Transfer Policies

Special Provisions for Transfer Students

Students who transfer to Augustana fulfill, with one exception, the same requirements as students who begin their college study at Augustana. The exception is the sequence of courses designed for first-year students. Instead of completing this sequence, transfer students will be required to complete:

1. One course in college writing.
2. One course in Christian Traditions at the 200 level.
3. 6 additional credits of Learning Perspective courses (in addition to the 27 LP credits required of all students). These 6 credits replace the first-year LSFY courses (111, 112 or 113) in which they are not permitted to enroll.

These special requirements may be completed prior to matriculation or while enrolled at Augustana.

Transfer students are expected to complete all other requirements of the college either through transfer coursework or while enrolled at the college. These requirements include:

1. 60 credits earned at Augustana, and the last 24 in residence at the college. 
2. 40 credits at the 300-400 level.
3. Minimum competency through coursework or testing in foreign language and quantitative reasoning.
4. One course with an investigative laboratory.
5. One course in each of the six Learning Perspectives and three additional courses from 3 different Learning Perspectives, for a total of nine courses.
6. One learning community.
7. One 3-credit global perspective course and one 3- credit diversity course.
8. Two credits of physical activity courses or a comparable transfer course.

Special Provisions for Former Augustana Students

Students who first enrolled at Augustana College prior to fall term 2004-05 and who interrupted their attendance for more than three consecutive terms (excluding the summer term) may complete—at any time before the beginning of the 2008-09 academic year—the general education requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree in effect during the 2003-04 academic year. Any new major or minor requirements must, however, be fulfilled. If such students fail to complete the Bachelor of Arts degree before fall term 2008-09, they will be required to meet general education requirements effective fall term 2004-05 and thereafter. The one exception to this will be the first-year sequence. These students will be expected to meet the same requirements as applied to transfer students (see above).