Frequent Questions and Procedures

Catalog Policies

Transfer credit procedures are governed by UAA Catalog policies. See Transfer Credits in the UAA Catalog for more information.

Transfer Credit Evaluation Process

All transfer courses are reviewed individually, on a case-by-case basis, without attachment to a student or degree program.

  • Course descriptions are taken from your transfer school's catalog during the time of your attendance and are best matched to the current UAA curriculum.
  • Courses taught at different levels than their potential UAA equivalent cannot be equated. Upper-division credit cannot be given for a class taken at the lower division, and lower-division credit cannot be given for a class taught at the upper division.
  • At UAA, lower division is indicated by 100 and 200-level courses, and upper division is 300 and 400-level courses. Numbering systems across the U.S. vary widely in how level is indicated.
  • Transfer courses must have been taught at the undergraduate level in order to transfer.
  • Special topic courses, internships, and independent study classes will usually be brought in as elective credit due to the lack of consistent content.
  • If you have taken a class that fulfills a degree requirement as a topical class, ask your academic advisor if the petition process is an option.

Transferred Courses with Partial Credit

  • Courses that differ from equivalent UAA courses by less than 1 credit (for example 2.668) are equated to UAA courses and meet UAA course requirements without requiring a petition.
  • To complete credit requirements greater than 1 credit, you can either take another UAA class or pursue an academic petition.
  • You are still required to complete the total number of credits required for your GERs and degree, as these totals are never rounded up and cannot be petitioned. 

Non-institutionally Accredited Institutions

If you have taken coursework that appears to otherwise be equivalent to a UAA course, contact your academic advisor to discuss the possibility of pursuing the academic petition process.

Transferring between University of Alaska Institutions