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• General Education Curriculum

Credit Evaluation

You may transfer a maximum of two years of college coursework (59 semester hours or 90 quarter hours) to Lake Forest College. All transferable coursework up to the maximum, completed with a C- or better, will be accepted toward fulfillment of the Bachelor of Arts degree. If you are a recipient of an Associate of Arts (AA) degree in an applicable liberal-arts field from an accredited community college, you may be granted full junior standing (16 Lake Forest College credits). All coursework completed in the AA degree must have received a grade of C- or better to be transferable.

The Registrar’s Office makes the official evaluation of transfer credit upon acceptance to the College and receipt of a student’s enrollment deposit. Once the Registrar has determined how many transfer courses can be counted toward the Lake Forest College degree, you will be assigned class standing as follows: 16 LFC credits (59 semester hours) equates to junior standing, 7 LFC credits (26 semester hours) to sophomore standing, and 6 credits (22 semester hours) or fewer to first year standing.

Lake Forest College weighs its own courses at four (4) semester hours. Students may transfer in one 3-semester-hour course only for full Lake Forest College credit. All succeeding courses transferred from another institution will be weighted as fractions of Lake Forest College credit at the rate of 1 semester hour = ¼ Lake Forest College credit.

Any credit earned outside of the U.S., including credit earned through study abroad programs, must be evaluated by the Academic Appeals Board of the College. Students with credit from outside the U.S. will work with Kristin Sundberg, Director of Transfer & International Admissions, through this process.

The Registrar’s Office determines which transferred credits apply to the General Education Curriculum at the time of your official transcript evaluation. Individual department chairpersons determine if transferred courses meet major requirements.