Understanding Your Transfer Equivalency Worksheet
Taking time to read and understand your equivalency worksheet will assist you when you are preparing to meet with your academic advisor.
TAKE YOUR WORKSHEET TO YOUR ADVISOR MEETING.
Reading your equivalency worksheet
On your equivalency worksheet, your credit for each college you have attended will be evaluated and listed by attendance period. For example if you attended College A in the fall of 2007 through the spring of 2008 and College B in the fall of 2008 through spring of 2009. The first college evaluated and listed on your worksheet would be College A for attendance period 1 (fall 2007). Each period would then follow for college A. Following the last attendance period for college A will be Transfer and Institution totals. Look to the INSTITUTION totals to see attempted hours, passed hours, earned hours, GPA hours, quality points, and GPA. Following those totals, information for College B will appear in the same order. To determine your total hours, add hours from each college together. The number will determine your class status and be used to determine your eligibility to register.
GEP Codes
GEP coded courses fulfill Missouri State general education requirements as indicated below, but do not have a specific Missouri State University course equivalency.
Refer to the General Education requirements in the Missouri State catalog or online at www.missouristate.edu/generaleducation/ to see how the GEP categories correspond with those requirements.
Some majors and degrees require specific general education courses that the GEP code may not cover.
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GEP 1 |
Intro to University Life |
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GEP 2 |
Computers for Learning |
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GEP 3 |
Public Speaking |
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GEP 4 |
Writing I |
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GEP 5 |
Writing II |
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GEP 6 |
Mathematics |
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GEP 7 |
Fitness for Living |
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GEP 8 |
Astronomy/Physics (w/ lab) |
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GEP 9 |
Astronomy/Physics (no lab) |
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GEP 10 |
Biology/Biomedical Sciences (w/ lab) |
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GEP 11 |
Biology/Biomedical Sciences (no lab) |
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GEP 12 |
Chemistry (w/ lab) |
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GEP 13 |
Chemistry (no lab) |
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GEP 14 |
Geography/Geology (w/ lab) |
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GEP 15 |
Geography/Geology (no lab) |
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GEP 16 |
Culture & Society – Humanities perspective |
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GEP 17 |
Culture & Society – Science Perspective |
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GEP 18 |
Self-Understanding – Social/Behavioral Perspective |
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GEP 19 |
Self-Understanding – Humanities Perspective |
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GEP 20 |
Self-Understanding – Creative & Vision Perspective |
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GEP 21 |
Public Affairs – American Studies (History) |
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GEP 22 |
Public Affairs – American Studies (Political Science) |
PEU Codes
If a course does not have a direct equivalency, but the College of Education decides that substantial similarity exists between a course taken at the community college with a DESE approved education program and an Missouri State course with respect to MoSTEP competencies, a “PEU” code will be assigned to that community college course and used to substitute for the Missouri State course in a given undergraduate education degree program.
Students who wish to appeal the evaluation or transferability of a PEU course may do so through the College of Education within the Education Advisement Center, Hill Hall Room 202.Students who are not pursuing a BS in Ed, whose evaluations show PEU courses should go to the Office of Admissions for re-evaluation.
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PEU 1 |
Exploring Education |
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PEU 2 |
Intro ELE Meth/Prac |
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PEU 3 |
Classroom Technology |
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PEU 4 |
Children’s Literature |
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PEU 5 |
Ed Psych – Child |
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PEU 6 |
Ed Psych – Adolesc |
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PEU 7 |
Integrated Arts/PE |
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PEU 8 |
Math for Teachers |
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PEU 9 |
Geometry for Teachers |
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PEU 10 |
Foundations for Ed |
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PEU 11 |
Health Ed - ELE |
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PEU 12 |
Exceptional Child |
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PEU 13 |
Behavioral Mgt Techs - ELE |
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PEU 14 |
Adolescent Literatures |
GEN CODES
You may also have GEN codes on your equivalency worksheet. See below for definitions of different codes.
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GEN 000 |
Elective credit: course transfers but does not have a direct equivalency to a Missouri State course. |
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GEN 007 |
Non-transferable courses - credit not accepted. |
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GEN 010 |
To compensate for fractions. |
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GEN 011 |
Lower division general education requirements have been met by completion of an Associate of Arts (AA) degree. |
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GEN 012 |
Student is exempt from general education requirements (lower and upper division) by completion of a bachelor's degree at a regionally accredited college or university. |
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GEN 013 |
Lower division general education requirements have been met by completion of an approved general education program. |
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GEN 016 |
You are exempt from lower division general education requirement through completion of an Associate of Arts (AA) degree at a regionally accredited private college or university. |
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GEN 042 |
Statewide 42-hour general education core has been met. Student must take HST 121 or HST 122 to fulfill Missouri State's general education requirements. |
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GEN 088 |
This indicates completion of an Associate of Science (AS) or Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree. These degrees do not fulfill general education requirements at Missouri State. Students who plan to pursue a Bachelor of Applied Science degree with a major in Industrial Management at Missouri State may receive additional transfer credit and should contact the Department of Industrial Management at 417-836-5121 for information. |
Appeal of transferability or course equivalencies
It is reccommended that you speak with your academic advisor If you believe that an elective credit course has significant similarity to a Missouri State course or that a course was mis-evaluated. If it is determined that a course should be re-evaluated contact the head of the department at Missouri State University that offers the equivalent course. The department head will review the course and determine equivalency. You may need to supply the department head with a course description, syllabus, and/or other information for review.
Follow this link to find department heads name and contact:
http://www.missouristate.edu/provost/contactlist.htm
Grade Equivalencies
To see how grade equivalencies are assigned follow this link:
www.missouristate.edu/registrar/transfercreditpolicy.html
Plus/minus grades:
Missouri State University currently uses a straight A, B, C, D, F grading scale. Effective with the fall 2009 semester, a plus/minus scale will be used. Because we evaluate transfer credit using the same policies that apply to current students, we do not transfer +’s and –‘s for courses taken prior to fall 2009 (so, for example, we convert a B+ to a B in calculating transfer grade point average); however, for courses taken at other institutions during or after the fall 2009 semester, +’s and –‘s will be used in determining transfer grade point average.
Repeat policy:
The repeat policy at MSU is changing for the fall 2009 semester. For courses taken prior to fall 2009, students were only allowed to repeat courses in which they earned a grade of D or F. The second grade replaced the first grade in the calculation of grade point average. Beginning with courses taken during or after the fall 2009 semester, students may repeat any course with no limit on the number of repetitions. Only the final grade will be used in the calculation of the student’s grade point average. Like with plus/minus grading, we evaluate transfer credit using the same policies that apply to current students; thus, these repeat policies will be applied to transfer credit based on when courses were taken.
Helpful website resources
Undergraduate catalog:
www.missouristate.edu/registrar/undercat.html
Transfer Credit Policy:
www.missouristate.edu/registrar/transfercreditpolicy.html
Transfer Admission Policy:
www.missouristate.edu/admissions/amdpolicytr.htm
General Education Worksheet:
www.missouristate.edu/GeneralEducation/GenEd_Worksheet.htm
Transfer Advising:
www.missouristate.edu/transfer/