Transfer Articulation

Articulation refers to the review process between postsecondary institutions regarding the transferability of courses and is coordinated and facilitated by the Office of the Registrar. The process involves developing formal written agreements between institutions to accept specific courses (or course sequences) from a sending campus that are comparable to, or in lieu of a specific course (or courses) at the receiving campus. 

 What is our Process?

Articulation requests, issues, and concerns are coordinated by the Office of the Registrar. The articulation team within the Office of the Registrar works closely with articulation coordinators to communicate, implement and monitor all articulation agreements.

Undergraduate academic departments are responsible for reviewing articulation evaluations and making decisions about course comparability. The department must designate a person in the department as the primary transfer articulation coordinator - generally an advisor or faculty member.

When articulation evaluations are forwarded to the department, we will provide the most current course description for the transfer course. The Registrar's Office  encourages faculty to make articulation decisions based on the course descriptions rather than individual syllabi.  Departments may request a syllabus from the student.

1. Institutions from which credit is transferred must have regional accreditation in order for their courses to be considered for transfer to the University (Regulations Library 6-404, III, D, 10.2). 

2. Transfer courses that are eligible for acceptance to the University of Utah may transfer as direct course equivalents (e.g., HIST 1700) or electives (e.g., XIST 1700, HIST 1XXX, ELEC 1XXX). Transferred college-level credits that do not have direct course equivalents at the University of Utah may count toward general education, bachelor’s degree, and/or University requirements. 

3. The University of Utah does not accept remedial or non-credit-bearing courses for transfer. (Board of Regents R470, 7.2) 

4. Transfer courses with direct equivalents will apply to requirements the same as University of Utah courses. Academic departments may determine applicability of transfer courses to specific program curricular requirements. The applicability of transfer credit toward the General Education Program is determined by Academic Advising in consultation with Undergraduate Studies. (Board of Regents R470, 7.1) 

5. The University accepts non-remedial transfer courses from accredited institutions with a D- grade or higher. Course equivalencies should be determined independent of any particular student and/or the grade received. If a specific grade is needed to qualify toward graduation requirements, the degree audit system may prevent such courses from applying to the degree. Articulating courses independent of grade will then allow for the transfer courses to be considered when assessing for duplication of credit.
6. Students who transfer to the University with an Associate of Arts (AA) or Associate of Science (AS) degree or who have completed the Interstate Passport will have fulfilled the University’s entire General Education Program requirements, with the possible exception of American Institutions (AI) and Quantitative Reasoning (QA and QB). However, these individuals must also complete the University’s Bachelor Degree requirements. Courses at the transfer institution used to complete the AA, AS or Interstate Passport do not necessarily transfer as equivalent UofU courses. (Regulations Library 6-101, III, G). The Associate of Applied Science (AAS), Associate of Pre-Engineering (APE) or other similar degree does not clear General Education or Bachelor’s Degree requirements. 
7. Registrar’s Office staff will evaluate exceptions entered into the degree audit system and create transfer articulation rules accordingly.

• Articulation Agreement: Documented relationship between institutions regarding how various courses will be transferred.
• Associate of Applied Science: An associate degree that typically includes technical, hands-on experience related to a specific professional field. An Associate of Applied Science does not clear any general education or bachelor’s degree requirements.

• Associate of Pre-Engineering: A type of associate degree that prepares a student to transfer to a baccalaureate university to complete an engineering program. An Associate of Pre-Engineering does not clear any general education or bachelor’s degree requirements.

• Associate of Pre-Science: A type of associate degree that prepares a student to transfer to a baccalaureate university to complete a science program. An Associate of Pre-Science does not clear any general education or bachelor’s degree requirements.

• Associate of Science/Arts: An award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study which generally takes two years of full-time enrollment.
• Course Acceptability: The process of determining which higher education courses will transfer into the University of Utah.
• Course Applicability: The process of determining if or how coursework from one institution applies to degree requirements in specific programs of study at another institution.
• Course Articulation: (direct articulation); course assumes all University of Utah course benefits such as general education designations. It will apply like University of Utah course when minimum grade requirements have been met.
• Course Substitution: Transfer course is not articulated, however will count for major/minor requirements within the degree audit with minimum grade requirements.
• Interstate Passport Credential: A block transfer of lower-division general education courses which clears all general education requirements for graduation.
• Lower-Division Courses: Courses that are typically considered to be at the freshman or sophomore level (courses numbered 1000-2999).
• Non-transferable: A course that is not accepted at the University of Utah for credit.
• Receiving Institution: Institution where the courses are being transferred.
• Transfer Credit Evaluation: Process of evaluating incoming transfer credit for equivalency and applicability to degree requirements.
• Transfer Pre-requisite: An articulated transfer course will be used in pre-requisite checking, whereas courses without an articulation will not.
• Transfer Institution: Institution where the courses were originally taken.
• Transferable Academic Credit: All credit earned at another regionally accredited college or university that is approved for transfer to the University of Utah (University of Utah Policy 6-404).
• Upper-Division Courses: Courses that are typically considered to be at the junior or senior level (courses numbered 3000-4999). Courses taken at 2 year institutions will not be considered for upper division status toward the university’s Upper Division Hour graduation requirement.
• 2+2 Program Articulation: (major preparation agreements); an agreement between a community college and 4-year institution to streamline transferability. The program requirements are clearly defined where two years are completed at each institution.

Best Practices

• Freshman and sophomore – level courses should not be articulated with junior and senior – level courses.
• Transfer articulation evaluations should be evaluated and sent back to the Office of the Registrar within two weeks.

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