The Transfer Equivalency Report (TER) is an advising tool used by both students and advisors to understand how courses transfer to Western. The TER provides information for each student about the number of credits that have been accepted in transfer and provides a side-by-side list of the courses that transfer to Western as well as their Western course equivalent. Once a student’s transcripts have been evaluated, students and advisors can initiate a transfer equivalency report, view results, and print reports for that student via Web4U.
Students with transcripts from outside Washington State who plan to pursue a major within the College of Business & Economics should contact that College directly for an equivalency review.
The TER includes course-by-course equivalents for students entering Western Winter 2006 and later. The TER for any student who entered Western before Winter 2006 will reflect a summary of transfer credits accepted from each institution.
Transfer Equivalency Reports are preliminary until final transcripts are received. After a student confirms their intent to enroll at Western, the transferable courses on file at time of confirmation will be evaluated and entered into the system. The TER will be updated again once final transcripts are received and processed.
Not all transfer work has been equated to WWU classes. Credit is not awarded for non-transferable courses, including failed courses and those below the 100-level, and these courses will not appear on the TER.
Any elective credit that is dependent upon earning an associate degree from a Washington state community college will not be reflected in a student’s TER until Western receives a transcript with the associate degree posted.
After students have confirmed their intention to enroll at Western they will receive email notification from the Office of Admissions that their Transfer Equivalency Report has been prepared. (Students entering summer or fall quarters must first activate their Universal Account to receive this email.) Every effort is made to prepare this report prior to course registration.
Once their TER has been prepared, you can generate a report at any time by completing the following steps:
ACGM - Comparative, Gender, and Multicultural Studies (Block A)
BCGM - Comparative, Gender, and Multicultural Studies (Block B)
HUM - Humanities
ASCI - Natural Sciences (Option IIA)
BSCI - Natural Sciences (Option IIB)
QSR - Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning, satisfies the requirement in part or in full
SSC - Social Sciences
MSAT - Transfer course meets the QSR GUR in full
MPAR - Transfer course meets the QSR GUR in part; satisfactory completion of either Math 112 or Philosophy 102 required to satisfy QSR requirement in full.
UD - Transfer course applies to WWU 60 credit upper division requirement
NUD - Transfer course does not apply to WWU 60 credit upper division requirement Grade Information
Grades assigned to transfer courses are preceded by a 'T' and are not calculated into Western's GPA but may be considered for major requirements.
Grades preceded by a 'TX' reflect courses that exceed transfer credit limits. No credit or GUR will be granted for courses whose grade is preceded by a 'TX and these courses will not appear in the Degree Evaluation.
The number of credits earned for an accepted transfer course will be used even if the number of credits for the equivalent course at Western differs.
Semester credit hours are converted to quarter credit hours by multiplying by 1.5.
All credits earned at the lower division level will transfer as lower division credit, even if the course is equivalent in content to an upper division WWU course.
Western's online catalog was created Fall Quarter, 1998. Transfer coursework completed prior to that time has been evaluated as accurately as possible and will appear as if it was earned in 1998.
SUBJ 1XX (i.e. ENGL 1XX): Transfer courses that have no WWU equivalent but correspond with a WWU department/major; and may be used as electives in the major or minor, if needed
SUBJ 1TT (i.e. ENGL 1TT): Transfer courses that have no WWU equivalent but a) correspond with a WWU department/major; and b) may be used in the general elective area. These courses may not be used as electives in the major or minor
TRAN 1TT: Transfer courses that do not correspond to any one WWU department/major but may be used in the general elective area
DTA 1TT: Transfer credit accepted within the restrictions of the Direct Transfer Agreement (AA-DTA, 15 credits max) or Associate of Science-Transfer (AS-T, 5 credits max) degrees
PEND - Transfer courses pending WWU equivalency review
