Approved Transfer Courses

Students may request to apply a transfer course towards the U.S. Diversity or International Perspectives Requirement. To request approval to apply a transfer course towards the International Perspectives requirement, the student, offering department, academic advisor, and college student office must complete the form to use a non-equivalent course transferred to Iowa State University. To request review of a transfer course to be considered for the U.S. Diversity requirement, use the following instructions:

  • Non-Equivalent Transfer Course taken in Fall 2023 or later
    • Must be reviewed by the US Diversity Course Requirements Committee
    • Go to the USD Committee website, click on the “US Diversity Course Requirement Proposal Submission Portal” and follow the directions
      • You will be added to a Canvas site, complete and submit a form, and submit the course syllabus
      • The entire process is detailed on the Canvas site (scroll down for the transfer process)
      • NOTE:  Transfer courses can be submitted at any time, but will be reviewed between August 15 and May 15
  • Non-Equivalent Transfer Course taken prior to Fall 2023
    • If student is on the 2022 catalog or earlier:
      • Run degree audit; if course was previously approved it will fall correctly on the audit
      • If it does not fall on the audit, submit a DAAF.  Mark US Diversity review, and include the syllabus/course description, term and course name on the submission.
    • If student is on the 2023 catalog and took the course PRIOR to Fall 2023:
      • Submit a DAAF.  Mark US Diversity review, and include the syllabus/course description, term and course name on the submission.
      • If it is too early for a student to have a degree audit generated, please email the student’s name, ID, course information (including transfer institution), and course syllabus to the Kelsey Gillen at kmgillen@iastate.edu.  This can start the course review process in a more timely manner, and when a DAAF is available the advisor will still submit the request for official documentation.

Following appropriate approvals, the Office of the Registrar will add the course to the U.S. Diversity/International Perspectives Approved Transfer Course List.

To request to apply a combination of transfer courses and/or life experiences to either the U.S. Diversity or International Perspectives requirement, use the “U.S. Diversity/International Perspectives Course Substitution or Waiver Request” form. (See the Registrar Forms page.)

Approved courses: