Transferring to Colorado Mountain College

It is optional, however, if you are planning to complete a degree program or certificate at Colorado Mountain College, you may want to have your transcripts evaluated to see which courses transfer in for credit.

If you are just taking a class or two and not seeking a degree, please do not submit your transcripts for evaluation. If any of the classes you wish to take have a pre-requisite, take your unofficial transcript to your Counselor at your campus. Your Counselor can determine whether you have met the pre-requisite and help get you registered

Once your transcripts have been received by the Registrar’s Office they are scanned into your digital record.

Your transcripts are then evaluated for transfer by the Assistant Registrar.

The courses from an official transcript from the transfer institution are compared with courses from the current Colorado Mountain College Course Catalog. A Transfer Evaluation Report is produced, the transfer credits are posted to your student record and the report is digitally filed with your official transcript.

TRANSFER COURSES

• Courses with an 80% or higher course description match are assigned an equivalent CMC course.
• Courses with less than an 80% match are usually assigned the department code followed by the level (e.g. ENG 2999 or ENG 4999) or are designated as a general elective (e.g. GEN 2999).
• Developmental college courses such as developmental English, Mathematics, and Reading will transfer in as zero credits.
• Special topic courses transfer in as electives.
• Students may be requested to provide additional information or syllabus descriptions in order to determine an equivalency.

GRADES

• Only courses that received a C- or higher will be accepted for transfer.
• S, P, and CR grades will only be accepted for transfer if the transcript indicates that they are equivalent to a C- or higher.
• Anything below a C- is not evaluated and will not appear on your CMC transcript.

Certain courses are not accepted or will have no equivalent at CMC. For example:

• Developmental college courses such as developmental English, remedial mathematics, remedial reading, developmental reading, and remedial science. However, they may be used for placement purposes.
• Vocational, career and technical courses not equivalent in content and/or level of Colorado Mountain College courses
• No more than 20 quarter or 13 semester credits completed by correspondence at another institution.
• Religious courses which are not secular in content.
• Technology courses over ten years old
• Health Courses (CPR, First Aid etc.) over three years old.
• Graduate-level work.

Courses that pertain to certain degree programs at CMC may be forwarded to the designated Program Director for review:

• Nursing
• Vet Tech
• CLETA
• Early Childhood/Education

Upper level courses, taken over 10 years ago, may be forwarded to the relevant Department Dean and reviewed on a course by course basis.

Colorado Mountain College accepts credits from colleges and universities accredited by the following regional accrediting agencies:

• Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
• New England Association of Schools and Colleges
• North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
• Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
• The Higher Learning Commission
• Southern Association of Schools and Colleges
• Western Association of Schools and Colleges

If your college was accredited by a nationally recognized agency other than a member of the Association of Schools and Colleges, please contact the Registrar’s Office to confirm whether or not your credits are transferable at 970-947-8333

If you have earned credit from a non-accredited institution, you may attempt to have the learning recognized through credit for prior learning or our challenge exam system.

The turnaround time is about 4 weeks from the day we receive your transcripts to the day the transfer credits are posted to your record. Sometimes more, sometimes less depending on when in the semester they are received.

If you have not yet applied or if you are in applicant status your transcripts will be placed on HOLD. They will only be evaluated once you have been admitted as a student. You will be notified via email that your transcripts have been received and are on hold.

We do not evaluate transcripts for students who are “Not Degree Seeking”.

You are notified via the email used on your application once your courses have been posted to your record.

You can view how your courses transferred by viewing your unofficial transcript in Student Planning. Please see our Student Planning Help videos for detailed instructions.

Colorado Mountain College recognizes and accepts exam results for CLEP, AP, DSST (DANTES), Excelsior College Exam, and International Baccalaureate to award credit. See Standardized National Exams for more information.

Students must request an official copy of their military transcript to be sent to the Registrar’s Office at Colorado Mountain College.

Request transcripts for Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Card via:
Joint Services Transcript

Request transcripts for Air Force via:
Community College of the Air Force
or
Air University

Transcripts are evaluated by Colorado Mountain College based on the American Council on Education (ACE) Guidelines.

A Transfer Evaluation Report is produced, the transfer credits are posted to your student record, and the report is digitally filed with your official transcript.

Once you have been notified that your transfer credits have been posted, you should make an appointment with your Counselor or Advisor

Students who wish to appeal how certain courses were evaluated must complete a Request to Re-evaluate Transfer Course .

Appeals must be submitted within the first semester after the transfer credits are posted on their Colorado Mountain College record, or after receiving notice from the Registrar’s Office that the coursework was not accepted for transfer credit.

It is mandatory to submit a full course syllabus, from the time you took the course, with your appeal form. Detailed instructions are included on the form.

HOW DO I COMBINE TRANSFER CREDIT WITH CMC CREDIT TO EARN A DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE?

For an Associate Degree a minimum of 15 college-level credit hours must be earned at Colorado Mountain College.

For a Bachelor Degree a minimum of 30 college-level credits must be earned at Colorado Mountain College.

Awarded or non-traditional credit may not be used to fulfill the CMC minimum credit requirements.

Talk to your Counselor or Advisor about a “Transfer Back Agreement” to make sure the course credits will transfer back towards your declared degree at CMC.

The Registrar’s Office reviews your request and will determine the course equivalent here at CMC. The signed Transfer Back Agreement will be kept on file and a copy sent to you for your records.

If you decide to not complete a “Transfer Back Agreement” prior to taking a course at another institution there are no guarantees that the course will transfer in the way you hope.

Reverse Transfer (formerly “Degree Within Reach”) allows students who transferred from a Colorado two-year institution to a four-year institution to combine credits and apply them toward an associate degree.

If you are a transfer student, this means you can earn the associate degree you started at your community college while still working toward your bachelor’s degree. You could be eligible even if you recently left a four-year institution before earning a degree.

See the Colorado Department of Higher Education website regarding Colorado Reverse Transfer for more information.