Transfer Guide Information

Quick Link to Transfer Guides

General Transfer Guide Information:
     
What is a Transfer Guide?

 The NAU Transfer Guides present lower-division courses required or recommended for undergraduate degree programs at Northern Arizona University, along with the equivalent or acceptable course(s) at an Arizona community college. These guides should be used in conjunction with the Northern Arizona University Undergraduate Catalog and the Course Equivalency Guide. The transfer guides are designed to assist students who have chosen the course of study they will pursue toward a baccalaureate degree at Northern Arizona University.

How to Use the Transfer Guides

 Students should work with their community college advisor, using the tools mentioned here, to plan their lower-division program of study to allow the most efficient transfer into their chosen NAU baccalaureate degree program.

Satisfying Liberal Studies Requirements

 All undergraduate degrees require a liberal studies component. Many majors and upper-division courses have prerequisites which may also satisfy liberal studies requirements. Please refer to the appropriate transfer guide and/or Liberal Studies course listings to determine if this applies to a chosen major.
                         
 The liberal studies component may be satisfied through completion of courses, as presented in NAU's Liberal Studies Program, or their community college equivalents. Another option is the completion of an AGEC or TGECC. For more information on NAU's Liberal Studies programs or the AGEC/TGECC please follow the links in the left margin.

Transferred Credits

 A maximum of 64 hours of community college credit may be applied to a baccalaureate degree program in the 1999-2001 Undergraduate Catalog at NAU. All transferable community college credits are accepted as lower-division credits and do not satisfy upper-division liberal studies. Any community college courses which show equivalencies to upper-division courses at NAU have been deemed to be similar in content and will be transferable as equivalent but with lower-division credit. The course need not be repeated, but will not count toward any required upper-division credits hours.
 

There are two ways to access Transfer Guides – in a static format, and in an interactive format. Following are instructions about how to access both versions of the transfer guides.

Please be aware that regardless of which version of the transfer guides you choose to access, you will be seeing the same program information. The benefit to using the interactive transfer guides is that you can enter transfer coursework already completed, or planned to be completed in the future, and see how that coursework will apply to the requirements in your program.

Download a printable version of these instructions.

1. Go to the Arizona Course Applicability homepage at http://az.transfer.org/cas/

2. Click the link called "Go to CAS!" in the upper left corner.

3. Choose "Guest Login"

4. Choose the "Academic Programs" button on the left

5. Choose the institution you want to transfer to (Northern Arizona University)

6. On the next page, choose a semester and year

7. Select the appropriate community college

8. The page will reload, then select an area or degree program

9. The page will reload again, then click the "Submit Transfer Guide Request" button

10. Your transfer guide will open in a new window

1. Go to the Arizona Course Applicability homepage at http://az.transfer.org/cas/

2. Click the link called "Go to CAS!" in the upper left corner.

3. Choose "Member Login" (create an account or use an existing account)

4. First, you may create and save a record of any coursework you have completed at the community college, or coursework you plan to take. This is not required to run a transfer guide, but is recommended for students while planning in preparation for transfer.

1. Click the "Your Courses" button on the left

2. Choose "Add," then select the institution where the course was taken

3. ALWAYS choose your courses using the CAS Coursebank option

4. Choose a year and term the course was taken, select a category/prefix, then select the course, enter a grade at the bottom of the page and click "Add to list"

5. Make sure to save your "Temporary Course List" when you are done adding courses

5. Requesting a Planning Guide (Transfer Guide)

1. Click the "Request a Planning Guide" button on the left

2. Choose the institution you want to transfer to (Northern Arizona University)

3. Choose your area or major

4. Choose a catalog year, then choose a Regular Planning Guide

1. For NAU Program Information, and how "Your Courses" satisfy the requirements for your program, choose "Request a Regular Planning Guide"

2. Click "Submit Request"

5. OR choose a Cross-Reference Planning Guide

1. For NAU Program Information, equivalent transfer courses from a community college, and how "Your Courses" satisfy the requirements for your program, choose the appropriate community college from the menu, and click "Select Cross-Reference Institution"

2. Choose a year and term you would plan on taking courses at the community college, and click "Select"

3. Click "Submit Request"

6. To view the Planning Guides you have requested, click the "View Planning Guides" button on the left

For Archived Arizona Community College Transfer Guides. Years available: 1997-98 through 2001-2002.
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Send questions or comments regarding this page to: Darrelle.Martin@nau.edu
This page last updated 3/4/2005