PEAK for Transfer Students

The College of Idaho accepts up to 70 transfer credits from accredited community colleges and up to 90 transfer credits from accredited four-year colleges and universities. Please see the Transfer Credit policy for specific course and grade acceptance.

There is often a challenge, however, in transforming the credits transferred to the College into a coherent liberal arts course of study on the PEAK model. As far as possible, students, in concert with their advisors, are expected to shape their course of study according to the expectations of the PEAK curriculum.

  • 50+ Completed Credits: 1 Major, Professional Minor, Transfer Core
    • Cover 1 Academic PEAK with Major
    • Completed Professional PEAK Minor
    • Complete Transfer Core
  • 28-49 Completed Credits: 1 Major, 2 minors, Transfer Core
    • Cover 2 Academic PEAK with Major and Minor
    • Completed Professional PEAK Minor
    • Complete Transfer Core
  • 0-27 Completed Credits: 1 Major, 3 Minors
    • HFA Program
    • NSM Program
    • SSH Program
    • Professional PEAK Minor

Alternative Credits (AP and IB) and concurrent/dual-enrollment credits are not considered transfer credits. Although these types of credits may allow a student to enroll in the College with advanced standing, they do not count toward the 28 transfer credits that would allow a student to complete less than the full PEAK curriculum.

Transfer-Core

Students transferring to The College of Idaho with 28 or more transfer credits are required to complete the transfer core. The requirements of the transfer core are listed below:

Transfer Core

Science (7 credits, to include at least one Laboratory course, may include Math and Computer Science courses)

Social Science courses (6 credits)

  • To exclude Civilization classes
 Fine Arts & Humanities (6 credits, to include one Fine Arts course and one Humanities course)
  • To exclude introductory level Composition classes.