Prior to your start at UCLA and articulation of your transfer coursework, please do not complete any coursework that is similar in content to coursework for which you have already earned credit.

If you would like coursework to apply towards College or University requirements (e.g., General Education, foreign language, Writing I or II, etc.) you may submit a Transfer Course Credit Petition to the College once the coursework has been posted to your DAR. You may submit an advisory petition if you would like to know whether a course would be approved before taking it; approvals are provisional and contingent upon courses being deemed transferrable by Admissions.

If you plan to fulfill College or University requirements at a community college in the area, please check here for information on finding and identifying prospective courses.

Transferology

Prior to submitting your petition, please refer to Transferology to see if the course you wish to petition has already been articulated for credit or reviewed. If a course is listed as approved for a requirement on the Transferology database, you will not be required to submit a petition.  Once you have completed the course, send an official transcript from the other institution to UCLA – once received, it will automatically be applied to the requirement it has been approved for.

College Advising Transfer Course Credit Database

If the course you wish to complete is not listed in Transferology, please refer to the College Advising Transfer Course Credit Database to see if it has been approved or denied by petition. If the course is listed in the database, please confirm the requirement for which it has been approved or denied. Please note you must be logged into your g.ucla.edu account to access the database.

If a course is “approved” for a requirement, upon receipt of an official transcript, the course should automatically be applied to the requirement it has been approved for. If for some reason the course does not automatically apply, please submit a Transfer Course Credit petition.  Courses that are listed as being denied for a requirement, will not be reviewed; thus, please do not submit a petition as it will be denied.

Unlisted courses in the database, and thus submitted for transfer credit review, have no guarantees of petition approval.

Please note that due to limited staffing the College does not have the resources to review excessive petition requests.  Thus, we ask that students be intentional and only submit a petition for a course that they are seriously considering or are able to enroll in.  Students are limited to 5 submissions in a 30 day period.  Should a student submit more than 5 petitions at any point within a 30 day period, their petitions will not be reviewed.

If a student would like guidance in narrowing down their submissions, we strongly encourage they consult with an academic advisor in their College advising unit prior to submitting their petition(s).

Students can take classes through UCLA Extension to complete requirements. However certain considerations must be taken into account:

• Students may not be concurrently enrolled in UCLA and UCLA Extension during a regular quarter. Click here for more information on the concurrent enrollment policy
• If you intend to complete your degree requirements as a nonregistered student (complete your degree by taking up to 10 of your final 45 units through UCLA Extension or at another institution), you should file a request to graduate In Absentia. Click here for more information on Graduating in Absentia

All UCEAP courses are guaranteed to transfer to UCLA, but if you wish to apply this coursework to preparation, major or minor requirements, please consult your major or minor department.

If you would like coursework taken abroad to count toward College or University requirements (e.g., General Education, foreign language, Writing I or II, etc.) you may submit a Transfer Course Credit Petition to the College once the coursework has been posted to your DPR. You may submit an advisory petition if you would like to know whether a course would be approved before taking it; approvals are provisional and contingent upon courses being deemed transferrable by Admissions.