Transfer credit guides / Liberty University · Updated September 2026
Liberty Transfer Credits: 78 StraighterLine Courses, Verified by Liberty Itself
Liberty University publishes its own official StraighterLine equivalency guide — and it's generous: 78 mappings, about 40 of them landing as named Liberty courses, not just elective credit. Here's the whole guide, decoded.
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2Apply to an eligible Liberty program
Liberty awards transfer-partnership credit only after you’ve applied to an eligible program — so apply early, then confirm your course list with a Liberty advisor.
- 3Pass each course with 70% or better
Self-paced, 2–3 at a time; a batch clears in about a month.
- 4Send your free transcript to Liberty
From your StraighterLine dashboard, free. Liberty’s 8-week sub-terms start year-round, so your next entry point is close.
- 5Confirm your evaluation and your remaining plan
Verify which credits landed as named courses vs. electives, and what remains for your degree completion plan.
Key facts: StraighterLine transfer credit at Liberty
Liberty’s official April 2026 equivalency guide lists 78 StraighterLine course mappings.
About 40 StraighterLine courses transfer as specific named Liberty courses (e.g., ENG101 → ENGL 101), not just elective credit.
The minimum grade for a StraighterLine course to transfer to Liberty is 70%.
ACC150 → ACCT 3XX, CHEM450 → CHEM 3XX, and HRM200 → BUSI 342 earn upper-level Liberty credit.
Liberty offers more than 600 online programs, taught from a faith-based perspective.
Liberty’s online courses run in 8-week sub-terms with start dates year-round.
Precalculus and both Calculus courses transfer at 4 Liberty credits each.
Liberty’s published StraighterLine guide was updated April 2026 — our table mirrors it exactly.
- Liberty University is a StraighterLine partner school and publishes its own official Transfer Equivalency Guide for StraighterLine on liberty.edu.
- Liberty awards transfer-partnership credit only after a student applies to an eligible Liberty program.
- Liberty’s guide includes StraighterLine’s newest courses: AI in Professional Communications, Java, Python, and Human Resource Management.
- Transcripts are free and sent from the StraighterLine dashboard.
Facts verified September 14, 2026 against the sources at the bottom of this page.
Named-course matches: why Liberty’s guide is different
At many schools, transfer credit lands as generic “elective — lower level.” Liberty’s own guide names names: English Composition I becomes ENGL 101, American Government becomes GOVT 220, Anatomy & Physiology I becomes BIOL 102, Personal Finance becomes BUSI 223 — about 40 exact matches in all. Named matches matter because they satisfy specific degree requirements instead of filling elective space. And three courses punch above their level: Managerial Accounting and Biochemistry earn upper-level (3XX) credit, and the new HRM200 Human Resource Management transfers as BUSI 342 — a named 300-level course from a ~$99 online class.
Land as specific Liberty requirements, by name
ACC150, CHEM450, HRM200 → 300-level credit
Liberty’s guide already maps StraighterLine’s newest courses
Not enrolled yet — or already a Liberty student? Apply first either way
Liberty publishes no before-first-term cutoff, but one rule shapes everything: transfer-partnership credit is awarded only after you’ve applied to an eligible program. Pick your scenario:
Path 1You haven’t applied to Liberty yet
- 1Apply to Liberty earlyThe application unlocks transfer-partnership credit — and Liberty frequently waives the application fee.
- 2Stack StraighterLine coursesPrioritize named matches from the table so each course lands on a specific requirement.
- 3Send your transcript & enrollStart your program with a big block of requirements already met.
Path 2You’re already a Liberty student
- 1Check your degree completion planIdentify remaining gen-eds and electives a StraighterLine course could fill — confirm with your advisor.
- 2Take StraighterLine courses alongside your sub-termsKnock out an approved requirement in about a month between 8-week terms.
- 3Send your free transcriptCredits post after evaluation — months closer to graduating.
Current Liberty students could use StraighterLine to finish a Liberty degree faster — approved courses fill remaining general education and elective requirements at a fraction of per-credit tuition. Confirm with your Liberty advisor that a course applies to your specific degree completion plan before enrolling, and note that learn.org reports Liberty periodically offers scholarships or fee waivers for StraighterLine students — ask admissions what’s currently running.
