Transfer of Credits to Other Colleges
Many Richland students continue their education at a senior college or university. In fact, the academic records of Richland transfer students at other institutions are often as good as the academic records of students who began at the senior school.
Illinois senior colleges and universities have cooperated with Richland in transferring Richland students and credit hours earned.
Many Illinois institutions (with the exception of the University of Illinois) have made a “General Education Compact,” which states that community college students who have earned an Associate in Arts (AA) or Associate in Science (AS) Degree will meet all lower-division (freshman-sophomore) general education requirements. (The AS degree has a modified general education package . Students may need to complete an additional course in the Humanities & Fine Arts and Social & Behavioral Sciences to complete the GECC. For more information, please contact the Registrar.)
Thus, Richland students are guaranteed that their AA or AS Degree will receive full recognition from the schools that have subscribed to the agreement. (Some “compacts” are under review, and departmental requirements at the senior college or university level may affect some courses that the student transfers in.)
For those colleges without such an agreement, Richland students should follow the guidelines for transfer credits listed in that senior college’s transfer guide or handbook. Richland recommends that students planning to transfer meet with his/her assigned advisor for up-to-date information on transferring Richland credits. Students who plan to transfer to out-of-state schools or schools not covered by the General Education Compact should also contact an advisor at the transfer school.
Guarantee of Transfer of Credit
Richland Community College guarantees to those earning an appropriate transfer degree beginning May 1993 that their courses will transfer to Illinois state colleges or universities as identified in the most currently published transfer information or equivalency guide.
The graduate, under the agreement to enact this guarantee, will still be responsible for all costs other than the tuition specified.
Qualifying Conditions for the Guarantee:
- Transfer of a course means the acceptance of credits for entrance at a senior institution.
- Classes must have been taken at Richland Community College no earlier than two (2) years before the attempt to transfer.
- Any refund request must be made no later than two (2) years after Richland Community College graduation.