Students can use either a Option A or B and transfer to
the UW provided they meet the UW admission requirements, a 2.75 minimum GPA,
and completion of high school core subject requirements. (Non-resident &
International students have different admission requirements.) Option B is
the preferred degree because it lists not only the specific admission
requirements, but details the exact general university requirements for
students planning to graduate from the University of Washington. UW Option B
planning guides detail UW proficiency and distribution requirements for
graduation, as well as admission and graduation requirements for specific
programs/majors. Students have the flexibility with Option B to develop an
academic plan and select courses that will best prepare them for admission
to and graduation from a specific program or major.
Remember, an Option B is 90 transferable credits to include 18
credits of Shoreline’s General Education requirements for students who began
Shoreline fall of 1992 or later. Therefore, students can choose
courses that totally fulfill their lower-division major requirements,
knowing that they can still complete an Associate degree and then complete
the remainder of their general university/distribution requirements after
they transfer. It is not necessary to finish all of the UW distribution and
skills requirements within the 90 credits. This is especially beneficial to
Math/Science, Music and Pre-Professional Health Science majors.
2. Will the UW evaluate transfer
credits differently if students transfer with or without the Associate
degree?
Yes. If
students transfer with the AAS Option A or B degree, the UW will evaluate
and use the credits exactly like Shoreline uses them. For example,
Communications 203 -- the UW classifies this course as a Social Science and
at Shoreline, students can use this course as a Humanities or a Social
Science. If students transfer to the UW with the Associate degree (Option A
or B), then the UW will allow students to use the course in either the
Humanities or Social Science areas. But without the Associate degree, the UW
will evaluate it as Social Science credit. This principal is true of all
courses and evaluations.
3. What are the
foreign/world language requirements at the UW?
To be admitted to the
UW, students must have completed two years of the same foreign/world
language in high school or foreign language 101 & 102 in college. Once
students meet the admission requirement, it is necessary to address the
foreign language graduation requirement. Not all colleges at the UW
require foreign language to graduate. However, the College of Arts and
Sciences (which houses over 60 majors), Occupational Therapy, and Social
Work require foreign language 103 with a minimum grade of 2.0 to graduate.
This requirement is known as a "proficiency" requirement and it cannot
be used to fulfill Humanities/VLPA--which also includes the FL 101 and 102
of the proficiency language.
If the foreign language proficiency
requirement is fulfilled, then foreign language 101, 102 and 103 can
be used for Humanities/VLPA if 1) students complete the Associate degree or
2) if the degree is not complete, students will need to complete the
language through the third quarter for foreign language 101, 102 and 103 to
count as Humanities/VLPA. Students can use the
200 level (2nd year) of any language to count in the Humanities/VLPA
distribution.
Do students receive credit
at the UW for the 101 level of a foreign language?
Students who earn entry level
foreign language 101 before they matriculate to the University of
Washington will now be allowed transfer credit for such courses even if they
took 2 years of the same foreign language in highschool. This a new policy
for the UW. However, for students who complete such course work after
matriculating at the UW, they will not be allowed to transfer the
FL101 credit.
The foreign-language
admission & proficiency requirements will be considered satisfied for
students from non-English-speaking countries who entered the United States
educational system at the 8th grade or later.
4. How does the UW evaluate and accept
Pass/Fail grades?
As of Fall
1994, the policy for the acceptance of Pass/Fail grades transferring to the
UW has changed. Students can now take proficiency requirements--English
Composition, Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning and Foreign Language 103--as
Pass/Fail. After students have attended the UW as a matriculated student,
they can no longer take courses P/F for any requirement either at the UW
or anywhere
else; so
a UW student cannot go to Shoreline in the summer, for example, and take
foreign language Pass/Fail.
The grade in Math 101, for removal of
a high school core deficiency, has to be at least a 2.0. Since Shoreline
certifies a pass grade as a 2.0, the UW will accept it; however, students
cannot take Math 101 P/F at another community college without documentation
proving the grade was a 2.0 or higher.
Whether a student can count a P grade
in a transfer course toward his/her major is up to the department. A student
would be wise not to take anything P/F that is closely related to his/her
academic major without prior approval from the major department. At no time
will a Pass grade be converted to a 2.0 and P grades will not be calculated
into the GPA. Students do not need to complete the Associate degree in order
for "P" graded courses to be counted toward UW proficiency and Areas of
Knowledge.
5. Can students who took
Intermediate Algebra as " MATH 101," and used it as part of the AAS Option A
degree, transfer to the UW under the Direct Transfer Agreement?
Yes. Students who used Math
101 as part of the Option A -AAS transfer degree can benefit from the direct
transfer agreement. Once admitted, the UW will eliminate the 5 credits. (The
UW will not accept MATH 101 courses in an AAS Option B.)
6. In the 1995-1997 UW Transfer
Guide, credit is no longer given for English 100. When did this go into
effect?
Since the 1995-1997 UW
Transfer Guide was published, the transferability of English 100 has been
changed. The admissions office at the UW will now give credit for English
100--but only if the student transfers it with an Associate in Arts degree.
7. Does English 102 count as a
"W" course?
Yes. English 102 will now
count as a "W" writing course. It will not fit anywhere under the Areas of
Knowledge. The UW classifies it as a written communication course and it
counts as an elective under the Option B plan.
8. Will Shoreline’s
Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning, Multicultural and Integrated Studies
Requirements also count toward the UW Areas of Knowledge?
Yes. Students completing a UW Option B degree
can use the Q/SR, Multicultural and Integrated Studies to meet Shoreline’s
General Education requirements and
the UW Areas of Knowledge requirements.
9. Are students required to take
a laboratory science to transfer to the UW?
No! Only if a student chooses to transfer to
the UW under an AAS Option A will they need a lab science. At the UW,
students need 20 credits of the Natural World (Math/Science) in order to
graduate from the UW College of Arts and Sciences. Within the 20 credits,
they do not need to take a lab science. The laboratory science requirement
is part of the Option A Associate degree.
