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The COA Budget tool helps you understand how much financial aid you might need to cover the total costs of attending Fort Lewis College.

In most cases, students who have earned an Associate degree (AA or AS) from institutions other than public Colorado institutions will undergo the typical course-by-course credit evaluation.

The Registrar's Office maintains a list of institutions with a blanket exception. All Liberal Arts Core requirements get waived for transfer students who earned an AA or AS from one of the institutions on that list.

When the Registrar's Office does a course-by-course evaluation for a student who earned an AA or AS at a non-Colorado institution not on that list, they review that institution's general education requirements to see if it is similar in structure and scope to Colorado's gtPathways. If it is found sufficiently similar, that institution will join the list.

Students must fulfill all prerequisites for Fort Lewis College courses, even if Registrar's Office waived their Liberal Arts Core requirements.

If you transferred to Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ¸ßÇåÎÞשÂëÇøfrom a two-year institution, you can combine your credits toward an associate degree while you work on your bachelor's degree through a program called Reverse Transfer.

There is no impact on your current academic standing or financial aid. This is simply a way to get the credentials you've already earned.

Eligibility for reverse transfer

• You have completed 15 credit hours at a community college in Colorado
• You have a minimum of 70 credit hours, including coursework at FLC
• You transferred to Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ¸ßÇåÎÞשÂëÇøSummer of 2012 or later
• Your completed credit hours meet the requirements for an Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, or Associate of General Studies (determined by degree audit)
• You have not requested that your data be withheld
• You have not already received an associate's or bachelor's degree.
• If you are currently not enrolled at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ¸ßÇåÎÞשÂëÇøbut have been within the last two years and meet the above eligibility requirements, you may still be eligible. Contact us to find out.

How it works

• If you are eligible for Reverse Transfer, you'll receive an email from us every year in March. If you want to participate, use the tool in that email.
• If you attended any other higher education institutions, send your official transcripts to your community college so those credits can be considered toward your associate degree.

Use Transferology, a third-party website, to see how your credits will transfer toward a degree at FLC. It is a quick and simple process to gain access to their widely-used database of colleges and universities around Colorado, the country, and the world.

If you don't see your course in Transferology, email transferinquiry@fortlewis.edu.

Instructors do not need to manage their own waitlists; they are all automated. All classes have an available waitlist except courses with a required lab with a separate CRN (e.g., CHEM 150).

Students do not need instructor permission to join a course's waitlist unless they need an override to register. You can find more information from the student perspective on the registration page.

Every course must meet under one of the formats described below unless an explicit exception has been made by the Vice President for Academic Affairs (view or download a PDF of the Uniform Schedule Grid). Additional flexibility may be available for late-afternoon classes.

For instruction types not listed below, consult Appendix A of the Academic Credit Hours policy.

Abbreviations: M - Monday, T - Tuesday, W - Wednesday, R - Thursday, F - Friday

We understand colleges and universities nationwide deviated from their traditional grading schemes for all Spring 2020 - Fall 2021 courses, with many moving to a version of Pass/No Pass grading scale. To account for this, we accept any course with transferable course content for which the student earned a P grade, provided that P is equivalent to a grade of C- or higher.

The Colorado Department of Education's Commission on Higher Education requires students to have 750 minutes of seat time for each credit hour they earn. To prevent the College from running afoul of accreditation standards, we cannot permit time-conflict overrides under any circumstances, even if the amount of overlapping time is minimal.

However, instructors may arrange for students to take Independent Study credits instead of one of the classes. Departments can grant substitutions so that Independent Study credits satisfy a particular major or minor requirement.

Fall 2025

• Mid-term grading opens: 8 a.m., Monday, October 13 
• Mid-term grading closes: 3 p.m., Monday, October 20 
• Final grading opens: 8 a.m., Monday, December 8 
• Final grading closes: 3 p.m., Monday, December 15

Spring 2026

• Mid-term grading opens: 8 a.m., Monday, March 2 
• Mid-term grading closes: 3 p.m., Monday, March 9 
• Final grading opens: 8 a.m., Monday, April 27 
• Final grading closes: 3 p.m., Monday, May 4 

Summer 2025

• Summer 2026 grading windows are as follows: June 5-8, June 19-22, July 10-13, July 24-27 (all final grades due by 3 p.m. Monday, July 27)

"Incompletes" are issued at the instructor's discretion -- you are not required to allow a student to take an "Incomplete" for any reason. You can allow students up to one year to complete the outstanding coursework (you are not required to give them the whole year).

• An Incomplete will appear on a student's transcript with an "I" in place of a grade until one of two things happens:
  • The student completes the required coursework within the time allowed, and you submit a Grade Change form to the Registrar's Office or
  • If the student fails to complete the required coursework, the "I" will be changed to an "F" on their transcript.

What do you need to do once the student has completed the work?

For the student to get a grade for the class, you must submit a Grade Change form to the Registrar's Office. We will not accept Grade Change forms submitted by anyone other than the instructor.

All faculty and staff are required to protect students' privacy under FERPA. FERPA violations can seriously affect the institution and the faculty/staff involved. See our detailed FERPA page for specific information regarding your responsibilities as an Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ¸ßÇåÎÞשÂëÇøemployee.

Please see our Approved Distance Education courses page for an updated list.

In most cases, the student's financial aid will be automatically credited each term when the student confirms full-time enrollment (at least 12 credit hours), registers early as a full-time student, and their financial aid file is complete.

Any financial aid funds awarded more than the direct charges due and payable to the institution will generally be made available to the student on the first day of class. The initial refund is created for the student when all aid credits simultaneously.

If the Federal Direct Parent Loan disburses after other aid has been credited, a refund will be produced for the parent borrower unless designated otherwise on the Federal Direct Parent Loan promissory note.

Fort Lewis College does not have designated aid for summer. Summer financial aid is usually limited to Federal Direct Loans and, in some cases, a Federal Pell Grant. To be considered for summer financial aid, students should:

• Be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours during the summer to be considered for Federal Direct Loans
• Have a valid FAFSA application on file
• Not be on academic separation
• Not be on financial aid suspension
• Not have borrowed their annual loan limits
• Not have reached their lifetime Pell Grant or Federal loan limits

Students MUST consult with the Financial Aid Office before adjusting their summer schedule to avoid having to pay back any of their summer aid.

After registration, your financial aid offer will be viewable in Workday.