For a fuller listing of transfer policy in Arizona, go to the Statewide Transfer Policy Page - a summary of policies regarding transfer, includes APASC-endorsed agreements of the ATFs relating to AP/CLEP scores

• NEW - Policy on the evaluation of courses for transfer - outlines the criteria to be used in the evaluation of courses for transfer among Arizona's post-secondary institutions.
• ADDED TO POLICY PAGE - Resolution of the GEATF regarding communication of changes to general education - adopted in 1999, sets out the standard for communication of changes in university general education programs in Arizona.
• Policy regarding the acceptance of credits from other regionally accredited institutions of higher education into any Arizona community college's AGEC or Transfer Associate's Degree.
• Policy regarding the transfer of NAU's ENG105 into community college AGECs
• AP score standards adopted by the ATFs and accepted by APASC during the 2002-2003 Academic Year.
  Standards were adopted for Biology, Chemistry, English, History Mathematics and Physics. View the letter sent to institutional CAOs by APASC on November 1, 2004 about standardization of AP and CLEP Scores (includes languages CLEP scores adopted as well).
• Policy regarding the acceptance of pass/fail grades in the AGEC
  (approved by APASC, April 22, 2003, amended February 18, 2004, and effective Fall 2004).
  View the policy stating that pass/fail grades (other than those assigned for IB, CLEP and AP credit as identified below) shall not be allowed in the AGEC, effective Fall 2004.
• Policy regarding the acceptance of credits from other regionally accredited institutions of higher education into any Arizona community college's AGEC
  (approved by APASC, April 22, 2003)
  View the policy stating that credits from regionally accredited institutions other than the Arizona community colleges may be accepted into the AGEC based upon the individual community college's institutional guidelines governing such acceptance.
• Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) Transfer policy definition
  (approved by APASC, October 16, 2001)
  View the policy adopted for AAS to BAS transfer in Arizona.
• AGEC Residency Requirement
  (Approved by APASC, October 17, 2000)
  View the policy allowing community college districts to set their own residency requirements for awarding AGECs.
• Policy on acceptance of IB, CLEP, and AP scores into the AGEC (subsumed by equating "P" grades to "C or better").
  (Approved by APASC, October 17, 2000)
  View the policy by which APASC requested all community colleges to adopt a catalog statement equating a grade of "P" to a "C or better" grade.
• Policy regarding acceptance of CLEP credit to satisfy Language Proficiency Requirements.
  (Approved by APASC, October 17, 2000)
  See the memorandum sent from APASC in May 2001 to the university registrars and about the new CLEP scores.
  View the new agreement to ensure that students using CLEP to satisfy language requirements receive the same number of credits for the same score, regardless of which Arizona public university they transfer to.
• Policy regarding demonstration of second- and fourth-semester language proficiency (document currently unavailable)
  (Approved by APASC, October 17, 2000)
  View the new draft form and agreement allowing students at any Arizona public community college to demonstrate their language proficiency via any certified language instructor at their Arizona public community college.
  Please note:  The active versions of these materials can be found in the Student area of this site, under  Language Proficiency Information
• Policy regarding the acceptance of Quarter-hour credit into the AGEC
  (Approved by APASC, June 27, 2000)
  View the newly approved policy on accepting credit for courses taken at a school that runs on academic quarters, rather then semesters, into the AGEC.
• Policy regarding Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations and course substitutions in the AGEC
  (Approved by APASC, June 27, 2000)
  View the policy regarding substitution of courses into the AGEC for students with disabilities.

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