Out-of-Sequence Courses
Credit is not awarded for prerequisite courses in mathematics or foreign languages completed after a more advanced course has been completed. For example, students will not be awarded credit for Spanish 102 if taken after Spanish 103.
Overlapping Content
If a department considers two of its courses to have overlapping content, credit will be awarded for only one. For example, credit is granted for either PHYS 114 or PHYS 121. Other departments in which such overlapping courses occur include Astronomy, Computer Science, Economics, Genetics, Geological Sciences, Linguistics, Psychology, and Statistic.
Physical Education
No more than three quarter credits will be allowed for physical-education activity courses.
Restricted Transfer Credit
A maximum of 15 quarter credits will be awarded in transfer for college-level vocational-technical courses. Courses in this category are those that ordinarily provide specialized training for an occupation (e.g., allied health, bookkeeping, electronics, or physical therapy assistant). When allowed, these credits will apply only toward the elective credit component of a baccalaureate degree at the UWB. Such courses are not included in the transfer GPA.
ROTC Credit
Credits earned in first- and second-year military training courses may not be counted in the basic 180 credits that are required for graduation. Some third- and fourth-year courses may count, depending on the institution the student attended previously.
Senior Residency Requirement
The University generally requires that at least the last 45 of final 60 credits of a baccalaureate degree be completed in residence at the UWB.
Transfer of International Credits
Transcripts from schools outside the United States must be evaluated by an independent evaluation service. The University of Washington, Bothell does not have the resources to perform detailed evaluations of foreign transcripts. Below is a list of independent credential evaluation services endorsed by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc. (NACES).
The evaluation will verify the accreditation of the school and establish the credit equivalencies so the University of Washington, Bothell will be able to give you as much credit as possible. Please request a course-by-course evaluation, and have an official copy sent directly to the University of Washington, Bothell. You must also submit an official copy (translated) of your transcript to UWB. Since the evaluation takes extra time, you may need to check application deadlines to make sure that your file will be processed before the deadline.
To find the list of independent credential evaluation services, click below!
