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SBCC Transfer of Credit Regulations:
Santa Barbara City College grants lower division subject and/or unit credit for most coursework completed at regionally accredited (Associations of Colleges and Schools) institutions of higher learning.Credit earned at a time when an institution was a candidate for accreditation may be accepted for credit.To earn subject and/or unit credit for previous course work, students must submit an official transcript to SBCC Admissions and Records Office. Official transcripts of all high school and college work are important documents to have on file for proper counseling/advisement.Students may request to have their course work evaluated by the SBCC Transcript Evaluation Office and appropriate unit/subject credit will be granted based on District policy and Administrative Procedure in effect at the time of submission of transcripts.
Transcript Evaluation Request is for current SBCC students or incoming SBCC students who completed previous coursework at an accredited College and/or University and would like to receive SBCC subject and/or unit credit to apply toward a SBCC AA/AS degree, Certificate of Completion, Department Awards, or Skills Competency Award.The coursework will be evaluated and appropriate unit/subject credit will be granted based on District Policy and Administrative Procedure in effect at the time of submisson of transcripts.
Transcript Evaluation Request - Evaluation must be requested by student or counselor. Must submit an OFFICIAL transcript from all colleges attended. Student must have a completed application in system, current SBCC student, or have been previously enrolled.
Instructions for Completing Transcript Evaluation Request
1.Complete Transcript Evaluation Request form and submit to Academic
Counseling Center (SS 120) or fax to Transcript Evaluation Office 805-892-3664.
2.Official transcripts need to be received by SBCC Admissions and Records Office
or submitted with the Transcript Evaluation Request.To verify that your transcripts
have been received by the Admissions and Records Office please confirm with
Admissions and Records Office.
3.Once the Transcript Evaluation Office has received your request, you will receive a
confirmation on your SBCC PIPELINE e-mail account of the request.
4.When the Transcript Evaluation Request is completed, you will be notified by the
Transcript Evaluation Office on your SBCC PIPELINE e-mail account.
5.SBCC reserves the right to request further documents as needed to conduct an evaluation.
6.In some cases evaluation of courses for subject and/or unit credit must be reviewed
by the SBCC department offering a similar course.
.Transcript evaluations may take up to four weeks to complete.
The following are criteria that will be used for determining subject and unit transfer credit and/or fulfillment of prerequisites using external course work.
Criteria I:Equivalency by Articulation (bilateral): The college has established a formal reciprocal articulation agreement with a four-year institution through the SBCC Articulation Office. (e.g. SBCC with UCSB)
These agreements are already faculty approved and are posted on ASSIST.ORG and do not require additional faculty review.
The Transcript Evaluations Office will be responsible for verifying equivalency by articulation.
The articulated course will apply to both subject and unit degree requirements as well as prerequisites.
Bilateral articulation is only between regionally accredited institutions of higher education.
Criteria II:Transfer of Credit Agreement (unilateral): The incoming course is deemed by SBCC to be equivalent to an SBCC course but the source college has not approved reciprocity (e.g. Arizona State to SBCC; Allan Hancock to SBCC).
The course will apply to both subject and unit degree requirements as well as prerequisites.
In order to satisfy equivalency the course must be from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or approved international institution of higher education.
Criteria III: Satisfies a prerequisite (unilateral):The incoming course is not deemed to be an equivalent or substitute for an SBCC course but is deemed to satisfy a prerequisite under one or more "challenge" conditions approved by Title 5.
The course cannot be used to satisfy subject or unit requirements for degrees.
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