The Direct Transfer Agreement is a statewide policy about transfer credit. The purpose of this voluntary statewide agreement is to facilitate the transfer of credit; it is not an admissions agreement. A qualifying DTA associate degree is generally defined as that degree awarded by a community college to students who have completed a transfer curriculum designed to fulfill most general education requirements for a baccalaureate degree program in Washington State. Approved DTA degree programs follow specific guidelines established by the Intercollege Relations Commission (ICRC), a commission of the Washington Council.
Earning a DTA associate degree does not guarantee admission to UW Bothell. Students who transfer within this agreement must still meet our minimum admission requirements: http://www.uwb.edu/admissions/transfer/admission-requirements-tr
Students applying directly to a degree program will also need to meet program requirements to be considered for admission. See program web pages for more detail: http://www.uwb.edu/admissions/transfer/degrees
The University of Washington Bothell transfers credit on a course by course basis. Because of the DTA, students transferring from Washington state community colleges with approved academic transfer associate degrees (not vocational-technical), will receive the benefit of having satisfied all or most of our general education (Area of Knowledge) requirements. Transferable academic courses that are counted at the community college towards distribution requirements, will be accepted towards Areas of Knowledge at the UWB in the following way: (humanities=VLPA; social sciences=I&S; natural sciences=NW), even if they do not count that way for other students.
Students should take note of the following provisos when planning transfer to the UW Bothell with a DTA degree:
- 5 credits of English composition should be completed with a minimum grade of 2.0
- 10 additional writing credits (Composition or W-courses) must be completed at the University, if not completed as part of the transfer degree
- Quantitative Symbolic Reasoning (QSR) courses will transfer according to the following course equivalency tables:http://admit.washington.edu/EquivalencyGuide
- A maximum of 3 credits of PE coursework will be allowed to transfer