College Transfer

William Jewell College has several equivalency agreements with schools around the Kansas City Metro Area and accredited colleges throughout the United States. Equivalency guides are helpful to students in determining how their completed coursework will transfer to Jewell. If you currently attend an institution that is not listed and/or would like to have Jewell evaluate your college transfer credits, please contact the Office of Admission.

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William Jewell College has many departmental articulation agreements with the Metropolitan Community College System. Each articulation agreement shows side by side the associate degree requirements and their Jewell equivalents. Articulation agreements are helpful to students when choosing their courses to ensure a smooth transition into their area of study at Jewell. Contact the Office of Admission for additional information.

The William Jewell College registrar, who may consult with department chairs, provides the official evaluation of all courses offered in transfer. Courses from accredited institutions will be considered for credit as they apply to the curriculum of the College, provided that the student has earned course grades of C- or higher. Generally, undergraduate courses that are technical or vocational in nature, based upon participation in intercollegiate athletics, or otherwise inconsistent with the liberal arts curriculum of William Jewell College will not be accepted for college transfer. Additional regulations are listed in the College catalog.

The core curriculum at William Jewell College ensures that each student has a common experience of learning. Research shows that colleges and universities with a common experience in their general education program increase the odds of having students with meaningful relationships who are likely to graduate. If you have at least 26 transferrable hours of college credit earned since you finished high school, please refer to the rest of this page as a guide in helping you determine which of your college courses will transfer directly into William Jewell College’s unique core curriculum. Students with fewer than 26 transferrable hours of college credit earned since finishing high school normally follow the same rules as students coming to William Jewell straight from high school.

Any students interested in transferring to William Jewell should contact Gina Mumpower-Turner (816-415-5047), Assistant Director of Transfer Admissions), for a personal advising session.

• CTI 100 – transfer equivalent: None
• CTI 102 – transfer equivalent: An English composition course of at least three credit hours.
• CTI 105 – transfer equivalent: At least a three credit-hour course in liberal arts math beyond the level of intermediate algebra. Such a course typically focuses on the application of mathematics to the social sciences and humanities;
  or
  At least a three credit-hour course in college algebra or college statistics (taught in a math department);
  or
  MAT 107 – transfer equivalent: At least a three credit-hour course in precalculus or business calculus;
  or
  MAT 109 – transfer equivalent: At least a three credit-hour course in calculus I for science/math students;
• CTI 150 – transfer equivalent: None

World language requirement for students whose primary major will lead to a B.A. degree: 

• Students must complete a college-level second introductory course in a world language (the 112 course at Jewell or the equivalent) or a higher-level course.
• It is suggested that students who have previously studied a world language but who have not yet earned credit for a college-level second introductory course take the language placement exam to further help with proper placement. Transfer students with high placement scores (above the 112 level) will be invited to take an optional 112 equivalency exam with a faculty member in the Languages Department. Passing this equivalency exam satisfies the B.A. world language requirement.

Students are exempt from one category depending on the student’s primary major at the time of graduation.

Culture and Traditions

• Exempt primary majors: Communication, Digital Media Communication, English, Music, Music Education, Musical Theatre, Oxbridge History of Ideas, Oxbridge Literature and Theory, Oxbridge Music, Philosophy, Public Relations, Spanish, and Theatre.

Transfer equivalents (one of the following):

1. 1. Two courses from different disciplines within the humanities showing a total of at least four credit hours. [Basic skills classes, such as English composition or public speaking, cannot be included. Generally, classes focusing on performance—such as music lessons or ensembles or studio art—cannot be used here. Foreign languages are covered in a different category.]
   2. One course of at least three credit hours with an explicit and sophisticated orientation toward interdisciplinarity in the humanities.

Power and Justice

• Exempt primary majors: Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Elementary Education, History, International Relations, Nonprofit Leadership, Oxbridge History, Oxbridge Institutions & Policy, Political Science, and Secondary Education.

Transfer equivalents (one of the following):

1. 1. Two courses from different disciplines within the social sciences showing a total of at least four credit hours (lower-level PSY courses are considered to be social sciences).
   2. One course of at least three credit hours with an explicit and sophisticated orientation toward interdisciplinarity in the social sciences.

Sacred and Secular

Transfer equivalents (one of the following):

1. 1. Two courses from different disciplines within the social sciences showing a total of at least four credit hours (lower-level PSY courses are considered to be social sciences).
   2. One course of at least three credit hours with an explicit and sophisticated orientation toward interdisciplinarity in the social sciences.

Science, Technology, and the Human Experience

• Exempt primary majors: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, Nursing, Oxbridge Molecular Biology, Physics and Psychological Science.

Transfer equivalents (one of the following):

1. 1. One laboratory science course and one advanced mathematics course (calculus II or above).
   2. Two science courses with one being physical and the other a life science. One of the courses must be a laboratory science.
   3. One course of at least four credit hours with an explicit and sophisticated orientation toward interdisciplinarity in the sciences. Such a course must have a laboratory component.

• CTI 400-level capstone course – transfer equivalent: None.