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Requirements for a transfer to UW–Madison

The UW–Madison Transfer Contract guarantees entry upon meeting the following requirements.

General High School requirements:

  • Algebra (one year of high school or equivalent)
  • Plane geometry (one year of high school level, college track or equivalent)
  • College preparatory math (one year of high school or one college-level course)
  • Single foreign language (two high school years or two college semesters). The foreign language requirement is satisfied via proficiency in cases where one’s high school/ secondary school language of instruction was not English.

GPA: 3.0

Total Credits: minimum 24 transferable college-level academic (not developmental) credits at a UW–Stout, UW–Fox Cities and UW–Oshkosh within three academic years of initial enrollment.

Transfer Program Courses required for most of UW-Madison's degree programs:

  • Communication Part A, Literacy Proficiency (3 credits)
  • Quantitative Reasoning Part A (3 credits, or 3 credits of Calculus)
  • Quantitative Reasoning Part B (3 credits)
  • Literature, at least one course (3 credits)
  • Humanities, at least one course (3 credits)
  • Social Studies, at least one course (3 credits)
  • Physical Science, at least one course (3 credits)
  • Biological Science, at least one course (3 credits)
  • Ethnic Studies, at least one course (3 credits)

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