The Office of Admissions performs the initial review of transfer credit. Admissions will only begin this process once they receive an official transcript, that is, a transcript exhibiting the official seal and signature of the registrar that has been sent directly from another institution.
All credit is evaluated on a semester hour basis.
A course can only be considered to be a semester course if it is 2.7 hours or more. Upon acceptance by the Admissions Office, course work will be reviewed for equivalencies by the transfer evaluators in the Academic Advising Center. Although courses from other institutions may be fully transferable, use of transfer work in a degree program is subject to all limitations on course work specified in the arts and sciences section of the CU-Boulder catalog and subject to final approval by the dean's office. Once the Office of Admissions accepts course work, the credits transfer into the system and become available to be applied toward graduation requirements. Generally speaking, if a class is listed on the Transfer Credit Report, it is probably being used toward Arts and Sciences graduation.