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Advising Transfer Students requires maximum collaboration between the student and the Adviser. In order to accurately determine which requirements the student has completed prior to transferring to CSLA, the Adviser needs to have access to a complete set of the student's transcripts from all of the previous higher education institutions attended. Students who have had transcripts submitted to the University early in the Application process, and who have returned their completed SIR Form (Student Intent to Register), will have their records available on-line for their Adviser. It is best to bring personal copies of all transcripts to the initial advisement session. An evaluation of Transfer Credits will be available on GET to students once the University completes its' evaluation.

There are a variety of ways in which students may receive credit for Transfer Courses, some of these are:
  • Automatically Articulated courses by CSLA (i.e., are pre-approved and designated equivalent to the course(s) at CSLA),
  • Probably equivalent courses, which lack formal inter-institutional approval agreements, and require filing petitions for Course Substitutions to have them articulate as CSLA equivalent. See your Academic Adviser or College Based Advisement Center for assistance.
  • Courses eligible for Community College Lower Division G.E. Certification allowing "Full" or "Partial" CSLA Lower Division G.E. credit.

Transfer course work and CSLA Degree requirements are also affected by such factors as G.E. Catalog Date and the maintaining of Continuing Student Status.