If you plan to earn a degree or certificate from Whatcom and have credits from another institution that may apply to it, follow the steps on how to transfer credits. Please note: your transfer credit evaluation will not be completed before you enroll for your first quarter. While that process is taking place, or if you do not plan to earn a degree or certificate from Whatcom, you can use an unofficial copy of your transcript to work with your advisor on placement and enrolling in classes with prerequisites you took at another college. 

Visit  Entry & Enrollment Services for more information about transferring credit, transcript requests, enrolling in classes, and international transcript evaluation. 

For English, we will base your placement either on college-level English composition courses you have already taken, or on your own informed self-placement.  

For math, we can use several different methods. Visit the math placement webpage for details. You will need to make an appointment with your advisor to discuss and confirm your placement into your first math course. 

There are different placement methods for international students and students enrolling in pre-college adult education and adult high school completion.  Please visit their webpages for details. 

WCC online courses are taught by WCC instructors using Canvas and, for math courses, WAMAP. They are usually structured with a week-by-week format including assignments, tasks and quizzes/exams. Online lab courses may require you to get a lab kit to use at home.  Most of the courses do NOT require you to be logged in at a particular time but there are some exceptions. 

When you are looking at the class search, note the “section”: 

• OL# or O# = Online, means the class is completely online, and no specific meeting times are required. Instructors may offer optional meetings.  
• WM# = Web Meet, means the class is completely online, but requires virtual classroom video meetings at scheduled times. In the class search, only the scheduled virtual meeting times are listed, but you will spend additional time working independently online. 
• HY# or H#= Hybrid, means the class has online instruction and assignments, but also requires you to come to campus periodically at scheduled times. In the class search, only the on-campus meeting times are listed, but you will spend additional time working independently online.