Transfer Students

A. Exemptions
Some transfer students are exempt from the lower division General Education requirements. The following groups of transfer students who enter the University in the fall of 2003 or thereafter will have met the University's lower division general education requirements:

• Students with AA, AS, or AFA degrees from a North Carolina Community College and students whose Associates Degree from another institution meets UNC Charlotte expectations
• Students with AAS degrees in a transferable or 2 + 2 program (Note: Students MUST major in the program in which their AAS degree is transferable. If students change major, then they will lose the exemption benefit.)
• Students who have met the academic core of the North Carolina Comprehensive Articulation Agreement from a North Carolina community college

All of these exemption ONLY apply to lower division General Education requirements. All students, regardless of transfer status will still have to take a writing in the discipline course in their major and foreign language classes if required in their major.

B. Transfer Credit
Students admitted with transfer credit from 4-year and/or 2-year institutions but without a formal degree will have those courses evaluated and applied to the UNC Charlotte General Education Requirements on a course-by-course basis. In some instances courses transfer in as a specific class that meets a UNC Charlotte requirement. In other cases students will get an exemption from the General Education requirement by virtue of a class they have taken, but they will also receive credit for that class. Students who wish to appeal the evaluation of a transfer course for the purposes of the General Education Requirements will need to submit a Transfer Credit Reevaluation Form. (Copies of the form are also available in the University College Office in 118 Denny and in College advising offices.) Students must attach documentation—a catalog course description or in some cases a syllabus—with their request.

Students Admitted
Before Fall 2003

Students admitted to UNC Charlotte before Fall 2003 fall under the old general education program that was in place at the time often known by the acronym of COGE. The general education requirements for such students are clearly outlined in the 2001-2003 Undergraduate Catalog under Goals of UNC Charlotte General Education, General Education Requirements and Approved Courses. 

Students who entered UNC Charlotte prior to the fall of 2003 may request to switch to the new program if they so desire. Students who would like to switch to the new program should fill out the appropriate form, which is available in the University College Office (Denny 118).

Courses meeting the requirements of the older COGE general education program are still being taught. In particular, students under these requirements should note that although the Liberal Studies courses are designed specifically for the New General Education Program, these courses may also be used to satisfy some of the goals associated with the old General Education Program (COGE). For this reason, students who are under the old General Education requirements may wish to take one or more of these Liberal Studies courses. The letters associated with COGE goals are placed within parentheses at the end of the Liberal Studies course titles.