Types of credit

The chart below indicates how different types of credit count toward the matriculation and residence requirements, and which credits are included in the UW GPA. A matriculated undergraduate student is one who has been admitted to a UW school or college as a premajor or a declared major.

	counts as matriculated credit (if taken after student matriculates)	included in UW GPA	counts as residence credit at the campus granting the degree
Regular courses (excluding DL-prefix) offered at the student's home campus	yes	yes	yes
Courses taken at a UW campus other than the one granting the degree (Seattle, Bothell, Tacoma)	yes	yes	no
Foreign study recorded as UW credit	yes	yes	yes
Foreign study recorded as transfer credit	no	no	no
* Credit courses offered by UW Extension, taken by a matriculated student in good academic standing	yes	yes	yes
C-prefix distance learning (no longer offered)	yes	no	no
DL-prefix distance learning	yes	yes	no
UW courses taken as a nonmatriculated student (i.e., before the student matriculates)	no	yes, except C-prefix distance learning and College in the High School	yes
** UW-sponsored College in the High School	no	no	no
Transfer courses	no	no	no
*** Extension	no	no	no

* Credit courses offered by UW Extension (formerly TA, TB, etc. sections). Does not include C-prefix (no longer offered) or DL-prefix distance learning, or College in the High School.

** UW-sponsored College in the High School is administered by UW Extension. UW also accepts College in the High School from other colleges, as long as the coursework is submitted on a college transcript and meets our regular transfer credit restrictions. While UW-sponsored College in the High School is recorded on the UW transcript as extension credit, College in the High School sponsored by other colleges may be recorded either as extension credit or as transfer credit.

*** Includes AP and International Baccalaureate, advanced placement, credit-by-exam, College in the High School, Armed Forces Training School, and all transfer extension.