Credits, Transcripts, and Test Scores

Credit for English-as-a-Second-Language Course Work Students whose first language is not English may receive up to 12 quarter units of credit for English-as-a-second-language course work. Students may receive workload credit (for financial aid purposes) for courses taken beyond this 12-unit limit but will not receive additional unit credit applicable to the bachelor’s degree.

Credit for Native Language Students whose first language is not English may receive credit for course work in their native language and literature, provided such courses were completed at the college level in the country of the first language or at the upper-division or graduate level at UCR or another accredited English-speaking institution.

Unit Credit for Courses Taken Elsewhere The university grants unit credit only for courses consistent with its curriculum that have been completed at other accredited colleges and universities. To be accepted for credit, the courses must be comparable to those offered at the university.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions determines the acceptability of courses taken at an institution other than the university. The faculty of the particular school or college in which the student plans to enroll determines the applicability of such course work in satisfaction of degree requirements.

As an integral part of the system of public education of California, the university accepts approved transfer courses at full unit value that have been completed with satisfactory grades in the community colleges of the state of California.

Once a student has earned 70 semester (105 quarter) units acceptable toward a university degree, no further unit credit will be granted for courses completed at a community college. Subject credit, however, may still be earned.

Transcripts and Test Scores The Office of Undergraduate Admissions requires complete, accurate, and up-to-date information about a student’s academic program and work in progress in order to process and respond to the application in a timely manner. The transcript and other documents submitted as part of the application become the property of the university; they cannot be returned or forwarded in any form to another college or university.

Freshman Applicants Applicants are notified if a preliminary high school transcript is required. Applicants are responsible for requesting that testing agencies report examination scores for either the ACT Assessment plus Writing or SAT Reasoning Test and two SAT Subject Tests to the UCR Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Admitted students must forward an official final high school transcript that shows the date of graduation, final transcript(s) for college work attempted, and official passing scores from Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate specific Standard Level and all Higher Level examinations on or before July 15.

Transfer Applicants Applicants are notified if the university requires a preliminary transcript(s). Applicants must request a final transcript from each college they attended. A transcript from the last high school they attended may also be required. Attendance at any other school or college after an application has been filed is considered to be part of the student’s record and must be reported to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.