The UW Bothell Course Equivalency Guide indicates how courses taken at a Washington State community or technical college will transfer to the University. Below, are some helpful instructions about how to interpret this guide.
Column 1 (Course number): Lists community/technical college course details: prefix, course number, and number of credits (in parentheses). Example: BUS& 201 (5)
Note: Most of the courses listed in the Equivalency Guide follow the Common Course Numbering (CCN) system, designated by an ampersand (&) and a common three-digit code.
Column 2 (Course title): Lists the course title for the community/technical college course (e.g., General Chemistry I).
Column 3 (UW equivalent): Indicates how the course will appear on your UW transcript, with corresponding UW course prefix & number (e.g., GERMAN 101).
Column 4 (UW Bothell equivalent): Indicates the corresponding UW Bothell course prefix & number, when an equivalent course exists (e.g., B MATH 122). Courses without a specific course equivalent, but satisfy a UW Bothell requirement, are noted accordingly (e.g., MATH 1XX) .
Column 5 (UW requirement): Indicates how the course satisfies UW General Education requirements (see table below). If field is blank, the course does not satisfy any requirements.
UW Bothell course prefixes used in the course equivalency tables
The tables that follow include the UW Bothell prefixes that appear in the Course Equivalency Tables (Column 3). UW Bothell course prefixes (Column 4) follow the same naming convention as the University of Washington Seattle campus, with the exception that most (but not all) prefixes begin with a ‘B” (e.g., B CHEM 143).
Earth System Science
Prefix
Curriculum/Discipline
BEARTH
Earth System Science
First Year & Pre-Major Program
Prefix
Curriculum/Discipline
B CORE
Discovery Core
B CUSP
General Education Courses, prerequisites, and first year electives
B DATA
Data Studies
B JAPAN
Japanese
B LEAD
Leadership
B SPAN
Spanish
B WRIT
Writing
Interactive Media & Design
Prefix
Curriculum/Discipline
BIMD
Earth System Science
School of Business
Prefix
Curriculum/Discipline
B BUS
Business
B BECN
Business Economics
ELCBUS
Business in Bellevue
School of Educational Studies
Prefix
Curriculum/Discipline
BEDUC
Education
School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Prefix
Curriculum/Discipline
BIS
Interdisciplinary Studies
BISSKL
Interdisciplinary Study Skills
BISAES
American & Ethnic Studies
BISCP
Community Psychology
BISCLA
Culture, Literature, and the Arts
BES
Environmental Science
BISGWS
Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies
BISGST
Global Studies
BISIA
Interdisciplinary Arts
BISLEP
Law, Economics, and Public Policy
BISMCS
Media and Communication Studies
BISSTS
Science, Technology, and Society
BISSTA
Social Thought and Action
BISSEB
Society, Ethics, and Human Behavior
School of Nursing & Health Studies
Prefix
Curriculum/Discipline
BHLTH
Health Electives
BHS
Health Studies
BNURS
Nursing
School of Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM)
The course may be new, and a review may not yet be completed. The length of time required to review a course can vary widely.
The course may not appear in the community college catalog. For a course to be considered for review, the community college must include the course in its past, present, or future catalogs.
To find out how an unlisted course will transfer to the UW or to ask an admissions question, contact the Office of Admissions.
