Transfer of Credit
General guideline in transfer of credit: Credits more than 10 years old in your declared major or auxiliary requirements will not be automatically accepted. The major department at Fort Lewis College must validate these credits. General Education courses more than 10 years old may be transferred.
Courses accepted in transfer become part of the credit hours completed but are not used in grade point average (GPA) calculations. The Fort Lewis College GPA is based on work completed at Fort Lewis College only.  Course equivalency may be granted for a lower-division course from another college that is an upper-division course at Fort Lewis College, but the course will not count as upper-division credit at Fort Lewis. Credits earned at a two-year college cannot be used to meet Fort Lewis College’s credit requirements in upper-division courses. Maximum number of credits that may transfer to Fort Lewis College is 90 credits from a four-year institution and 60 credits from a community college or junior college.   Courses that will transfer: regular, college level academic courses completed with grades of “C-“ or better taken at a regionally accredited collegiate institution Courses that will not transfer: not college level, such as remedial or developmental non-academic such as vocational, career exploration, cooperative education, or practicums, etc   courses with grades “pass/fail”, “credit/no credit”, or “satisfactory/unsatisfactory” courses from a non-accredited college or university courses or programs identified as college orientation Transfer Credit through Examination   Advanced Placement – Advanced Placement credit may be awarded if you successfully completed the AP test and earned a score of 3 or higher.  The official scores must be graded and submitted by the College Board and sent directly to the Fort Lewis College Records Office for official evaluation. Based on your score the appropriate credit or advanced placement will be determined.   CLEP (College-Level Examination Program) – Fort Lewis College offers credit for College Board subject examinations of the CLEP.  If you would like to take the test to earn college credit towards your bachelor’s degree, contact the Fort Lewis College Testing Center at (970) 382-6938.   International Baccalaureate (IB) – If you participated in an International Baccalaureate program in high school you may be eligible to receive semester credits. An IB certificate or diploma must be submitted directly to the Records Office by the International Baccalaureate Organization for evaluation.   Military Credit If you are a veteran you may receive credit for military schooling based upon receipt of Form DD 214, Service Separation Certificate and necessary documents. Courses are evaluated according to the American Council on Education (ACE) Guidelines.  For more information contact the Records Office at (970) 247-7350.   Fort Lewis Transfer Credit Course Equivalency If you would like to know how credits may transfer visit the Transfer Credit Equivalency website.