Transferring Credits

Transferring to HCC?

Unofficial Transcripts

HCC accepts unofficial transcripts, grade reports and/or TSI scores for initial advisement and placement. This information will determine if an exemption from assessment or prerequisites is applicable. A transcript hold will be placed on your record until an official transcript is sent.

Please electronically send or mail official transcripts to:

Houston City College
Office of Student Records
P.O. Box 667517, MC 1136
Houston, TX 77266-7517

Official Transcripts

While unofficial transcripts may be accepted for initial registration, official transcripts must be received within 30 days of seeing an or enrolling in classes, whichever comes first. Official transcripts are needed for any of the following purposes.

TSI Exemption

  1. Complete an associate degree or higher from an accredited institution.
  2. Complete a college-level English and a college-level math.
  3. Passing ACT/SAT/TAKS scores.

TSI Status: Students transferring to HCCS must provide an official transcript so that their TSI status can be determined.

Acceptance of transfer work

Students seeking acceptance of transfer credit toward a degree or certificate should send an official transcript to the Office of Student Records at the time their Educational Plan is filed.

Assessment

Transfer students who have college-level work (including English and Math) may not need testing for TSI or for prerequisite purposes. Course prerequisites are met through previous coursework or appropriate testing scores.

TSI Scores

Students who have taken an approved TSI test must submit an official copy of their scores to the Office of Student Records if those scores do not appear on an official transcript.

Advisor

See an for advising, selection of courses, and registration information, so that you can be set up for online registration.

Transferring from HCC

Meet with HCC Transfer Coordinators or Specialists to develop a transfer plan that aligns with your goals. A transfer plan maps out the university courses you can complete at HCCS toward a bachelor’s degree. If you’re still exploring your university or major options, career specialists and transfer staff are here to help guide you.

You have the option to transfer to another institution even if you haven’t completed your associate degree at HCCS. In some cases, you may be eligible for “reverse transfer,” which allows you to apply up to 42 college-level credit hours earned at your new institution toward your HCCS degree—within three years of leaving and if all graduation requirements are met. For details, connect with an Advisor, Coordinator, or Specialist.

Transfer Equivalency

Houston City College Equivalency List

Transfer credits by type

Courses listed in the equivalency charts are equated with the Texas Common Course Numbering System (TCCNS), based on a review of catalog descriptions and degree requirements at the listed universities. Students, admission officers, and academic advisors can use this crosswalk as a general guide for transfer credit evaluation and course placement. TCCNS includes only lower-division courses.

For students transferring coursework to a Texas institution: courses listed in the crosswalks are widely applicable at Texas colleges and universities. For example, CHEM 107 at Tulane generally transfers in the same way as CHEM 1311, subject to the transfer policies and curriculum of the receiving institution. For students planning to transfer coursework back to a Louisiana institution: course comparisons listed in the crosswalks below are the best available estimates how Louisiana institutions might accept courses, but Texas campuses cannot guarantee receiving institutions will make the same assessments in reverse (see your Louisiana school transfer representative). Differences between courses that may affect transfer and/or degree applicability of credit are noted parenthetically.
Course numbering and unit of credit information for sending institutions appear at the end of the university chart.

For post-secondary education completed outside the United States, HCC requires a course-by-course evaluation (not a translation) of the coursework completed. Only Canadian institutions of higher education and those which hold a U.S. regional accreditation, do not require an evaluation of the foreign credits. The foreign evaluation companies listed below are recommended by HCC. These companies will assess the foreign credit and determine their equivalency to that of the United States. The foreign evaluation obtained by one of these companies will then be assessed by HCC for use within our various certificate and degree programs.

List of recommended foreign evaluations companies:

HCC will award credit hours of credit by exam with passing scores from the following nationally acceptable exams:

* Not compatible with Coleman Health Science program entrance requirements.
 Official test score reports/transcripts must be sent by the test publisher to:

Office of Student Records
Houston City College
3100 Main St., MC 1136
Houston, TX 77002

* we do not accept transcripts/score reports from Credly.

Guidelines for Advanced Standing Credit

Military Credit Students must:

Access the website(s) listed below to obtain the official military transcript (sometimes called AARTS, SMART, or ACE transcript) of college work, training, and job responsibilities (NOTE: A DD-214 is not enough to evaluate credit. You must present one of the transcripts below):

Ace Military Programs

acenet.edu

  1. See the academic advisor to obtain the Application for Advanced Standing Credit.
  2. Complete the Application for Advanced Standing Credit.  There is no fee for the military evaluation. (Note: Application for military credit does not guarantee that credit will be granted).
  3. Return the application to the academic advisor along with the official military transcript for routing to the Registrar’s Office.

Academic Advisor then forwards the official military transcript with the Application for Advanced Standing Credit to the Registrar’s Office, MC 1136.

If you have comments or suggestions, e-mail the HCC Transfer Office.

CEU Credit

Transcripted CEU credit may be applied to Career and Technology programs and considered as elective credit on the associate degree when submitted with the official transcript, Application for Advanced Standing Credit and receipt of fee payment (does not guarantee acceptance of credit). A certificate of completion will not be accepted in lieu of an official college transcript. Note: A maximum of 21 hours of advanced standing credit may be granted as it applies to the program.

Work Experience Credit

For purposes of work experience documentation, the Chair, Academic Advisor or Program Coordinator must obtain from the employer a signed letter providing a detailed description of the work performed by the student, match it to the course(s) outcomes for which the student is seeking credit, and attach it to the Application for Advanced Standing Credit Form. The aforementioned documentation, application for Advanced Standing Credit, and receipt of fee payment (does not guarantee acceptance of credit) must be submitted together for review to the Dean’s office. Note: A maximum of 21 hours of advanced standing credit may be granted as it applies to the program.

The Dean then forwards the student’s degree plan, appropriate documentation as outlined above, and the Application for Advanced Standing Credit with fee receipt to the Office of Student Records at the System Administration Building, MC 1136.

The Texas Common Course Numbering System (TCCNS) is a voluntary, co-operative effort among 136 Texas community colleges and universities to facilitate transfer of freshman and sophomore level general academic coursework. TCCNS provides a shared, uniform set of course designations for students and their advisors to use in determining both course equivalency and degree applicability of transfer credit on a statewide basis. When students transfer between two participating TCCNS institutions, a course taken at the sending institution transfers as the course carrying the same TCCNS designation at the receiving institution.

TCCNS Website

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