Nov 23, 2024  
2023-2024 General Catalog 
    
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General Education Requirements for Transfer Students


Please read the following carefully:

  • Students who have an Associate of Arts or an Associate of Science degree from a regionally-accredited institution may be deemed as having satisfied the General Education portion of the University Studies requirements at Utah State University.
  • Students who have a Letter of General Education Completion from a regionally-accredited institution may be deemed as having satisfied the General Education portion of the University Studies requirements at USU.
  • USU will require students to satisfy the following if an equivalent has not been completed as part of the transfer General Education: Breadth American Institutions (BAI), Communications Literacy (CL1 and CL2), and Quantitative Literacy (QL)
  • In order to graduate with a bachelor’s degree, the Depth Education requirements must still be completed.
  • Students who transfer to USU without either an Associate Degree or a Letter of General Education Completion will have courses evaluated by USU’s Transfer Articulation team. Equivalent General Education courses taken at a regionally-accredited institution may be accepted toward satisfying General Education requirements at USU.
  • Schools within the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)* maintain an agreement allowing General Education courses to be transferred within the system.
*Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)
  • University of Utah
  • Utah State University
  • Weber State University
  • Southern Utah University
  • Snow College
  • Utah Tech University
  • Utah Valley University
  • Salt Lake Community College
For more information about transferring credits to USU, click here.