University of Washington Seattle

Office of Admissions

• Freshman
• Transfer
  • Plan Your Transfer
    • Equivalency Guide
    • Academic Planning Worksheets
    • Transfer Credit Policies
      • Applying Transfer Credit
      • Transfer Credit Evaluation
      • Courses Receiving No Credit
      • Notable Restrictions on Transfer Credit
    • Plan for a Major
    • WACAS
  • Review Requirements
    • Core Subjects
    • The Transfer GPA
    • Enrollment Goals & Priorities
    • English Proficiency for Admission
    • Homeschool Policies
  • TAP: Transfer Admission & Planning
• International
• Postbacs

COURSES RECEIVING NO CREDIT

The University of Washington reserves the right to deny credit for courses that are not compatible with those offered in its baccalaureate degree programs. Some general categories of courses never receive transfer credit-or, in some instances, receive credit on a restricted basis only (see items marked with an asterisk in the list that follows). Examples of courses that receive no credit include:

• Courses considered below college level (usually numbered below 100).
• Repeated courses or courses with duplicate subject content.
• Course work earned at an institution that did not hold at least candidacy status with its regional accrediting association when the course work was taken.
• Courses that provide instruction in a particular religious doctrine.
• Mathematics courses considered below college level, including basic math, and beginning and intermediate algebra.
• Courses offered for non-credit continuing education units.
• Remedial English (e.g., reading, vocabulary development, grammar, speed reading, or any courses that are preparatory to an institution’s first Freshman Composition course).*
• Courses providing instruction in English as a Second Language (100-level or above).*
• examinations offered by the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP).
• Remedial courses in any academic discipline (100-level and above).*
• Non-academic/vocational-technical courses.*

*Up to 15 credits may be awarded for courses numbered 100 and above if included as electives within an academic associate degree from a Washington community college. See also Restricted Credit.