INTERPRETING TRANSFER CREDIT

Unofficial transcripts and degree audits available in the university’s portal goPFW show transfer credits and how they will be used at Purdue University Fort Wayne. View Transfer Credit Review Requests for information on how to request your college credits be reviewed or to appeal evaluations.

UNDISTRIBUTED CREDIT

Courses transferring to Purdue Fort Wayne as undistributed will have an X in the second position of the course number, the first number in undistributed courses are a level indicator. Generally, applicability toward degrees of undistributed credit will be at the discretion of academic departments.

Beginning Fall 2021 Purdue Fort Wayne is transitioning to a new, more detailed course number system for undistributed credit. The chart below explains undistributed courses. The following examples will begin with the number 1 (100-level courses), except REVW which does not include a level-indicator.

CODE	NOTES
1XXXX	Undistributed Credit: Undistributed credit is transferable college credit that is not similar to or is less credits than a course offered at Purdue Fort Wayne, and is not an international language or music/physical education performance course.
REVW	Course Under Review: REVW means a transfer course is currently under review by an academic department. Students and staff should wait to submit a Transfer Credit Review Request form for REVW courses until after courses are changed from REVW.
1XPND	Pending Support Materials Undistributed Credit: Any XPND courses need support materials to review how credits may transfer. Materials may be course syllabi for U.S. college credit, course descriptions in English for international credit, or other items departments request. Submit materials for review through the Transfer Credit Review Request Form in goPFW.
1XTRA	Extra Undistributed Credit: XTRA credit means credit was given for a course offered at Purdue Fort Wayne and some credit was leftover because the transfer course was more credits than Purdue Fort Wayne’s equivalent. XTRA is not awarded to music/physical education performance or international language courses.
1XPFM	Performance Undistributed Credit: XPFM credit is physical education or music performance credit that is not similar to a course at Purdue Fort Wayne. XPFM Credit may also be awarded if the transfer course is more or less credits than a Purdue Fort Wayne course.
1XFL1 or 1XFLX	International Language Undistributed Credit: International language credit is given to language classes not taught at Purdue Fort Wayne, or if transfer courses are more credits than a Purdue Fort Wayne course. A number added at the end of the course code tells if a course is a first, second, third, or fourth semester language course. An X at the end of the course code indicates the language sequence is unknown or the language is a fifth semester or greater.