Transfer Credit Equivalency Analyzer
Analyze transcripts and map transfer credit equivalencies with degree progress tracking
What You Can Do
Upload student transcripts and your institution's course catalog to instantly map courses from their previous institution to your degree programs. Claude analyzes course descriptions, credit hours, grades, and prerequisites to determine exact equivalencies, flag courses that don't transfer, and calculate remaining general education and major requirements. You receive a structured transfer credit evaluation that serves as the foundation for student advising and degree planning.
Features
automatically identifies course names, numbers, credits, grades, and institutions from student transcripts
cross-references transcript courses against your institutional catalog using description and content analysis
calculates satisfied general education, major, and elective requirements with remaining courses highlighted
confirms whether transfer courses meet prerequisites for upper-level courses at your institution
provides documented reasoning for equivalency decisions to support student appeals and disputes
evaluates multiple students from the same source institution to identify patterns and streamline articulation workflows
analyzes detailed course syllabi when transcripts lack sufficient information for accurate equivalency determination
Example Output
Transfer Credit Evaluation for Maria Garcia
Courses Approved for Transfer (24 credits)
- BIO 101 (Community College) → BIO 110 (General Biology) ✓
- CHM 150 (Community College) → CHM 111 (Chemistry I) ✓
- MATH 201 (Community College) → MATH 150 (Calculus I) ✓
- ENG 102 (Community College) → ENG 101 (Composition II) ✓
Courses Under Review
- PHY 105 (Community College) → PHY 111 (Physics I)? — Syllabus review recommended (lab component unclear)
Degree Progress Summary
- General Education Satisfied: 18/30 credits
- Major Requirements Completed: 12/42 credits
- Remaining Needed: 42 credits to degree completion
- Recommended Next Semester: Organic Chemistry, Calculus II, Physics II, Technical Writing elective
What's Included
- SKILL.md: complete instructor file with prompt structure and analysis framework
- Transfer Evaluation Template: structured output format for official transfer credit documentation
- Course Equivalency Matching Checklist: decision criteria for determining valid transfers across institutions
- Degree Audit Worksheet: template for mapping remaining requirements after transfer credits applied
- Appeal Response Framework: documentation template for supporting credit decisions in student disputes
Who It's For
- Academic advisors — evaluate transfer transcripts and guide students through degree planning
- Admissions specialists — assess incoming transfer credentials during application review
- Registrar staff — process transfer credit evaluations for official transcripts and degree audits
- Department chairs — verify course equivalencies for major-specific transfer credit decisions
- Student success coordinators — create degree completion roadmaps for transfer student populations
Best For
- Initial transcript evaluation and transfer credit mapping for admitted students
- Generating official transfer credit evaluation forms and degree audits
- Analyzing course syllabi to validate equivalency decisions
- Responding to student appeals on questionable or denied transfer credits
- Batch evaluating cohorts from the same source institution to identify patterns
- Identifying gaps in general education and major requirements after transfer credits applied
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