Transfer Students

Transfer students follow general application procedures. Specific procedures apply for transfer students seeking credit for prior college-level coursework. Students planning to transfer to Howard Community College should review the Credit for Prior Learning procedure and arrange to meet with an academic advisor to ensure they do not take courses already completed from prior learning. Students seeking credit for prior college-level coursework must declare an area of study and must request a transcript evaluation by completing and submitting an online Transcript Evaluation Request Form and must submit all official transcripts to the office of records, registration, and veterans’ affairs. To provide the most accurate evaluation of prior learning credit, students may be asked to submit additional documentation as needed.

FOREIGN TRANSCRIPTS–HCC will award transfer credit when appropriate for prior college-level coursework successfully completed at foreign colleges and universities. However, students with college or university transcripts from outside of the US must have a course-by-course evaluation completed by a nationally accredited foreign transcript evaluation service that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) at the time of evaluation. Official evaluations may be submitted to the office of records, registration, and veterans’ affairs for further review. Generally academic credit is not awarded for English composition or literature courses taught at a college or university outside of the US. Otherwise, the same policies and procedures that apply to coursework completed at US colleges and universities are used.