Purpose:
St. Scholastica offers a generous transfer credit policy. We also offer tools and resources that will help determine how many credits will transfer and how your transfer credits will apply toward your intended program of study.
Policy:
Only courses with grades "C-" and above will transfer. Some programs (majors, minors, concentrations, etc.) may require a grade that is higher than a "C-" in order to fulfill a program prerequisite or requirement.
Grades recorded as "P" or any other notation of Pass, will be transferred only if verification is provided by the Registrar of the transfer institution that the work was completed with the minimum grade required for earning a “P” (Pass) grade as noted in the grade definitions policy of the CSS undergraduate catalog in effect at time of transfer.
Transferred courses are not included in computing the St. Scholastica cumulative grade point average but do count towards completion ratio for the purposes of Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP).
Credit may be awarded for college-level coursework completed where an institution is accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or U.S. Department of Education.
Credit may be accepted from specialized or special purpose institutions, including the U.S. Armed Services, as recommended by the American Council on Education (ACE) following (i) and (ii) of this policy.
Courses must be college level to be accepted in transfer. Remedial or developmental courses do not transfer.
Some occupational, technical and/or professional courses may be evaluated by the Office of the Registrar in consultation with academic program directors/chairs from the related academic department to determine acceptance of credits toward degree requirements.
Students desiring transfer credit may be required to provide course and or exam information from the awarding institution so that the valuation of transfer credit may be made accurately. (e.g. syllabus, course descriptions, assessment criteria)
Credit by Standardized Exam: Transfer credit is awarded for college-level examinations offered by the Advanced Placement (AP), College Level Examination Program (CLEP), DSST Credit-by-Exam Program, and International Baccalaureate (IB). An official transcript of exam scores must be submitted for the awarding of credit. Exam scores must meet the minimum requirement for credit awarding as determined by St. Scholastica. Minimum score needed for awarding of credit varies by exam and is published on the St. Scholastica website. The Office of the Registrar in consultation with the program directors/chairs from the related academic department will determine the acceptability of the exam toward meeting program or degree requirements.
Transfer credits are recorded as semester credits. Quarter credits are converted to semester credits at a 2/3 conversion rate. (e.g., a 3 quarter credit course will equate to 2 semester credits and a 4 quarter credit course will equate to 2.67 semester credits)
The maximum number of transfer credits allowed is the difference between the total number of credits required to graduate and the number of residency credits required to graduate.
Students in a program at The College of St. Scholastica with a formal program articulation agreement with a non-regionally accredited institution may also be eligible for transfer. Only courses that are specified in the articulation agreement are eligible for transfer to The College of St. Scholastica.