All 78 StraighterLine mappings that could transfer to Liberty
Mirrored from Liberty University’s official Transfer Equivalency Guide for StraighterLine (updated April 2026).
| StraighterLine course | Liberty course/credit it could satisfy | Credits | Notes |
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| ENG101 English Composition I | ENGL 101 Composition & Rhetoric | 3 | named match |
| ENG102 English Composition II | ENGL 102 Composition and Literature | 3 | named match |
| ENG100 Writing for Success | ASCS 1XX Academic Success Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| AI101 AI in Professional Communications | STCO 1XX Strategic Communications Elective — Lower Level | 1 | NEW SL course; 1 credit |
| MAT101 College Algebra | MATH 121 College Algebra | 3 | named match |
| MAT102 Quantitative Reasoning | MATH 115 Mathematics for Liberal Arts | 3 | named match |
| MAT201 Precalculus | MATH 128 Precalculus with Trigonometry | 4 | 4 credits at Liberty |
| MAT250 General Calculus I | MATH 131 Calc & Analytic Geometry I | 4 | 4 credits |
| MAT251 General Calculus II | MATH 132 Calc & Analytic Geometry II | 4 | 4 credits |
| MAT150 Business Statistics | BUSI 230 Introduction to Probability and Statistics | 3 | crosslisted with MATH 201 — meets either requirement |
| MAT202 Introduction to Statistics | MATH 201 Introduction to Probability and Statistics | 3 | crosslisted with BUSI 230 — meets either requirement |
| BIO101 Introduction to Biology | BIOL 101 Principles of Biology | 3 | named match |
| BIO101L Introduction to Biology Lab | BIOL 103 Principles of Biology Laboratory | 1 | |
| BIO201 Anatomy & Physiology I | BIOL 102 Principles of Human Biology | 3 | named match; not offered by Sophia |
| BIO201L Anatomy & Physiology I Lab | BIOL 104 Principles of Human Biology Lab | 1 | |
| BIO202 Anatomy & Physiology II | BIOL 1XX Biology Elective — Lower Level | 3 | elective credit |
| BIO202L Anatomy & Physiology II Lab | BIOL 1XX Biology Elective — Lower Level | 1 | |
| BIO210 Principles of Genetics | BIOL 1XX Biology Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| BIO210L Principles of Genetics Lab | BIOL 1XX Biology Elective — Lower Level | 1 | |
| BIO250 Microbiology | BIOL 1XX Biology Elective — Lower Level | 3 | not offered by Sophia |
| BIO250L Microbiology Lab | BIOL 1XX Biology Elective — Lower Level | 1 | |
| CHEM101 General Chemistry I + CHEM101L Lab (both) | CHEM 105 Elements of General Chemistry | 4 | lecture+lab combine into one 4-credit course |
| CHEM250 Organic Chemistry I | CHEM 1XX Chemistry Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| CHEM250L Organic Chemistry I Lab | CHEM 1XX Chemistry Elective — Lower Level | 1 | |
| CHEM251 Organic Chemistry II | CHEM 1XX Chemistry Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| CHEM251L Organic Chemistry II Lab | CHEM 1XX Chemistry Elective — Lower Level | 1 | |
| CHEM450 Biochemistry | CHEM 3XX Chemistry Elective — UPPER Level | 4 | upper-level credit; 4cr |
| CHEM450L Biochemistry Lab | CHEM 3XX Chemistry Elective — UPPER Level | 1 | upper-level credit |
| ENV101 Introduction to Environmental Science | ENVR 215 Principles of Environmental Science | 3 | named match |
| PHY250 General Physics I | PHYS 101 Elements of Physics | 3 | named match |
| PHY250L General Physics I Lab | PHYS 103 Elements of Physics Lab | 1 | |
| ACC101 Accounting I | ACCT 1XX Accounting Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| ACC102 Accounting II | ACCT 1XX Accounting Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| ACC151 Financial Accounting | ACCT 1XX Accounting Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| ACC150 Managerial Accounting | ACCT 3XX Accounting Elective — UPPER Level | 3 | upper-level credit |
| BUS101 Introduction to Business | BUSI 101 Introduction to Business (LUO) or BUSI 105 (Residential) | 3 | named match |
| BUS102 Introduction to Marketing | BUSI 1XX Business Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| BUS106 Business Ethics | BUSI 1XX Business Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| BUS110 Business Law | BUSI 1XX Business Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| BUS120 Organizational Behavior | BUSI 240 Organizational Behavior and Management | 3 | named match |
| BUS201 Principles of Management | BUSI 1XX Business Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| HRM200 Human Resource Management | BUSI 342 Human Resource Management | 3 | NEW SL course; named 300-level match — upper-level credit |
| FIN101 Personal Finance | BUSI 223 Personal Finance | 3 | named match |
| ECON101 Macroeconomics | ECON 214 Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | named match |
| ECON102 Microeconomics | ECON 213 Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | named match |
| IT101 Information Technology Fundamentals | CSIS 1XX Computer Science Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| CS102 Intro to Programming: C++ | CSIS 1XX Computer Science Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| CS103 Intro to Programming: Java | CSIS 1XX Computer Science Elective — Lower Level | 3 | NEW SL course |
| CS104 Intro to Programming: Python | CSIS 1XX Computer Science Elective — Lower Level | 3 | NEW SL course |
