Transfer students should coordinate with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions regarding the receipt of all application materials, including official transcripts and final grades. Unevaluated coursework will be evaluated by subject matter experts after transcripts are checked-in and processed by the admissions office. Transfer students should use the transfer equivalency tables to check for existing course evaluations or complete the Undergraduate Course Evaluation Request Form if the course is not listed. 

Send transcripts to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions:

Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Lieber College
902 Sumter Street Access
Columbia, SC 29208

Electronic Transcripts Email Address: [email protected]

To see how your course will count at , check the transfer course equivalency table.

Send Transcripts to the Office of the University Registrar:

Office of the University Registrar
University of South Carolina
1244 Blossom Street, Suite 106
Columbia, SC 29208

Electronic Transcripts Email Address: [email protected]

To see how your course will count at , check the transfer course equivalency table.

Students are responsible for sending their study abroad transcripts to the Study Abroad Office:

Study Abroad Office
University of South Carolina
1705 College Street
Close-Hipp, Suite 453
Columbia, SC 29208

Electronic Transcripts Email Address: [email protected]

To see how your course will count at USC, check the institutional equivalency table.

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Students wishing to take coursework at another regionally accredited institution need to first seek permission from their advisor and dean via a Special Enrollment Request form.  If the courses indicated on the form are not already listed in the transfer equivalency tables, they will be sent to subject matter experts for evaluation.  Students wishing to take courses elsewhere should check the tables for the current evaluation or complete the Undergraduate Course Evaluation Request Form if the course is not listed.  Once the course or courses have been completed, be sure to have an official transcript sent (in a sealed/unopened envelope) directly from the institution to the USC Columbia registrar’s office.  Transcripts that have been opened or unsealed or that are not official cannot be accepted.

Send Special Enrollment Request forms to [email protected].

To see how your course will count at USC, check the institutional equivalency table.

Upon completing the course, send the transcript* to the Office of the University Registrar:

Office of the University Registrar
University of South Carolina
1244 Blossom Street
Columbia, SC 29208

Electronic Transcripts Email Address: [email protected]

*The Special Enrollment Request form is not the same as an official transcript request.

Submit a change of campus application.

Check the home course equivalency table.

Use these definitions to better understand the transfer process.

Transferability: the conditions under which the university accepts credit from other post-secondary regionally accredited institutions for inclusion in the student’s record. Coursework classified as remedial will not be used to help a student earn admission. Courses that are occupational or technical in nature may be included in the student’s record for the purpose of determining scholarship and admission eligibility, but these courses are generally not applicable toward a degree.

Equivalency: the equating of transfer credit, both in hours and content, to University of South Carolina coursework.

Applicability: the prerogative of the academic divisions to count specific credit toward the fulfillment of a student’s degree requirements. The student’s college or school of enrollment is responsible for determining applicability.

All undergraduates share a common academic foundation: the Carolina Core. The Carolina Core develops competency in communication, analytical reasoning, problem solving, scientific literacy, information literacy, the arts, and foundational areas.

If a transfer course has been granted a USC equivalent that meets any Carolina Core requirement(s), including overlays, the transfer course will also meet the Core requirement(s). 

In certain cases, a transfer course may not equate to a USC course directly, but still equate to the learning outcomes of the Carolina Core. 

100-200 level transfer courses equated to specific subjects, may be assigned a Carolina Core attribute indicating it has met the Carolina Core learning outcome. A list of these subjects can be found on the USC Registrar webpage.

300-600 level transfer courses not on the list may be reviewed on a student-by-student basis at the discretion of their college.

For information regarding the transfer of Carolina Core requirements prior to Fall 2017, contact your academic advisor.

Indirect 100-200 Level Transfer Courses Eligible for Carolina Core Equivalency

 

GHS Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Historical Thinking 

• HIST 001T, HIST 002T

GSS Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Social Sciences 

• AFAM 001T, 002T
• ANTH 001T, 002T
• FLGS 001T, 002T
• GEOG 001T, 002T
• POLI 001T, 002T
• SOCY 001T, 002T
• SSCI 001T, 002T
• WGST 001T, 002T

GFL Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Foreign Language  

• FLNG 109T, 110T, 121T, 122T

AIU  Artistic and Interpretive Understanding

• AFAM 001T, 002T
• ARTH 001T, 002T
• ARTS, 001T, 002T
• CPLT 001T, 002T
• DANC 001T, 002T
• DAMT 001T, 002T
• ENGL 001T, 002T
• FAMS 001T, 002T
• FLAI 001T, 002T
• MART 001T, 002T
• THEA 001T, 002T 

CMS  Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication: Spoken Component 

• SPCH 001T, 002T

SCI  Scientific Literacy  

• ASTR 001T, 002T 
• BIOL 001T, 002T 
• CHEM 001T, 002T 
• ENVR 001T, 002T 
• GEOL 001T, 002T 
• MSCI 001T, 002T 
• PHYS 001T, 002T 
• SCIN 001T, 002T

Most subject codes correspond to USC subjects or departments. For example, HIST stands for History, CHEM Chemistry. Here are some common codes that are not department specific.

• UNEL (University Elective Credit): Credit that is not department specific. 
• FLNG (Foreign Language) Actual foreign language (written and oral) courses offered at other universities but not offered at USC.  FLNG courses receiving this designation will meet Carolina Core GFL learning outcomes. 
• FLGS (Foreign Language Cultural Humanities) Foreign cultural classes in which the syllabi do not directly indicate meeting foreign language proficiency.  FLGS courses receiving this designation will meet Carolina Core GSS learning outcomes. 
• FLAI (Foreign Language Cultural Arts) Foreign cultural classes in which the syllabi do not directly indicate meeting foreign language proficiency. FLAI courses receiving this designation will meet Carolina Core AIU learning outcomes.
• DAMT (Dance, Art, Music,Theatre) Transfer courses that do not have a direct equivalent at USC, but are clearly courses that align with Dance, Art, Music, and/or Theatre. DAMT courses receiving this designation will meet Carolina Core AIU learning outcomes. 
• HUMA (Humanities): Credit that does not fit into a specific USC department. The credit is based in the Humanities but does not easily align with the fine arts. 
• SSCI (Social Sciences): Credit that does not fit into a specific USC department but that is based in the Social Sciences. SSCI courses receiving this designation will meet Carolina Core GSS learning outcomes.
• SCIN (Natural Sciences): Credit that does not fit into a specific USC department but that is based in the Natural Sciences. SCIN courses receiving this designation will meet Carolina Core SCI learning outcomes.
• TRAN SFER (Transfer): Courses that transfer into the University of South Carolina but have not yet received a USC equivalency. The Office of the University Registrar will assign actual equivalencies to the transfer course as soon as the equivalency determined by the appropriate department.

You may see notations related to electives in addition to the UNEL subject code noted above. If a course is coming in as elective credit, you will see an equivalent of 00XT where x = a number to indicate the level. For example, if a course comes in as ANTH 003T, it counts as a 300-level Anthropology elective.

If you are earning elective credit, the title of the course will usually indicate that with the use of the term "elective" in the course title field followed by the original subject, number and title of the course that has been transferred to USC.