Transfer Credit
Georgia College accepts transfer credit in accordance with the polices, rules, and practices of the University System of Georgia, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS), and its mission as a public liberal arts institution. The GC course equivalency for each transfer course is determined by the faculty of the respective department and is based on criteria such as course content, course outcomes, system-wide agreements and the level at which the course is taught. The Registrar’s Office processes transfer credit based on these faculty decisions.
General Transfer Policies
Georgia College only accepts credit hours transferred from regionally accredited institutions.
Georgia College uses the University System of Georgia uniform grading scale and does not accept plus/minus grades. When courses with plus/minus grades are transferred to Georgia College, these grades are equated to standard grades of A, B, C, D, or F on a 4.0 scale. Therefore, a grade of B- earned at an institution with plus/minus grades would become a B at Georgia College; a grade of B+ would also become a B.
All courses attempted at previous institutions will be listed as transfer credit on the Georgia College transcript, along with the grade earned at the previous institution equated to a standard A-F grade. If a course is not accepted in transfer, it will be listed as “No Credit Given.”
Course work transferred from another institution will transfer to Georgia College with the same number of semester credit hours the student received at the previous institution.
Quarter hours are converted to semester hours with a ratio of .667 quarter hours per semester hour. Therefore, a 5 quarter hour course will receive 3.33 semester hours at Georgia College.
Learning support, developmental, and remedial courses will not transfer to Georgia College for credit, but they will appear as transfer courses on the student’s Georgia College transcript.
Georgia College does not accept transfer work granted through other institutions for life experience, work experience, or portfolios or credit granted by business or governmental agencies. Students may use the Georgia College Course Challenge option if they believe they have already mastered the course content for a Georgia College course prior to admission.
Wellness, first year seminar and orientation courses will be accepted in transfer, but will not count toward the hours required for graduation.
Credit earned by examination, including but not limited to credit earned through Advanced Placement (AP), CLEP, and International Baccalaureate (IB), will be evaluated according to Georgia College’s policies and equivalencies for exam credit at the time the student was admitted. As a result, a student may not receive the same type or amount of credit for this work at Georgia College that he or she received at a previous institution.
Credit completed through the armed services will be evaluated according to Georgia College’s policy and equivalencies for military credit at the time the student was admitted. As a result, a student may not receive the same type or amount of credit for this work at Georgia College that he or she received at a previous institution.
Credit may not be earned from more than one institution or source (AP, CLEP, IB, military) for the same course.
Transfer grade point average (GPA) is the average of the student’s grades in all transferable courses. The transfer GPA is used in the holistic process to determine admission to Georgia College. Once the student has been admitted, the Georgia College Registrar’s Office will evaluate students for academic standing using his or her institutional (Georgia College) GPA only. However, a student’s cumulative GPA, which consists of his or her institutional and transfer GPA, will be one factor that determines whether the student is eligible for graduation honors.
If a student repeated a course at the same institution, only the last attempt is counted in the student’s transfer GPA.
Courses transferred from University System of Georgia Schools or Georgia Military College:
Courses transferred from a USG system institution or Georgia Military College with a common course name and number are guaranteed to transfer if those same courses are included in the Georgia College curriculum.
A student who transfers from a USG institution or Georgia Military College with an accredited transfer Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree will transfer into Georgia College as core complete (Areas A-E). However, if the student changes his or her intended major or program of study from a non-science major to a science, computer science, mathematics or health professions major, the requirements regarding math and science courses are subject to change.
A student who completes a non-transferable degree, such as an Associate of Applied Science or an Associate of Science in Nursing, from a USG institution or Georgia Military College will have his or her coursework evaluated on a course by course basis. Non-transferable degrees are “Career degrees that include the Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) and Associate of Science in allied health areas (A.S. in designated fields, such as an A.S.N.). Career degrees are designed to prepare students for immediate employment.” BOR Policy 303.0602
If the student completes a core curriculum course at a USG institution or Georgia Military College, that course will fulfill a core curriculum requirement at Georgia College as long as the course is within the area hour limitations of the sending institution, and the student does not change from a non-science major to a science, computer science, mathematics or health professions major.
Courses transferred from a Non-USG System Schools:
Courses taken from a non-USG system institution are evaluated and applied to a student’s curriculum on a course by course basis.
Courses transferred from Technical College System of Georgia Institutions:
Georgia College complies with the USG statewide transfer agreement with Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) to accept the equivalent freshman English and Math courses, also known as “Mini-Core.” As such, GC accepts the following courses from TCSG institutions:
ENG 1101 (TCSG) for ENGL 1101 English Composition I
ENG 1102 (TCSG) for ENGL 1102 English Composition II
MAT 1101 (TCSG) for MATH 1101 Intro to Mathematical Modeling
MAT 1111(TCSG) for MATH 1111 College Algebra
MAT 1113 (TCSG) for MATH 1113 Pre-Algebra
The following courses were approved for the “Mini Core” beginning in Fall 2011. Transfer credit will only be granted to students who take these courses at TCSG institutions in Fall 2011 or later semesters.
ENGL 2130 (TCSG) for ENGL 2130 American Literature
PSYC 1101 (TCSG) for PSYC 1101 Introduction to Psychology
ECON 1101 (TCSG) for ECON 1101 Introduction to Economics
SOCI 1101 (TCSG) for SOCI 1121 Introduction to Sociology
SPCH 1101 (TCSG) for RHET 1110 Public Speaking
The following courses were approved for the “Mini Core” beginning in Summer 2012. Transfer credit will only be granted to students who take these courses at TCSG institutions in Summer 2012 or later semesters.
POLS 1101 (TCSG) American Government
ARTS 1101 (TCSG) Art Appreciation
BIOL 1111 w/Lab (TCSG) Biology Introduction I
BIOL 1112 w/Lab (TCSG) Biology Introduction II
MATH 1131 (TCSG) Calculus
CHEM 1151 w/Lab (TCSG) Intro to Chemistry I
CHEM 1152 w/Lab (TCSG) Intro to Chemistry II
ECON 1199 (TCSG) Economics (Macro)
ECON 1198 (TCSG) Economics (Micro)
HUMN 1101 (TCSG) Intro Humanities
PHYS 1111 w/Lab (TCSG) Intro to Physics I
PHYS 1112 w/Lab (TCSG) Intro to Physics II
MATH 1127 (TCSG) Intro to Statistics
HIST 2111 (TCSG) US History I
HIST 2112 (TCSG) US History II
HIST 1111 (TCSG) World History I
HIST 1112 (TCSG) World History II
Additional courses outside of the “Mini-Core” are not accepted for transfer unless permission is granted by the student’s departmental chair, dean of the student’s college and University Registrar.