Transfer Credit

TRANSFER CREDIT

Students who have attended other higher education institutions must have all official transcripts sent directly from the Office of the Registrar of that institution to the Catawba College Admissions Office. The Catawba Registrar’s Office will evaluate transcripts to determine transfer credit to be awarded after a student has been accepted and has deposited. These records should be submitted to Catawba College as far in advance of the registration date as possible, and no later than two weeks prior to the term in which a student plans to enter. Former students whose last date of attendance was more than seven years prior must resubmit all documents. All documents submitted to Catawba College (ex: SAT scores, high school transcripts, college transcripts) cannot be returned, copied, or forwarded.

Transfer credit is given only for courses in which grades of “C-” or better were earned from a regionally accredited college or university and which the Catawba College Registrar determines to be acceptable for transfer credit. On its official transcripts, Catawba College will show course titles, grades, and credit hours earned (but not quality points) on transfer and transient courses for which Catawba has comparable courses and in which the student has earned a “C-” or better. The Catawba College Registrar, in verbal consultation with appropriate department representatives as necessary, will determine whether such courses are comparable to Catawba offerings and therefore acceptable for transfer credit.

Catawba College will calculate grade point averages for graduation, honors, junior marshals, etc. on Catawba work only. In checking graduation requirements in general education, the Catawba College Registrar will evaluate transfer and transient work and count comparable courses as satisfying Catawba’s core requirements.

Catawba College is a signatory institution of the 2015 Independent Comprehensive Articulation Agreement between the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities and the North Carolina Community College System. Policies governing this agreement are found at ncicu.org. Graduates of North Carolina Community College degree programs (Associate of Arts (A.A.) or Associate of Science (A.S.)) covered under this articulation agreement may receive up to 64 semester hours transfer credit. All general education course requirements for graduation will be waived upon receipt of a final college transcript from a North Carolina Community College, covered under this articulation agreement, indicating a student has been awarded an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree before entering Catawba College.

Students who have earned the A.A.S. in Early Childhood Education from a North Carolina Community College may transfer up to 64 hours.

Catawba College is a signatory institution of the 2018 Uniform Articulation Agreement between North Carolina Independent College and Universities RN to BSN Program and North Carolina Community College System: Associate Degree Nursing Programs. Policies governing this agreement are found at ncicu.org.  Students who have earned the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing from a North Carolina Community College may transfer 60 semester hours of credit to Catawba College.  In accordance with the 2018 Uniform Articulation Agreement Between North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities RN to BSN Program and North Carolina Community College System:  Associate Degree Nursing Programs, students earning an AAS in Nursing will have fulfilled Catawba’s General Education requirements, as well as nursing program entry requirements.  However, admission to the nursing program is not guaranteed.

Students who are attending or have attended an accredited community or junior college may transfer up to 60 semester hours of credit to Catawba College.

Students who have attended or are currently attending an accredited four-year institution may transfer up to 90 semester hours of credit to Catawba College, as determined by Catawba’s Registrar.

Catawba College does not award credit for experiential learning or professional certificates at the undergraduate level.

The College does not award credit for courses taken on a non-credit basis with the exception of military credit or experience.

Regularly enrolled students seeking a degree from Catawba who plan to attend another college during the summer (as a “transient” student) must have the plan approved in writing by the Registrar at Catawba before beginning the course, and if the student anticipates taking a course required for a major, permission must first be sought by the appropriate department/division chair. Courses taken by such students without the prior written approval of the Registrar may not be accepted for credit by Catawba. Credit for transient work is given only for courses in which grades of “C-” or better are earned. Students having earned 90 or more semester hours who propose to take transient work must secure written approval from the Academic Policies and Standards Committee.