Are state college credits automatically LL?

[kalishakti]

I know I will need to complete the evaluation to be sure, but I know TESU automatically counts community college credits as LL. Are state college credits also automatically LL, or is there a possibility that credits designated UL by the state college will be accepted as UL by TESU?

(For anyone who doesn’t know: (at least on the East Coast and in the South, not sure about other regions) a state college offers some UL courses and bachelor’s degrees, usually in “applied professional” fields such as business, nursing, IT or education- as opposed to community or technical colleges which offer LL courses/associate’s/certificates only or state universities which offer graduate programs, liberal arts degrees, and a wider range of UL courses.)

[bjcheung77]

I know I will need to complete the evaluation to be sure, but I know TESU automatically counts community college credits as LL. Are state college credits also automatically LL, or is there a possibility that credits designated UL by the state college will be accepted as UL by TESU?

(For anyone who doesn’t know: (at least on the East Coast and in the South, not sure about other regions) a state college offers some UL courses and bachelor’s degrees, usually in “applied professional” fields such as business, nursing, IT or education- as opposed to community or technical colleges which offer LL courses/associate’s/certificates only or state universities which offer graduate programs, liberal arts degrees, and a wider range of UL courses.)

Community College courses are majority of the time lower level as most of them don't provide a bachelors degree (or anything past an associates/diploma).
State colleges are different as they are able to provide upper level courses; meaning, they are 4 years compared to two year community colleges.

However, that being said, it depends on where and what the courses you have taken as well as, which school you are transferring to. Ask the receiving school first before you take the course as they will not automatically transfer even though they are regionally accredited.

[Prloko]

A school is free to classify transfer credits as they please. But I believe that TESU is referring to Carnegie classifications. If your school offers UL, then TESU might not classify the school as CC, but that is a question only TESU can answer.

[dfrecore]

Usually, a receiving school will classify a course as UL if the college where you took the course classifies it as UL. But of course, there is no guarantee.

[sanantone]

I believe TESU counts 2-year colleges as community colleges. If the school offers 4-year degree programs, then it is not a 2-year college. Some community colleges do offer bachelor's degree programs. Outside of 2-year schools, because TESU always counts credits from those as LL, TESU does not always follow the original school's coding of UL and LL credit. They often upgrade LL credits from 4-year schools. They sometimes, but less often, downgrade UL credits from 4-year schools. TESU mainly goes by how they have evaluated a course either they offer or have in a PLA database. For example, Principles of Management is often a LL course, but TESU will always upgrade this to an UL course if it's from a 4-year school.

Remember that Thomas Edison State University was just Thomas Edison State College. We also talk a lot about Charter Oak State College and Empire State College. TESU will not treat these schools as community colleges because these are not 2-year colleges.

[cookderosa]

I know I will need to complete the evaluation to be sure, but I know TESU automatically counts community college credits as LL. Are state college credits also automatically LL, or is there a possibility that credits designated UL by the state college will be accepted as UL by TESU?

(For anyone who doesn’t know: (at least on the East Coast and in the South, not sure about other regions) a state college offers some UL courses and bachelor’s degrees, usually in “applied professional” fields such as business, nursing, IT or education- as opposed to community or technical colleges which offer LL courses/associate’s/certificates only or state universities which offer graduate programs, liberal arts degrees, and a wider range of UL courses.)

I don't think a college being "state" funded (public as opposed to private) has demonstrated any pattern in how credits have been classified for members here. There are an overwhelming number of examples of people who have had credits "downgraded" from upper level to lower level, so much so that when someone gets a lower level to come in as an upper level that it usually gets attention.

It sounds as if you are asking if upper level applied technology credits will transfer in as upper level because they are from a public school, and while I don't know how TESU will classify those credits, I'm pretty sure that public/private won't be a filter in their criteria.