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How to Read the Course Equivalency Guide (CEG):
The CEG tells how courses taken at one school (the "source" institution) transfer to another school (the "target" institution). The Arizona CEG tells you how courses taken at any Arizona public community college or university will transfer to ASU, NAU or UA. You should always select the link for your source institution when you are looking up a course in the CEG.
For example, in the CEG row below, the course SPA 101 is the course you are planning to take at some source school (in this case, a community college). The values in the ASU, NAU and UA columns are those that SPA 101 will count as if you transfer to that university.
| Course | ASU | NAU | UA |
| SPA 101 Introductory Spanish (4) | SPA 101 | SPA 101 | SPAN101 |
If your source school is ASU, NAU or UA, there will be only two target school columns, as the CEG will show you how your classes will transfer to each of the other two universities.
| Course | NAU | UA |
| SPA 101 Introductory Spanish (4) | SPA 101 | SPAN101 |
The CEG is a view of the transfer articulation and course bank tables that feed the Course Applicability System (CAS). These tables are the official repository of Transfer Articulation rules for the state of Arizona.
The default view will show you only rules that are current or that we know will take effect in the future. To view rules from previous academic years, you may utilize the "Search all CEGs" feature. The CEG contains rules for all academic years beginning with 1990-1991.
The CEG rule(s) that apply to you are determined by the year and term during which you complete the course(s) you'd like to transfer. If you took a course in Fall of 1998, for example, but you transfer to the university in Spring of 2002, the CEG rule that would apply to your course is the one that was in effect during the Fall of 1998. Use the "Search All CEGs" feature to find out how courses you've taken in past semesters will transfer. Or, create an account in CAS, enter your courses, and create an interactive planning guide. CAS will automatically find the correct equivalency for the year and term during which you took each of your courses. If you've taken courses previous to Fall, 1990, consult with your advisor to learn about the transferability of those courses.
The CEG cannot predict the future. When future rules are decided upon, they are included in the CEG (see "Future equivalencies" below). If you are using the CEG for planning purposes, you will need to be certain to work with your advisor, and to re-check the CEG when you're ready to enroll in your courses, to ensure that you learn of any future changes to their equivalencies.
Special Symbols and Abbreviations in the CEG
Note that the symbols used for General Education (UA), General Studies (ASU) and Liberal Studies (NAU) are defined by each institution. These symbols appear in the CEG Report as they are encoded by each institution.
Direct Course Equivalent. The source course is accepted as being substantially equivalent to the target school's course number and department listed. The term "equivalent" does not mean that the source course is identical to the target course, but that the course is regarded as fulfilling the same requirement(s) as the designated target course does. Courses accepted as direct equivalent by one department may be accepted as Departmental Elective or Elective by any other department.
Departmental Elective Credit = "DEC" For example, a course whose equivalent is listed as “ACC Departmental Elective” will be counted as elective credit in Accounting. It will not count as any particular Accounting course that’s available at the target school, but it will count towards the overall number of credits you earn in Accounting. Courses accepted as DEC by one department may be accepted as "elective credit" by any other department.
Elective = "GEN CRD" This is a designation given to a course whose credit transfers to the target school, but which does not have an equivalent course at the target school, and will not count as credit within any particular department or major. In this case, the credits for the course will probably count as elective credits toward the degree you may pursue at your target school.
Nontransferable = "NOT XFR" This indicates that your source course will not be accepted for credit in transfer to the university.
ASU equivalencies - if only one equivalency appears in the ASU column, that equivalency applies to the three ASU campuses (Tempe, East, and West). Equivalencies for ASU Polytechnic campus or ASU West, if they differ from ASU Tempe equivalencies, are shown in ITALICS in the ASU Column of the report.
Course ASU NAU UA EDU 223 Exceptional Student (3) SPE 311 also satisfies: Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB)
ASU West: SPE 222 also satisfies: Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB)
ASU Polytechnic campus: SPE 311 also satisfies: Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB)ESE 380 Elective Credit
Future equivalencies, if known, are included in the target school column, after the current equivalency is listed.
Course ASU NAU UA ART 182 Art Appreciation (3) ART 201 PHO DEC Elective Fall 2009 and beyond: ART DEC
End-dated equivalencies, if known, are included in the target school column, after the current equivalency is listed. In the following case, the source course, ARC 207, will not be offered after Fall 2005.
Course ASU NAU UA ARC 207 (1) Southwest Prehistory Lab Valid thru Fall 2005: ASB Departmental Elective Valid thru Fall 2005: ANT Departmental Elective Valid thru Fall 2005: ANTH Departmental Elective
In the next case, the equivalency for the source course, CHM122, will be changing at ASU and UA if the course is taken after Fall 2005. For NAU, the equivalency will not change at that time.
Course ASU NAU UA CHM 122 (4) Chemistry and Society II Valid thru Fall 2005: Elective Credit
Spring 2006 and beyond: CHM Departmental ElectiveCHM Departmental Elective also satisfies: Lab Science [LS] Valid thru Fall 2005: CHEM101B(3) - and- CHEM102B(1)
Spring 2006 and beyond: CHEM101B(3) and CHEM Departmental Elective(1)
The tables may have blank cells. They may also list the same community college course more than once. Look at the following rules:
Course ASU NAU UA ART 191 Photographic Art I (3) ART 201 PHO DEC Elective ART 191 Photographic Art I (3) and ART 192 Intermediate Photography (3) PHO 281 (3)
--and--
Elective (3)These rules show that for ASU, NAU, and UA ART 191 transfers as ART 201, PHO DEC, and Elective, respectively. However, NAU also has a rule in case a student has taken both ART 191 AND ART 192. In this case, the student will earn three credits towards PHO 281, and three credits toward Elective. Blank cells under ASU and UA indicate that there is no special rule at those schools for a student who has taken both ART 191 and ART 192.
Blank cells may also appear in the university-to-university transfer rules, because not all university courses have been articulated.
Course ASU NAU ACCT272 (3) ACCT FOR PUBLIC AGENCIES ACC Departmental Elective The fact that there is a blank cell in the CEG does not mean that the source course is non-transferrable. Instead, it may mean that there is not a pre-existing articulation agreement for that course. Students should consult with an advisor at their target institution if they have taken courses which do not have articulations published in the CEG.
The tables may display the term "Course Title Not Available". This means that that the source school's course bank in CAS does not contain a title that matches the course listed in the CEG report. The problem could be that the source institution's course bank is missing a course title that should be there, or it could mean that a target institution's transfer articulation tables contain a rule referring to a course that no longer exists. Note that if you are using the Search all CEGs feature to find CEG rules for past academic years, you will likely find many more "Course Title Not Available" messages than you will see in the CEG pages for the current year. The CAS Team has placed the highest priority on ensuring that the current (and future) CEG pages contain complete and accurate course titles.