(The Center Square) – The University of Wisconsin is now promising more classes will transfer between more campuses.
The university announced plans to ensure all core, general education classes will transfer between all 13 UW schools.
“While the credits associated with the core general education courses transfer between the UWs, the applicability of the courses has been uneven. The new policy is designed to ensure courses transfer and apply to new graduate requirements consistently,” the university announced in a statement.
“The success of our students is paramount,” UW President Jay Rothman added. “Nothing should keep students from pursuing their dreams, and this policy puts students first.”
Lawmakers have been pushing for the university to make intra-UW transfers easier.”
The idea is to get more UW students to graduate in four years.
“Establishing core general education courses and ensuring their transferability across the UWs would [s]trengthen existing transfer pathways for students transferring not only between UWs but also from the Wisconsin Technical College System,” the university added. “[And] reduce the time to degree completion and the cost of attendance following transfer between UWs.”
Core, general education classes cover courses like basic math, basic science, and social studies classes. The UW also says its ethnic studies class is considered a core, general education course.
Of the 120 credit hours required to graduate at UW school, the university says 30 to 36 of those hours must come from core, general education classes. That’s usually about 10 to 12 separate classes.
