Transfer Students
Each year, Woodbury University welcomes a number of transfer students from community colleges and other higher education institutions. Transfer students are vital members of our community and help to enrich the Woodbury experience. We have articulation agreements with many community colleges in order to facilitate the transfer of specific course credit. To view the transfer agreements, click on your major, and select your community college.
What Transfer Students Need to Know
Transfer applicants are high school graduates who have completed a minimum of 24 transferable units at the time of application. Any applicant with fewer than 24 units at the time of application should apply as a freshman.
Transfer GPA Requirements (Domestic/American University)
GPA Minimum (unweighted)
2.75+Â Â Â Â Â Regular Admission
2.50-2.74Â Â Transition Track
2.25-2.49Â Â Bridge Program
Domestic applicants are eligible for a Woodbury University Transfer Scholarship of $12,000-$14,000.
Transfer GPA Requirements (International)
GPA Minimum
2.50 minimum for all programs
International transfer applicants are eligible for a Woodbury University International Scholarship of $6,000 if their GPA is 3.0 or higher.
Learn more about how to apply to Woodbury
Graduate students can learn about transfer requirements here
Articulation by Major
Woodbury maintains memorandums of understanding with several local community colleges. Find your major and select your community college to view these transfer articulation agreements.
School of Business
- Degree reduced to 120 units
- ECON 204 Microeconomics is no longer a degree requirement for any of the majors
School of Media, Culture & Design
- Design majors are being reduced to 123-125 units. This will be phased in over a couple of years as each major becomes eligible for curricular changes.
*Program changes are noted in the individual program bar.
2018-2019 Program Change:
One upper division general education elective was removed from the degree requirements. The major now requires two upper division general education electives instead of three.
2018-2019 Program Change:
Three units of unrestricted electives were removed. There are five units of unrestricted electives instead of eight units
East Los Angeles College
2018-2019 Program Changes:
- Degree reduced to 123 units
- Four courses have been deleted (Screenwriting 2, Production Design, History of Film Directing, and Cinematography 2)
- PSYC 200 Introduction to Psychology has been replaced with any social science course
- FOUN 106 Color Theory has been replaced with GDES 240 Photography 1
- An additional art history course has been added to meet the NASAD requirements for art history (necessitated by the removal of History of Film Directing)
- FILM 480 Thesis Production has been increased from four units to five units
- FILM 203 Acting has been decreased from three units to two units
East Los Angeles College
2018-2019 Program Changes:
- Degree reduced to 125 units
- TECH 101 Technology and Culture 1 and TECH 103 Media Technology Lecture Series have been deleted (total of 3 units)
- GAME 226 History of Games has been replaced with any art history/film history/design history course
- PSYC 200 Introduction to Psychology has been replaced with any social science course
- COMM 235 Media Ethics has been replaced with any Ethics course
- ANIM 430 Figure Drawing has been removed from the ‘Art Track’. It has been replaced with GAME 308 3D Cinematic Animation
- GAME 254 Procedural Content in Games has been removed from the ‘Design Track’. It has been replaced with GAME 240 Networked Game Development
East Los Angeles College
2018-2019 Program Changes:
- Degree reduced to 125 units
- GDES 265 History of Graphic Design 2 has been deleted. The content has been merged into GDES 260 History of Graphic Design and one other course
- GDES 491 Degree Project has increased from two units to three units
- GDES 106 Graphic Design 1 has decreased from three units to two units
East Los Angeles College
2018-2019 Program Changes:
MGMT 335 Managing Workplace Diversity is no longer a major requirement. It can be applied to fulfill a management major elective
East Los Angeles College
2018-2019 Program Changes:
Three units of unrestricted electives were removed. There are eleven units of unrestricted electives instead of fourteen units
East Los Angeles College