TechTransfer

Weber State University is excited to announce a new opportunity for technical college students who have completed a certificate to earn credit toward their associate or bachelor’s degree. This initiative aims to improve transferability and help you complete your degree faster by awarding up to 30 elective credits for your completed Utah technical college certificate.

Get credit at Weber State for Your Completed Tech College Certificate

  • Earn Credit for Your Hard Work: Get up to 30 elective credits for completing a technical college certificate, accelerating your progress toward an Associate of Science in General Studies (AS-GS) or any undergraduate degree.

  • Streamline Your Path to a Degree: Begin your journey at Weber State with many of your elective requirements already completed.

  • Flexible Support for Degrees: These credits can be applied to any undergraduate certificate, associate, or bachelor’s degree program at Weber State.

  • Eligible Students: These credits are available to any matriculated, degree-seeking student at Weber State University who has completed a technical certificate.

Questions? Email techtransfer@weber.edu

Steps to Transfer Your Technical College Certificate to Weber State

New to Weber State?

  1. Get Admitted: Apply and be admitted as a degree-seeking undergraduate student at Weber State.
     
  2. Submit Transcripts: Send your tech college transcripts to Weber State. Your transcript will be saved to your Weber State digital file.
     
  3. Meet with your advisor to determine how many credits should be applied to your record.  Email articulation@weber.edu to add the credits the semester before you are ready to graduate.

Already a Weber State Student?

  1. Submit Transcripts: Send your tech college transcripts to Weber State if you have not already. Your transcript will be saved to your Weber State digital file.
     
  2. Meet with your advisor to determine how many credits should be applied to your record.  Email articulation@weber.edu to add the credits the semester before you are ready to graduate.

Credit Conversion

 

Students will receive elective credit for their completed certificate at a 1:1 ratio, up to the 30-credit (900-hour certificate) maximum.

For example:

  • 30-credit (900 hour) certificates: 30 elective credits
  • 20-credit (600 hour) certificates: 20 elective credits
  • 10-credit (300 hour) certificates: 10 elective credits

Elective credits can be combined with direct course articulation up to the maximum 30 credits.

Not all degrees have space for elective credit. Meet with your academic advisor to discuss how this credit may help your degree progress.

 

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