South Puget Sound Community College

Transfer Credits

Policies

• Courses will be accepted only from colleges accredited by one of the regional Associations of Schools and Colleges. The one exception is nursing courses applied to the Associate Degree in Nursing.
• Courses more than ten years old must be a grade of "C" (2.0) or better and will not be accepted if course work was for technical education which is now outdated.
• Grades accepted for courses less than ten years old must average 2.0 or better, unless the program requires a "C", "B" or better in each course.

If you have other experience or credits from non-accredited colleges, you may want to pursue other credit alternatives such as course waivers, substitutions, advanced standing, Tech Prep or Credit for Alternative Learning Experience (CALE). In these cases, contact your program advisor. If you do not have a program advisor, contact the Counseling and Career Center at ext. 5261.

Procedure

Students applying courses taken at other colleges, Advance Placement (AP®) or College Level Examination Program (CLEP®) scores, toward a degree or certificate, should follow these procedures:

1. . Request OFFICIAL SEALED copies of all previous college transcripts to be sent directly to you. Some schools will only send official transcripts to the receiving college. Do not submit the Transfer of Credit Form unless you have verified that the transcripts have been received. NOTE: Transcripts more than 10 years old must be accompanied by course descriptions from the college catalog.
2. Submit ORIGINALLY SEALED transcripts with a completed Application for Transfer of Credits to the Enrollment Services Office.
3. This process takes 6-8 weeks. The results of the Transfer of Credit evaluation are mailed to you and provided to the Financial Aid office. Questions regarding the completed evaluation may be directed to the Credentials Evaluators in Enrollment Services at enrollmentservices@spscc.ctc.edu

STUDENTS APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL AID OR VA EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE ALL PREVIOUS COLLEGE EDUCATION EVALUATED.