Undergraduate Transfer

Undergraduate Transfer Credit

Transferring to GGU is a convenient process, and many students receive the maximum number of transfer units possible. Advisors at Northern California community colleges and Enrollment Services staff at Golden Gate University can be contacted for further transfer information.

Credits from regionally accredited four-year institutions are usually acceptable, as are college-level credits from accredited community colleges; credits, not grades, transfer. Credit may be granted only if the subject matter of courses is applicable to programs offered by Golden Gate University. General education and liberal studies transfer credit varies by degree program. Credit for terminal, occupational, technical and vocational courses may be accepted on a limited basis.

Transfer credit from community colleges is given in accordance with the Inter-segmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC), a process in which all California community and junior colleges participate. GGU honors IGETC guidelines for general education requirements. Information regarding IGETC can be obtained from all California community and junior colleges, and most of those institutions indicate IGETC-approved courses in their course catalogs. The responsibility for the selection of the proper courses for transfer credit, however, rests with the student. A maximum of 70 semester units may be transferred from community colleges.

The following guidelines on undergraduate transfer credit should also be noted:

• Courses completed at institutions accredited by one of the US regional accrediting agencies are acceptable (e.g. Western Association of Schools and Colleges).
• Up to seventy (70) semester units of community college credit can be accepted; a total of 93 units can be completed through transfer from community colleges, 4-year accredited institutions and the options listed in the above section.
• Courses completed with grades of C- or better are acceptable.
• Cooperative education units earned may be transferred with faculty approval.
• The maximum number of transfer credits from any one source or combined sources may be limited.
• Golden Gate University does not grant academic credit for prior learning gained through "work or life experience" portfolio evaluation.