Transfer Credits

Preparing for Transfer
Peninsula College has set its general education requirements for the Associate in Arts (A.A.) and Associate in Science (A.S.) degrees to conform with guidelines of the Washington Intercollege Relations Commission (ICRC) for direct transfer of A.A. and A.S. degree credits. Washington baccalaureate colleges and universities also accept these guidelines or have separate agreements with Peninsula College. Students entering with A.A. degrees from Peninsula College are considered to be in their junior year and to have completed the general education requirements at these baccalaureate institutions.

Individuals who plan to transfer from Peninsula College to a baccalaureate college or university are expected to meet the entrance requirements of that institution at the time they transfer. You should obtain current catalogs from the institution to which you plan to transfer and study entrance requirements as well as suggested freshman-and sophomore-level courses in your major field of interest. Institutions differ in treatment of credits received with a pass grade for courses in a major field and may compute a pass grade as a “C” or “D” grade.

Last-minute changes in your major field of study or in your choice of baccalaureate institution may create problems in transferring. Such changes should be made only after consultation with advisors.

Peninsula College courses numbered below 100 are not transferable. Courses with titles containing the word “technical” or “technology” are not transferable to all baccalaureate institutions, but they may transfer to some of these colleges. You should work closely with faculty advisors before attempting to transfer courses that are specialized components of professional and technical education programs or listed by ICRC as “restricted subject area” courses. Associate in Applied Science–Transfer degrees transfer to some colleges. Work with your advisor for transferring options.

You may earn more than 90 academic hours of credit at Peninsula College, but the total number of credits accepted for transfer will be determined by the institution to which you transfer.

Transferring Previous Credits to Peninsula College
In general, Peninsula College routinely accepts credits for college-level courses completed at regionally accredited institutions of higher education. Authority for acceptance of credits is delegated to the Registrar.

The decision to grant transfer credit is based upon several factors. Chief among them is accreditation. For transfer purposes, Peninsula College recognizes as fully accredited only those institutions that have received accreditation by one of the following associations: (1) New England Association of Schools, (2) Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, (3) North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, (4) Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, (5) Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and (6) Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Regardless of institutional accreditation, Peninsula College does not grant credit for religion or theology courses that are sectarian in nature.

Credit for vocationally oriented courses is at the discretion of the department or division chairperson of the applicable program in conjunction with the Senior Vice President of Instruction.

In accordance with the CTC Inter-College Reciprocity Policy, Peninsula College offers reciprocity to students transferring within the CTC system who are pursuing the Direct Transfer Agreement (D.T.A.) degree or the Associate in Science- Transfer (A.S.-T.) degree.