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Transfer Credit
If you are applying to the ALB Program, you can transfer a total of 64 credits once you are admitted.
Acceptable transfer credit for college work includes:
- Courses completed at a school that was regionally accredited when you attended
- Liberal arts courses
- Courses in which you received grades of C− or higher
In addition, of the 64 total credits, the following are accepted:
- 8 credits of professional coursework (for example, business, counseling, and teacher preparation)
- 8 credits of performance/studio coursework in music, art, or dance
- 12 (four per exam) College Level Examination Program (CLEP) credits
No transfer credit is accepted for life experience.
You may not receive transfer credit the semester before graduation.
Credit from foreign schools. If you have attended colleges and universities outside the United States and Canada you must submit official evaluations of your academic work by the Center for Educational Documentation or a comparable agency. Using these evaluations, we will determine whether the work can be transferred to the undergraduate program.
Transfer Credits Earned While a Degree Candidate
Courses taken elsewhere after you are admitted to the program may be accepted as transfer credit if you submit a transfer credit petition (download form) to the Undergraduate Office before registering and it is approved. The total transfer credits may not exceed 64.