What is unassigned credit?
When Institutions grant unassigned credit, it often means they don’t offer a course similar to the one you took and therefore can’t assign a specific course equivalency. Rather than denying credit, they often award unassigned credit, which generally takes the form of a subject and a year level. Unassigned credit can be used to meet elective requirements, and in some cases, degree requirements or pre-requisites. For example, if a course transfers to “ENGL 1st (3)”, this means you will be awarded 3 credits of 1st year English. If your degree program has a requirement of 3 credits of first year English, then this unassigned credit can be used to meet this requirement. Unassigned credit allows transfer students to receive credit for their courses, even if there isn’t a specific match at the institution they are transferring to. For more details, see Types of Transfer Credit.
