Transfer Finder is a tool in Degree Works that assists students with their transfer planning within the SUNY system. Students can find this tool by clicking on the Transfer Finder tab at the top of their Degree Works audit. It can be used to show students how their courses would transfer to other SUNY school programs and to see how and where their MCC courses fulfill those degree requirements. As each institution accepts transfer courses differently, the number of credits and the grades that are acceptable for transfer are dependent on each institution’s unique transfer policies. Students should speak with a representative from the transfer school if they need more detailed information.

MCC cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information in Transfer Finder. The 4-year colleges update and maintain their information.

• This tool creates a “What if” by pulling in the student’s MCC coursework and running a degree audit against a selected program. Students can compare up to three different programs/colleges at once and see the results displayed in an audit format similar to MCC’s. If the student wants to compare more than three programs/colleges, they have the option to save the transfer audit as a PDF. There is a link to do so on the Transfer What If Audit detail page.
• The Transfer Finder Audit will show the degree completion percentages displayed in a progress bar. MCC does not use progress bars in our audit so this will be a new feature for students. Degree progress bars are divided into two separate categories: Requirements and Credits.
• The Requirements bar indicates the percentage of requirements that the student has completed or is registered and working towards. The Credits bar indicates the percentage of credits that the student has successfully completed.
• The Transfer Finder tool is especially useful in ensuring that all SUNY General Education courses are transferring seamlessly. Seven out of ten General Education categories must be completed at all SUNY institutions in order to earn a degree. When a SUNY General Education course is transferred and meets one of these categories, you will see “GETA Class Used” (General Education Transcript Addendum) in the audit which indicates a course has been applied to that specific category. (The categories are Mathematics, Basic Communication, Natural Science, Social Science, American History, Western Civilization, Other World Civilizations, Humanities, The Arts, and Foreign Language).
• Copies of the Transfer Finder audits are not saved anywhere within the system. The only way to save the audit for future use or comparison is to use the Save Audit as PDF functionality.
• Some SUNY institutions are still working to implement the Transfer Finder tool on their campuses. Eventually all colleges and universities in the SUNY system will be available for the Transfer Finder feature.
• If you have questions or concerns regarding Transfer Finder, please feel free to reach out to Rebecca Mack rmack@monroecc.edu or Marybeth Donnelly mdonnelly@monroecc.edu.

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