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Current Status: Approved
Policy Type: Academic
Department/Division: School of Graduate Studies
Effective Date: 07/01/2013
Last Updated: 09/07/2021
Applies To: Students, Faculty, Staff
Responsible University Officer: Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
Policy Owner: Associate Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies
Policy Contact: Director of Graduate Student Services
St. Cloud State University desires to facilitate the transfer of students and credits to aid in the completion of degrees.
A maximum of 9 semester credits of graduate work completed at other accredited universities, or extension credit earned from this University, may be considered for application to a graduate degree program. In addition to this policy, doctoral students should also refer to the Doctoral Program Credit Policy and the doctoral program guidelines.
Criteria
For credits to be accepted as transfer credit and apply toward an SCSU graduate degree, the following conditions must be met:
After the student's program of study has been approved, no additional transfer credits will be accepted unless the student has received prior approval via the petition process.
The following will not be accepted as transfer credit:
Exceptions
With the prior approval of the graduate advisor and the graduate dean, a maximum of 15 semester credits of appropriate graduate credit may be transferred from other universities of the Minnesota State System or from accredited universities through bilateral or international agreements and applied to a program at St. Cloud State University.
Any questions or concerns about the transferability of credit earned at other institutions should be directed to the School of Graduate Studies before a student enrolls for that credit. Transfer credits are requested through submission of a Program of Study Form (See Supporting URLs). The student must request that an official transcript, not a copy, be sent directly to the School of Graduate Studies by the institution awarding the credit. The official transcript should not be sent to the student, nor should it be sent through a third party. The School of Graduate Studies will only accept official transcripts sent directly by the awarding institution.
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