Admission of Transfer Students

Follow the instructions under Admission Application Procedure to apply for admission to UW-Stevens Point. You will need to submit the UW System application form and have official transcripts from your high school and each college you have attended forwarded directly to the UW-Stevens Point Office of Admissions and Recruitment.

Admission to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is competitive. Our Office of Admissions and Recruitment reviews all transfer applicants on an individual basis, considering both academic and non-academic factors. We pay particular attention to college-level course work you have completed, including your cumulative grade point average, the rigor of your course work, and grade trends and patterns. We also consider non-academic factors that demonstrate how you will enrich our campus community, including your extracurricular and employment experiences, personal characteristics and accomplishments, special talents and abilities, and life circumstances. While non-academic factors are considered, they will not make an academically weak applicant admissible.

Admission is subject to program capacity limits and institutional enrollment limits. For further information regarding admission eligibility and enrollment, please contact the Office of Admissions and Recruitment, 715-346-2441, admiss@uwsp.edu.

Transferring Credit to UW-Stevens Point

To transfer credits you have earned at another institution to UW-Stevens Point, ask each college you have attended to send an official transcript of your credits to UW-Stevens Point’s Office of Admissions and Recruitment. The Office of Admissions and Recruitment determines whether credits earned at another institution will transfer to UW-Stevens Point and how those credits will apply toward the UW-Stevens Point General Education Program. Please note the following in regard to credit transfer:

• An official evaluation of your transfer credits will be completed after you are admitted and have confirmed your intention to enroll at UW-Stevens Point.

• Credit is generally awarded for college-level courses completed with grades of D or higher at institutions accredited by a regional or national accrediting organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). Courses must be similar in nature, level, and content to course work in our undergraduate curriculum. Continuing education courses and courses that are remedial, technical, vocational, or doctrinal in nature are not transferable.

• The appropriate academic department will determine which credits apply to your major and/or minor.

• We accept a maximum of 72 credits from two-year colleges. There is no limit on credits accepted from four-year universities.

• Credits transferred from other institutions are not used in calculating the UW-Stevens Point grade point average. The UW-Stevens Point grade point average is determined only by credits and grade points earned at UW-Stevens Point. However, transfer credits and grades ARE included in the calculation of the grade point average in most majors and minors, the combined (UWSP & Transfer) GPA, and in the determination of graduation honors.

• If your previous institution awarded “split” grades (AB, BC, etc.), those grades will appear on your UW-Stevens Point degree progress report as follows: AB = B+, BC = C+, CD = D+.

• To graduate from UW-Stevens Point, you must earn at least 30 of the total number of credits required for graduation in residence at this university. For more information on graduation requirements, see the Graduation section of this catalog.

Transferring Credit from another UW System Institution or Wisconsin Technical College

If you earned an approved bachelor or associate degree from another UW System institution or an approved associate degree from a Liberal Arts Transfer program at one of the Wisconsin technical colleges, you will automatically satisfy the UW-Stevens Point General Education Program requirements.

Transferring Credit from Wisconsin Technical Colleges

If you have been enrolled in the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) and wish to continue your education at UW-Stevens Point, you may be eligible to transfer credits toward your bachelor’s degree in the following ways:

• If you are transferring from a WTCS accredited liberal arts/collegiate transfer program, you may be eligible to transfer up to 72 credits toward your baccalaureate degree.

• You may be eligible to transfer approved general education courses (i.e., in communications, social sciences, behavioral sciences, mathematics and natural science) offered within a WTCS applied associate degree program. You also may be eligible to transfer certain technical support or occupational credits if they have been approved for transfer by our academic departments or if there is an approved program-to-program articulation agreement between a WTCS associate degree program that you have completed, and a program offered at UW-Stevens Point.

• You also may be eligible for credit by earning appropriate scores on national standardized examinations and/or UW-Stevens Point test-out programs that are described later in this section of the catalog.

We recommend that you consult the UW System’s online Transfer Wisconsin website for information on specific WTCS/UW-Stevens Point course equivalencies and articulation agreements, or contact the Office of Admissions and Recruitment, 715-346-2441 or admiss@uwsp.edu.

Transferology/Transfer Wisconsin

Students transferring from another UW System school or the Wisconsin Technical College System should consult Transferology to determine exactly how the credits will transfer to UW-Stevens Point. We also encourage you to log in to Transfer Wisconsin, your online source of information about credit transfer, course equivalencies, academic requirements, and general UW System information. If you are currently a UW-Stevens Point student, Transferology is an online tool to view course equivalencies that you may find helpful if you plan to take a summer course at another UW System school and transfer it back to UW-Stevens Point.

Transfer Credit Appeal Procedure

Here is the appeal procedure you can follow if you do not agree with the way we applied your transfer credits to the general education requirements.

1. Ask a transfer counselor in the Office of Admissions and Recruitment to explain the basis for the current evaluation.

2. If you earned the credits at an institution that is not part of the UW System, submit:

a. A copy of the transcript and the UW-Stevens Point evaluation.

b. A copy of the course description from the time you took the course. (For example, Iowa State’s course description for SOC 105 in 2003.)

c. A written request for the action you desire.

3. If you are still not satisfied with our transfer credit evaluation and believe you have sufficient grounds for an appeal, send a written request to the Transfer Credit Appeal Committee, c/o Registrar, UW-Stevens Point. Explain why you feel credit should be granted toward UW-Stevens Point general education requirements. Include copies of the materials listed in 2 above along with the transfer counselor’s response. You must file this appeal at least one semester before you expect to graduate.