| PSY101 Introduction to Psychology | PSYC 101 General Psychology | 3 | named match |
| PSY120 Life-Span Development | PSYC 210 Developmental Psychology | 3 | named match |
| SOC101 Introduction to Sociology | SOCI 200 Introduction to Sociology | 3 | named match |
| ANTH101 Cultural Anthropology | GICE 290 Cultural Anthropology | 3 | named match |
| POLS101 American Government | GOVT 220 American Government | 3 | named match |
| CJ101 Introduction to Criminal Justice | CJUS 200 Intro to Criminal Justice | 3 | named match |
| CIV101 Western Civilization I | HIEU 201 History of Western Civilization I | 3 | named match |
| CIV102 Western Civilization II | HIEU 202 History of Western Civilization II | 3 | named match |
| CIV103 World History I | HIWD 1XX World History Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| USHIST101 United States History I | HIUS 221 Survey of American History I | 3 | named match |
| USHIST102 United States History II | HIUS 222 Survey of American History II | 3 | named match |
| PHIL101 Introduction to Philosophy | PHIL 201 Philosophy & Contemporary Ideas | 3 | named match |
| PHIL102 Intro to Ethics | ETHC 101 Intro to Ethics | 3 | named match |
| REL101 Introduction to Religion | RLGN 1XX Religion Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| ART101 Art Appreciation | ARTS 105 Art Appreciation | 3 | named match |
| COM101 Introduction to Communications | COMS 101 Speech Communication | 3 | named match |
| SPAN101 Spanish I | SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish I | 3 | named match |
| SPAN102 Spanish II | SPAN 102 Elementary Spanish II | 3 | named match |
| NUTRI101 Introduction to Nutrition | HLTH 1XX Health Elective — Lower Level | 3 | PDF lists code NUTRI101 (vs NUTR101 elsewhere) |
| MED101 First Aid/CPR | HLTH 205 Accident Prevention & Care/First Aid | 3 | named match |
| PE101 Personal Fitness & Wellness | HLTH 216 Personal Health | 3 | named match |
| MEDTERM101 Medical Terminology | HLTH 1XX Health Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| PHARM103 Pharmacology | HLTH 1XX Health Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| ECE101 Foundations of Early Childhood Education | EDUC 210 Early Childhood Education Fundamentals | 3 | named match |
| ECE102 Early Child Development | EDUC 1XX Education Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| ECE103 Teaching Students with Exceptionalities | EDUC 1XX Education Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| ECE104 Classroom Management | EDUC 1XX Education Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| ECE105 Language and Literacy | EDUC 1XX Education Elective — Lower Level | 3 | |
| SUCCESS101 Student Success | ASCS 1XX Academic Success Elective — Lower Level | 3 |
Source: Liberty’s own published guide — the strongest sourcing available. Guides change; confirm your program’s list with a Liberty advisor before enrolling.
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Liberty + StraighterLine questions
Does Liberty University accept StraighterLine credits?
Yes — Liberty University is a StraighterLine partner school and publishes its own official Transfer Equivalency Guide for StraighterLine, updated April 2026, listing 78 course mappings. Pass with 70% or higher, apply to an eligible Liberty program, and request your free transcript.
Which StraighterLine courses transfer to Liberty as named courses?
About 40 of the 78 mappings land as specific named Liberty courses rather than elective credit — including ENG101 → ENGL 101, MAT101 → MATH 121, PSY101 → PSYC 101, POLS101 → GOVT 220, BIO201 → BIOL 102, FIN101 → BUSI 223, and BUS120 → BUSI 240. The full table on this page marks every named match.
Can StraighterLine courses earn upper-level credit at Liberty?
Yes, in three cases per Liberty’s guide: ACC150 Managerial Accounting earns ACCT 3XX upper-level elective credit, CHEM450 Biochemistry earns CHEM 3XX (4 credits), and HRM200 Human Resource Management transfers as BUSI 342, a named 300-level course.
Do I need to apply to Liberty before my StraighterLine credits count?
Yes — Liberty states that before it can award transfer credit from transfer partnerships, you must apply for an eligible program. Apply early, then transfer; Liberty frequently runs application-fee waivers.
Can I use StraighterLine if I’m already enrolled at Liberty?
Liberty publishes no before-first-term cutoff for StraighterLine transfer credit, and its 8-week sub-terms make it practical to complete an approved StraighterLine course between terms. Confirm with your Liberty advisor that a course applies to your degree completion plan before enrolling.
What grade do I need in a StraighterLine course to transfer it to Liberty?
70% or higher, per StraighterLine’s Liberty University partner page.
Sources and verification
Facts checked on September 14, 2026 against the following. We re-verify monthly. The equivalency table mirrors Liberty’s own published PDF — we cite the school, not the course seller.
- Liberty University — Transfer Equivalency Guide for StraighterLine (PDF, April 2026)
- Liberty University — Transfer Partnerships (apply-first rule; Sophia/Study.com guides)
- StraighterLine — Liberty University Online partner page (70% rule)
- Learn.org — Colleges that accept StraighterLine credits (90-credit figure, perk mention)