Transfer Basics

Arkansas Tech accepts official college transcript by the following methods:

  • Digitally via a transcript service such as Parchment or the National Student Clearing House directly to the institution
  • By email to admissions@atu.edu, directly from your institution
  • Hand-delivered in a sealed envelope
  • US mail in a sealed envelope to:

    Office of Admissions
    Brown Hall, Suite 104
    105 West O Street
    Russellville, AR 72801
Evaluation

The Registrar's Office will determine the articulation of courses satisfying general education requirements and will auto-articulate credit from any institution with which ATU has already evaluated. Transfer courses are evaluated on a course-by-course basis. Please allow up to 2 weeks to see transfer credit posted on an Arkansas Tech transcript. An email is sent to the official university email address once credit is posted.

Courses transfer to Arkansas Tech on the same level (lower- or upper-division) as taken at the original institution. Quarter credits are converted to semester credits (one quarter credit equals 2/3 of a semester credit). Courses that are approved to transfer into Arkansas Tech will transfer the same amount of credits that were originally earned at the transfer institution. For example, if a student completed MATH 1114: College Algebra at their previous institution and earned 4 semester hours, they would be granted 3 semester hours of credit for our MATH 1113: College Algebra and 1 hour of general elective credit.

Your academic advisor (assigned by the department of your major) will determine which credits count toward your degree requirements and how and if those hours can be used toward your degree requirements, with final approval from the department head and dean of the college in which your major resides by submitting the request on a substitution form.

Grades for transfer credit will appear on the Tech transcript as TA, TB, TC, TW, etc. Transfer grades are not calculated in your ATU cumulative grade point average. All grades may be used when reviewing admission, graduation, or aide requirements.

Transfer CREDIT Acronyms seen on the Tech transcript:
  • GEBL - General Education - Biological Science Credit
  • GEBO - General Education - Biological Science Lecture
  • GEFA - General Education - Fine Arts Credit
  • GEHM- General Education - Humanities Credit
  • GELB - General Education - Science Lab Credit
  • GENL - Denotes General Elective Credit
  • GEMA- General Education - Mathematics Credit
  • GEOR - Denotes Orientation Course
  • GEPE - Denotes Physical Activity Credit
  • GEPO - General Education - Physical Science Lecture
  • GEPS - General Education - Physical Science Credit
  • GESP - General Education - Speech Communications Credit
  • GESS - General Education - Social Sciences Credit
  • NT - Denotes Non-transferable Course
  • PC - Denotes Pre-College/Developmental Course
  • LD - Denotes Lower Division Credit and cannot be counted toward the 40 Upper Division hour requirement
  • UD - Denotes Upper Division Credit

 

Non-Transferable

The following are not accepted for general transfer credit:

  • Courses submitted on an unofficial transcript
  • Courses taken at a non-accredited school, or one whose accreditation is not recognized
  • Remedial / developmental / pre-college level courses
  • Professional development courses
  • Continuing education units
  • Credit earned by exam or institutional credit