Academic Credit

North Carolina Outward Bound School offers several ways to receive academic credit You must work with your school ahead of time to make sure the school will accept your course as academic credit through either independent study or as a transfer credit from one of the colleges who accept credit directly from us.

If you are interested in receiving academic credit, review our Independent Study Guide for Academic Credit (ISG).

We work directly with three colleges/universities who accept our courses as academic credit, or who can possibly transfer credits to your college/university:

Western State College of Colorado in Gunnison, CO

Warren Wilson College (WWC) in Asheville, NC

Appalachian State University (ASU) in Boone, NC

If your school will accept a transfer, click the links of each college to review their policies and transfer applications/requirements.

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Youth courses from 14-21 days have a service project component that some high schools will accept as service learning credit. However, before your course begins, you must find out if your high school will accept this course for credit. If they will accept it, be sure to bring paper work with you for instructors to fill out.