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WNC Catalog 2007-2008
How WNC Courses Transfer
and Meet Degree Requirements


All students planning to transfer to a four-year college or university are encouraged to meet with a WNC counselor to ensure their understanding of current transfer guidelines and to carefully design a transfer program that will best meet their needs. Students are encouraged to select the institution and program into which they expect to transfer as early as possible.

Courses with numbers below 100 (such as ENG 095)
These courses are developmental courses that do not apply toward a WNC degree or honors designation and normally do not transfer to a university. Please see a counselor for more information.

Courses with numbers 100 to 299 (such as ENG 101)
These courses are designed to apply toward a WNC degree and/or transfer to other schools within the Nevada System of Higher Education, depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed. They may transfer to colleges and universities outside Nevada. For information about how these courses can transfer and apply to a specific program of study, please contact a counselor.

Courses with numbers 300 to 499 (such as MGT 462)
These are upper division courses that are designed to apply toward a WNC Bachelor of Technology degree. They may also transfer to other colleges and universities. For information about how these courses can transfer and apply to a specific program of study, please contact a counselor.

Courses with numbers 1000 and above (such as CFK 1001)
These are non-credit, non-college continuing education courses. Please contact a counselor for more information.

Courses with a 'B' Designator after the number (such as MATH 100B)
These courses may apply toward a WNC degree or certificate program depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed. They may not transfer or apply to programs at four-year universities within Nevada (UNR, UNLV). In some cases, these courses may transfer and apply to programs at two and four year colleges within Nevada and may transfer to out of state schools. For information about how these courses may transfer or apply to a specific program of study, please contact a counselor.

Courses with a 'C' Designator after the number (such as CMSV 104C)
These are continuing education courses offered for no credits that will not apply to a WNC degree or transfer to another college or educational institution. Please contact a counselor for more information.

Courses with an 'L' Designator after the number (such as PHYS 151L)
These are laboratory courses designed to apply toward a WNC degree and/or transfer to other schools within the Nevada System of Higher Education, depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed. They may transfer to colleges and universities outside Nevada. For information about how these courses can transfer and apply to a specific program of study, please contact a counselor.

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