Undergraduate Transfer Credit

See https://www.transferology.com to see how courses transfer to ISU.

Note that undergraduate courses require a D- or higher to transfer while graduate courses require a C or higher.

Criterion The normal criterion for granting transfer credit are - (a) course has similar content as ISU course, (b) course plays a similar role in the CS major at the other university. Examples of courses that would NOT transfer - (i) A course with title Operating Systems but that focuses on using operating systems would NOT transfer as CS 471/571 Operating Systems because CS 471/571 entails the study of the internals of operating systems, including programming them. (ii) A course with title Data Structures that is a key course in an Information Systems major might not transfer as CS 302 Data Structures and Algorithms because it is likely the learning outcomes are different for the course in the IS major versus a CS major. (iii) A course with title Web Programming that is a first course in web programming would not transfer as CS 479/579 Web Programming II because CS 479/579 is a second course in web programming that is more involved than is typical in a one semester course. (iv) A course with title Object Oriented Programming that is a 1 credit course would not transfer as CS 260 Object Oriented Programming because CS 260 is a 3 credit course.

Advanced Placement The undergraduate section on transfer credit contains the this link that gives the transfer equivalences for AP courses. In particular, AP Computer Science Principles transfers in as CS 151, and AP Computer Science A transfers in as CS 170.