2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

Transfer of Credits

Students transferring to Northwest from another regionally accredited institution may be given transfer credit as their transcripts are evaluated by the Office of Admissions-Operations. Non-college parallel courses or technical credit can be transferred only for the Bachelor of Applied Science degree or if part of an Associate of Arts degree unless the Office of Admissions-Operations and the corresponding academic department determine that the courses are equivalent to a liberal arts level course.

Continuing students at Northwest who wish to take courses at another institution as a visiting student should contact the Office of Admissions-Operations prior to enrolling to ensure the viability of transferring those courses into Northwest.

Students have the option of meeting degree requirements as governed by the academic catalog in force at the time of the student's initial enrollment in higher education (provided that the student has maintained continuous enrollment and has remained in the same major program) or by the academic catalog in force at the time of the student’s initial enrollment at Northwest.

Aside from possible waiver of Northwest Core requirements as detailed below, transfer credit will be evaluated on the same criteria established for native students as set forth in the academic policies section of this catalog. Students may challenge the interpretation of such criteria made by the Office of Admissions-Operations by petitioning Northwest's Transfer & Articulation Officer located in the Student Success Center.

Transfer credits do not always have an equivalent course at Northwest but may satisfy the Core 42 or department requirements. The following 900-series course numbers are used to show if transfer courses meet Northwest Core requirements, even though the courses are not directly equivalent, or transfer as electives only:

 

     900 ACT English Credit                                   912 Math      
     901 English 111        915 Digital Literacy
     902 English 112       916 Humanistic Studies
     903 Oral Communication       918 Science Lab
     904 American Government (with MO)       919 Anthropology
     924 American Government (without MO)       920 Lower Division Elective 
     905 American History       922 Math Pre-requisite
     906 Social Science       950 American Sign Language
     907 Behavioral Science       980 B.T. credit only, Gen Ed.
     908 Literature        988 B.T. credit only
     909 Humanities/Philosophy       990 Upper Division Elective
     910 Fine Arts       999 Elective, before summer 1990
     911 Science  

 

A student has the right to appeal a denial of credit made by the Office of Admissions-Operations to the academic department concerned. If the student is not satisfied with the decision of the academic department, further appeal may be made to Northwest's Transfer & Articulation Officer located in the Student Success Center.