Skip redundant pieces
Transfer Equivalency System | About CredTran | Understanding the Codes | FAQs | Find a School

Understanding the Codes

KU uses codes to designate how courses fulfill some graduation requirements. For example, the letter code H designates a course in the Humanities category. Please review the following list of codes before you access your school's transfer equivalency screen. For questions about how your transfer courses fit into a particular degree program at KU, please contact the academic advisor for your major.

Please note: Dashes designate that a course does not transfer to KU.

Codes for Transfer of Credit
H

 

 Humanities
N   Natural Sciences and Mathematics

S

   Social Sciences
U   Undesignated
Elective Credit (Course does not satisfy distribution requirement)
HH or HT   Humanities, Historical Studies Principal Course
HP or HR   Humanities, Philosophy and Religion Principal Course
HL   Humanities, Literature and the Arts Principal Course
HLE   Humanities, Literature and the Arts Principal Course or satisfies third English
H W   Humanities, non-Western Culture
H E   Humanities, satisfies third English
NB   Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Biological Sciences Principal Course
NBL   Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Biological Sciences Principal Course, Lab Science
NE   Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Earth Sciences Principal Course
NEL   Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Earth Sciences Principal Course, Lab Science
NM   Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Mathematical Sciences Principal Course
NMM   Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Mathematical Sciences Principal Course or satisfies second Math requirement
N M   Natural Sciences and Mathematics, satisfies second Math requirement
NP   Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Physical Science Principal Course
NPL   Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Physical Sciences Principal Course, Lab Science
N L   Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Lab Science
U L   Undesignated, Elective, Lab Science
SC   Social Sciences, Culture and Society Principal Course
SP   Social Sciences, Public Affairs Principal Course
SI Social Sciences, Individual Behavior Principal Course
S W   Social Sciences, non-Western Culture