WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000 music 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:05.000 Hi, I'm Kristin Mauro and I'm here 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:07.000 to talk to you today about having an 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:09.000 Oregon Transfer Degree vs not having an Oregon Transfer Degree 00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:11.000 and what to expect. 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:13.000 The purpose of this video is to learn how your 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:17.000 transfer credits apply toward your degree at Western Oregon University 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:21.000 and what to do if your courses do not transfer as you expect them to. 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:25.000 So if you have one of Oregon's associate of arts approved transfer degree 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:28.000 or the associate of science approved transfer degree 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:32.000 or one of our out of state transfer degrees, they will complete all of 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:34.000 the general educations requirements and you may begin 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:37.000 working on your major course work immediately. 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:41.000 This is the list of our approved out of state transfer degrees. 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:44.000 As you can see we have agreements with the California system, 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:49.000 the Hawaii system, Washington and a few institutions in Florida. 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:50.000 Transfer coursework is evaluated and applied 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:52.000 What happens if you do not have an AAOT 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:57.000 or an ASOT or one of the approved transfer degrees from out of state? 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:03.000 on an articulation to articulation basis. 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:07.000 You'll complete the general education on a course-by-course basis. 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:10.000 You may have some general education courses left to complete. 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:13.000 And you may begin working on your major coursework immediately. 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:18.000 Western Oregon University is also member of the Interstate Passport. 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:20.000 And what this means is that upon completion 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:24.000 of the block transfer requirements that block will 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:27.000 be notated to your transcript and transferred to your institution. 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:32.000 The Interstate Passport allows successful transfer of block lower-level 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:36.000 general education courses to apply toward the general education at Western. 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:40.000 If you have transfer works that comes in but does not fulfill gen-ed 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:43.000 requirements or a major requirement and you think it should, 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:47.000 there is a petition process for this. It is a 2-part process. 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:49.000 If it's a general education course, 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:51.000 those are reviewed by the general education director 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:53.000 or the general education committee. 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:57.000 If it's a major course, that is reviewed the department. 00:01:57.000 --> 00:01:60.000 You can make an appointment with me to discuss your individual courses 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:04.000 and I can help you submit your petition to the appropriate area. 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:07.000 So how do you know if your classes will transfer to Western? 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:11.000 We have an articulation tool that can be found on the Transfer Pathways website 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:16.000 wou.edu/transferpathways, click on the transfer resources tab 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:18.000 scroll about half-way down the page 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:21.000 click on the how my classes transfer link 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:23.000 then select your institution. 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:25.000 You can then select your coursework and this will allow you 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:28.000 to see how that course transfers to Western. 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:30.000 Thank you very much for your time. 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.000 Please do not hesitate to contact me with 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:33.000 any questions or comments you may have. 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:37.000 My email is maurok@wou.edu. 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:40.000 I am here to help you have a successful transition to Western. 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:45.000 We're really excited that your a part of our family. Go Wolves! 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:53.000 music