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 |
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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.