Transfer Credit Toward Advanced Standing

Students may obtain advanced standing toward degree and certificate programs at City University of Seattle by transferring the following types of credit:

  • Appropriate courses satisfactorily completed at regionally or nationally recognized institutions.
  • Acceptable scores on standardized examinations in college-level subjects.
  • Completion of formal non-collegiate sponsored instructional programs.
  • Courses evaluated by the American Council on Education (ACE) and other agencies.
  • Credit earned from an institution that has an approved, joint-delivered, dual-delivery, bilateral or partnered articulation agreement with City University of Seattle.
  • CityU assessment of prior experiential learning at the postsecondary level.

Credits designated as continuing education by another institution or organization are not accepted in transfer toward CityU degree and certificate programs.

(Policy #2100.18)