Guaranteed TransferHow Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees transfer to Colorado public four-year colleges and universities Colorado’s agreement between public colleges and universities guarantees that when a student completes an A.A. or A.S. Degree—at least 60 semester credit hours of coursework completed with a grade of “C” or better in every course— a student may transfer to a public baccalaureate program with a Liberal Arts and Sciences major (e.g. English, history, mathematics) and graduate after earning an additional 60 semester credit hours. Courses with an “S/U” grade will not be eligible for Guaranteed Transferability. While a student is guaranteed not to have to complete more than 60 semester hours to graduate, completing a baccalaureate degree within two years depends on the number of credits a student completes each semester at the four-year institution, course sequencing in the student’s major (e.g., some upper-division major courses require that a student first complete lower-division major courses), as well as course availability. This agreement does not apply to Business, Elementary Education, Early Childhood Education, Engineering, and Nursing degrees. These specific majors have statewide articulation agreements that have specific lower division requirements. Many other majors also require that students select specific courses from the GT Pathways courses. A student is encouraged to contact a transfer advisor at the earliest opportunity to review appropriate transfer guides. In addition to indicating which lower division courses are required for articulated programs, these guides will indicate to a student which lower division courses are most appropriate for the student’s major. These guides indicate the appropriate prerequisites for sequenced coursework that should be taken before transferring to a four-year college. Credit earned through prior learning, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, articulation, military, corporate, challenge exam, portfolio credit, substations, Independent study, correspondence courses, CLEP and other tested-only credit may not apply and will invalidate the guaranteed transfer of AA and AS degrees. The institution to which a student transfers will evaluate these credits according to its own policies. The Transfer Policy of the Colorado Department of Higher Education is available at http://highered.colorado.gov/Academics/Transfers/Students.html.
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