Registrar's Office

Adult Degree Program Transfer Alignments

Courses must be from a regionally accredited institution.
Courses must be Baccalaureate level.
Grade must be a C- or better.
Credit will not be given for duplicate courses.
Transfer units can be used for GE or Elective units only, no major coursework will be transferred.
Students will be allowed a maximum of 32 unaccredited transfer units. This includes CLEP, DSST, and Straighterline.
Maximum transfer units by program:
- Applied Liberal Arts: 78
- Business Administration & Leadership: 72
- Healthcare Management: 68
- Organizational Psychology: 78
A student has 2 options for fulfilling their General Education (GE) requirements. They can provide an official transcript showing that they have completed an AA, CSU general education certification or IGETC certification, or they can complete Concordia University Irvine’s Adult Degree Program general education program. Please use the information below to see how your Community College courses should transfer, if you plan to complete CUI’s GE.
- CUI will accept Community College GE transfer coursework from courses which will satisfy similar category requirements in the CSU or IGETC programs. Please see the chart below to see which categories are considered similar. (Students can use www.assist.org to find out which CSU/IGETC category a particular course fulfills.)

Concordia GE	CSU	IGETC
Area A: Communication (9 units)	Area A	Area 1
A1 – Communication	A1	Group C
A2 – Writing	A2	Group A
A3 – Philosophy/Critical Thinking	A3	Group B
Area B: Physical Universe and Life Forms (10 units)	Area B	Areas 2 & 5
B1 – Biological Science	B2	5B
B2 – Physical Science	B1	5A
B3 – Science Lab	B3	5C
B4 – Mathematics	B4	Any from 2
Area C: Humanities & Fine Arts (9 units)	Area C	Area 3
C1 – Fine Arts	C1	Arts
C2 – Humanities	C2	Humanities
C3 – Fine Arts or Humanities	C1 or C2	Arts or Humanities
Area D: Social & Behavioral Sciences (9 units)	Area D	Area 4
D1 – Soc. Or Behavioral Science	D0-D9	Any from 4
D2 – Soc. Or Behavioral Science	D0-D9	Any from 4
D3 – Soc. Or Behavioral Science	D0-D9	Any from 4
Area E: Life-long Understanding & Self Dev. (3 units)	Area E	No similar category
E1 – Health	Any from E