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Use our transfer tools to see how your previous college credits, high school dual enrollment, PSEO, or other credits may transfer to SDSU. While these tools provide a helpful estimate, an official review happens after you apply and submit your final transcripts.

Evaluating Transfer Credits

If you are interested in an early evaluation of your transfer credit, you can review your courses through Transferology. Within Transferology, students can get a preliminary indication of how their credits will transfer to SDSU. Transferology will return a summary showing how your prior courses are estimated to transfer. to create an account and follow the instructions below to get started:

  1. Select the school that you earned credit through.
  2. Enter the course prefix and select the number from the option provided.
  3. Search for matches and select 鈥淪outh 啵啵直播秀 State University.鈥
  4. Review your Matches and Maybes.
  5. To have your Maybe courses evaluated, select "Contact the school for more information." Our transfer coordinator will be in touch regarding next steps in your evaluation.
  6. Explore our academic advising guide sheets and to see how your transfer courses may fit into our programs.

Important Note

  • Transferology provides an unofficial pre-evaluation of your transfer credits. If you decide to apply to SDSU and are admitted, we鈥檒l ask for final, official copies of all of your transcripts. At that point, we鈥檒l perform an official evaluation to determine what SDSU can accept from your previous school(s).
  • SDSU will evaluate credits from institutions that hold .

Transferring From

Another South 啵啵直播秀 Board of Regents School

No need to visit Transferology!

Visit DegreeWorks in your current school's portal and review the 鈥淲hat If鈥 section. This will give you a preliminary evaluation of how your courses will transfer to any program at SDSU.

An institution outside of the U.S.

SDSU requires an evaluation from a servicer that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services for all transfer credits from international institutions. Please visit the to choose the service that is right for you!

  • Please note: SDSU's preferred evaluation service is (WES).
Current Students

If you are currently enrolled at SDSU, please direct your course equivalency questions to SDSU.TransferRegistrar@sdstate.edu.

Types of Credit

High School Dual Enrollment/ PSEO Courses

Courses taken during high school for college credit may be eligible for transfer if the courses meet any one of the following requirements:

  • Courses were completed through a regionally accredited college or university, either physically on a college campus or online.
  • The credit is granted by an institution that is accredited by the or by the .

Dual credit meeting eligibility requirements can use Transferology to see how their credits may transfer.

If dual credit courses do not meet the criteria listed above, SDSU can perform an instructor evaluation. In this situation, we will contact the high school to determine if the instructor meets our minimum required credentials needed to move forward to transfer evaluation. The student must be admitted and have submitted all final, official post-secondary transcripts prior to performing this evaluation.

For more information, please contact: SDSU.Admissions@sdstate.edu.

Prior Learning Credits (AP, CLEP and IB)

Information on how College- Level Examination Program (CLEP), Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB) scores and more will transfer to SDSU can be found at the SDSU Testing Center.

Credits for Prior Military Experience

Upon receiving an official copy of a Joint Service Transcript, DD-214 - Certificate of Release of Discharge from Active Duty, Community College of the Air Force Official Transcript or Air University Official Transcript showing the completion of basic training, the registrar鈥檚 office will award the following credits based on Military Branch:

Army/Navy/Marines/Coast Guard - For Completion of Basic Training

MSL-101Introduction to the Army and Critical Thinking1.00
MSL-102Introduction to the Profession of Arms1.00
MSL-201Leadership and Decision Making2.00
HLTH-100Wellness for Life2.00

Air Force - For Completion of Basic Training

AIR-101Foundations of U.S. Air Force1.00
AIR-101LFoundations of U.S. Air Force Lab0.00

AIR-102

Foundations of U.S. Air Force1.00
AIR-102LFoundations of U.S. Air Force Lab0.00
AIR-201Team and Leadership Fundamentals I1.00
AIR-201LTeam and Leadership Fundamentals I Lab0.00
AIR-202Team and Leadership Fundamentals II1.00
AIR-202LTeam and Leadership Fundamentals II Lab0.00
HLTH-100

Wellness for Life

2.00

Remaining experience will be evaluated by the program the student chooses to enroll in.

For more information, please contact: SDSU.TransferRegistrar@sdstate.edu.

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Transfer Agreements

To assist students in the transfer process, SDSU has partnered with technical institutes, community colleges and other universities to provide program-to-program transfer agreements. While we make every attempt to keep agreements current, it is possible that program requirements change and thus, these should be used as a guide. Once admitted to SDSU, an official evaluation of transfer credits will take place.

Students who are interested in or have questions regarding a transfer agreement should contact Jessica Sturtz by email or at 1-800-952-3541.

Helpful Resources
Admissions Transfer Student Coordinator
  • General Admissions information and tours
  • Cost of attendance, scholarships and financial aid
  • Housing needs and campus engagement
  • Student orientation and registration
  • Transfer credit pre-evaluation
  • Prior learning credits

Transfer Student Coordinator
 

Registrar's Office Transfer Services
  • SDSU transfer credit guidelines
  • Transfer course equivalencies for current students
  • Credit for military experience
  • Appeals for completed transfer evaluations
  • Transfer forms for current students
  • Transfer equivalency changes

Transfer Registrar

Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
  • Current articulation agreements and course-by-course equivalency guides
  • Development of new program articulation agreement
  • Development of new course-by-course equivalencies

Office of Academic Affairs

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