If you have questions about how a course will count toward your degree at a four-year university, who should you contact?

• A. The campus bookstore.
• B. Financial aid office.
• C. an instructor only.
• D. Advisors and check articulation agreements.

Answer: (D)

Understanding how a course counts toward a degree involves transfer credit rules and degree requirements. The best people to ask are academic advisors and those who manage articulation agreements between institutions. Advisors guide you through degree plans and know the policies for transferring credits, so they can tell you whether a course will satisfy general education, major, or elective requirements and help you map what you still need to graduate. Articulation agreements are formal arrangements between schools that specify exactly how courses transfer and apply to specific degree programs, so checking them ensures you’ll get credit in the intended way when you move to a four-year university. The other options don’t provide authoritative transfer-credit guidance: the campus bookstore handles materials, the financial aid office focuses on funding, and an instructor may know course content but not the official transfer policies.