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:
- Credits must be from a regionally accredited educational institution, approved to offer graduate degree programs in the major field where the credit was earned, at the time the credit was earned.
- Credits transferred into an accredited program may need to come from an accredited program or university as appropriate for the discipline.
- Credits must be appropriate to the student's program. Course evaluation and approval by the student's major advisor and the School of Graduate Studies is required.
- The grade recorded for transfer credits must be B or above or an S or P in S/U or P/F grading systems.
- Credits that are transferrable must be earned no more than seven years prior to completion of the degree.
- At time of transfer, credits must be officially recorded on the approved program form.
- When transferring credits to a specialist degree program, a minimum of 20 of the last 30 credits must be taken at this institution.
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:
- Credit for courses conducted by proprietary groups.
- Credit applied towards another degree.
- Extended campus credit from a university that does not accept that credit for its own on-campus graduate programs.
- Workshops, continuing education courses and in-service training credits.
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.
