Transferring from Out-of-State College or University
	Fort Lewis College encourages out-of-state students to apply either from a four-year institution or a community college. We accept up to 90 credit hours from an accredited four-year institution and 60 credits from an accredited community college or junior college. Each course will be evaluated on a course by course basis.  We will work with you to maximize your transfer of credits. Transfer admission requirements are the same for in-state and out-of-state students.
Transferring with an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree If you are transferring to Fort Lewis College in 2005-06 with an AA or AS from an accredited community college and/or junior college, you will automatically be exempt from all lower division general education requirements at Fort Lewis College. Student with AA or AS are only required to take two upper division general education courses, called Thematic Studies II.   Statewide Transfer of AA or AS Degree If you Complete your AA or AS degree including 35 credits of state-guaranteed general education courses, and earn a C- or better in each course,  Then At least 60 hours of your AA or AS will transfer completely, upon admission, to a bachelor's degree at Fort Lewis College. All lower division general education requirements are fulfilled, and only two upper division Thematic Studies (6-8 credits) are required.     Transferring without an AA or AS Degree You do not need to complete your AA or AS degree to transfer to Fort Lewis College. If you have completed at least 13 semester credits of coursework at a community college with a 2.4 cumulative GPA, then you will be admitted and your courses will be evaluated on a course by course basis. If you have less than 13 semester credits, you will need to submit your high school transcripts and ACT or SAT test scores for admission evaluation. All official transcripts and test scores must be sent by the issuing school to the Office of Admission.   Transfer Credit Course Equivalency If you would like to know how credits may transfer visit the Fort Lewis Transfer Credit Course Equivalency web site. Fort Lewis General Education Requirements Students transferring to Fort Lewis College must be prepared to complete the General Education Program. The General Education Program focuses on providing students with a broad exposure to the liberal arts education. The General Education program includes general studies, writing, library literacy, quantitative reasoning, physical education and thematic studies, a disciplinary based course in the four areas below. For more information and descriptions of the studies, please click below. General Education              Thematic Studies Culture, Identity and Expression Technology Natural Environment Systems and Institutions         Thematic Studies 2         Quantative Reasoning         PE Classes         Composition - First Year Academic Writing         Lib 150 - Information Literacy   Transferring without an AA or AS Degree You do not need to complete your AA or AS degree to transfer to Fort Lewis College. If you have completed at least 13 semester credits of coursework at a community college with a 2.4 cumulative GPA, then you will be admitted and your courses will be evaluated on a course by course basis. If you have less than 13 semester credits, you will need to submit your high school transcripts and ACT or SAT test scores for admission evaluation.  All official transcripts and test scores must be sent by the issuing school to the Office of Admission.    Transfer Credit Course Equivalency If you would like to know how credits may transfer visit the Fort Lewis Transfer Credit Course Equivalency website.   Fort Lewis General Education Requirements Students transferring to Fort Lewis College must be prepared to complete the General Education Program. The General Education Program focuses on providing students with a broad breadth of exposure to the liberal arts education. The General Education program includes general studies, writing, library literacy, physical education and thematic studies, a disciplinary based course in the four areas below. For more information and descriptions of the studies, please click below General Education                  Thematic Studies Culture, Identity and Expression Technology Natural Environment Systems and Institutions         Thematic Studies 2         Quantative Reasoning         PE Classes         Composition - First Year Academic Writing         Lib 150 - Information Literacy   Read about the beauty of Durango