ABOUT GBC
Welcome to Great Basin College!
Great Basin College values you! Valuing what we have in common and our differences means we will foster a college climate of mutual trust, tolerance, informed discourse and always seek to promote GBC as a "safe space" to explore new ideas and perspectives with opportunities for you to grow, learn and be successful in a friendly, supportive campus environment. GBC enriches people's lives by providing student-centered, post-secondary education to rural Nevada. GBC students enjoy outstanding academic programs, smaller class sizes, and excellent faculty who really care about our students. We are GBC!
ADMISSIONS
ACADEMICS
For High School Students
STUDENT SERVICES
GBC ONLINE
Great Basin College is "The Gold Standard in the Silver State" when it comes to long-distance education and online education delivery. GBC offers hundreds of classes and a diverse array of certificate and degree programs fully online and fully affordable!
COMMUNITY
Great Basin College wants to be your choice for higher education. GBC offers associate and baccalaureate level instruction in career and technical education and academic areas. About 4,000 students are enrolled annually online from across the country and on campuses and centers across 86,500 square miles, two time zones, and ten of Nevada's largest counties. We border Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and California. We are GBC!
INFORMATION
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RESOURCES
Transferring from GBC to Other Institutions
Transferring Courses from GBC
Students may plan to transfer from GBC to upper-division study at other colleges. GBC's Advising and Career Center is also a Transfer Center, staffed with experts in the transfer process who can help you transfer with ease.
Some students, however, do not take the precaution of pre-planning. They complete courses at GBC that were not designed to transfer, and later they are disappointed. Don’t let this happen to you. The GBC catalog provides the crucial information you need to make informed decisions about the courses you take. But even with this printed guide, you should work closely with an adviser before registration if you plan to transfer.
GBC cannot, of course, guarantee that colleges and universities will receive courses, but our experience has been overwhelmingly positive.
Transferring withing the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE)
The universities and colleges of the Nevada System of Higher Education participate in regular discussions about the “transfer status” of courses within the System. The following common course numbering system is recognized among the colleges of the Nevada System of Higher Education:
- NON-TRANSFERABLE COURSES
- GBC developmental courses
- 01-099
- GBC Z and zero-numbered Courses
- 100-299* 001Z-999Z 000
- *Some courses (100-299) offered at GBC may not be used for an Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, or Bachelor of Arts degree. These courses may not be transferrable to other Nevada colleges. These courses are identified in the course catalog descriptions.
- GBC developmental courses
- GENERALLY TRANSFERABLE COURSES (see paragraph below)
- GBC and University lower-division courses
- 100-299
- GBC and University upper-division courses
- 300-499
- University graduate courses
- 500-799
- GBC and University lower-division courses
GBC schedules always indicate NSHE course transfer status with these designations. Naturally, “transfer” courses do not all transfer the same way. Some transfer as equivalents, some as departmental electives, and others as general electives.
For more information and to access NSHE course transfer status information, visit NSHE Transfer Rights and Responsibilities for Students and Institutions, the UNR Transfer website, the NSC Transfer Center website, and the UNLV Transfer website.
Reverse Transfer
The Nevada System of Higher Education reverse transfer agreement allows students to earn their Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree from Great Basin College, even after transferring to a Nevada university or state college.
There is no formal application for reverse transfer. Students interested in this option should contact a counselor or adviser to determine what courses they need to complete for their associate's degree. The will also need to apply to graduate at GBC. It is the student's responsibility to have an official transcript from their state college or university sent to GBC as confirmation that the required courses were completed.
For More Information Contact
Great Basin College
1500 College Parkway
Elko, Nevada (USA) 89801
Why Great Basin College
Great Basin College wants to be your choice for higher education. GBC offers associate and baccalaureate level instruction in career and technical education and academic areas. About 4,000 students are enrolled annually online from across the country and on campuses and centers across 86,500 square miles, two time zones, and ten of Nevada’s largest counties. We border Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and California. We are GBC!
