Seattle Pacific University endorses the rights and responsibilities regarding transfer students as established by the Washington Student Achievement Council. Your credits earned in academic areas offered by Seattle Pacific University from a recognized, regionally accredited institution will usually be accepted without discount. Information about acceptance of credit from regionally unaccredited institutions or international institutions is found elsewhere in this catalog.
Your college courses will be evaluated for transfer on a course-by-course basis to determine the transferability of the courses and to ensure that courses transfer appropriately toward general education requirements and requirements in your intended program of study.
With rare exception, students who enter with a Washington state DTA (Direct Transfer Agreement) associate degree, or approved comparable degree from Oregon or California, are awarded 90 credits and junior class standing at entrance. These students enter SPU with all general education requirements complete except 10 credits of University Foundations (UFDN) coursework.
SPU’s Transfer Course Equivalency Guide may be helpful to you as you plan courses prior to transfer or if you would like to see how courses you have already taken will transfer. If a class is not listed in the transfer equivalency guide for your institution, this does not necessarily mean that the course will not transfer. It may indicate that we have never had a student present the particular course for transfer before.
For more information about a class not listed in the equivalency guide, contact your undergraduate admissions counselor if you have not yet been admitted to SPU. If you have been admitted, you may contact your undergraduate academic counselor for more information.
As a transfer student or first-year student applying for admission to Seattle Pacific University, you must meet the following conditions, regardless of your previous institution, and be aware of the following policies: