College credit earned in high school may be accepted at UNI. In order for you to receive credit for college courses you have taken, you must request an official college transcript to be sent to the UNI Admissions Office. Note: College credit listed on your high school transcript is not considered as official.
College Course Recommendations
If you are planning to transfer college credit earned while in high school to UNI, we recommend you focus on courses that meet UNI's General Education (UNIFI: University of Northern Iowa Foundational Inquiry) category rather than major courses. See recommendations below.
- Composition I & II [Combined satisfy WC*]
- Public Speaking OR Oral Communication [OC*]
- World History courses (Each community college may have a different name for these courses) [HG*]
- Introduction to Literature [HE*]
- Introduction to Philosophy [RE*]
- Art Appreciation OR Music Appreciation [HE*]
- Introduction to Sociology [HD*]
- Introduction to Psychology {HD*}
* Note the General Education (UNIFI) category they satisfy as follows: Written Communication (WC), Oral Communication (OC), Quantitative Reasoning (QR), Human Condition-Domestic (HD), Human Condition-Global (HG), Scientific Reasoning (SR), Human Expression (HE), Responsibility (RE), and Connect Elective (CE).
Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pre-Med, Pre-Health, Biomedical Majors: It is recommended that students take General Biology I & II and Chemistry I & II at UNI.
For course by course equivalencies for Iowa community colleges, click here. If you have questions about your credit, please email admissions@uni.edu.
