Graduate Transfer Credit

Candidates for master's degrees may transfer up to six (6) 300- 400-level units to the advanced program from graduate course work completed at other regionally accredited institutions. Students who have earned a master's degree at an accredited institution may be eligible to transfer up to 12 graduate-level units to a GGU master's degree with the approval of the appropriate department chair or program director. All foundation program course requirements may be transferred if applicable courses were completed in prior academic course work. Students should note that certain 300- 400-level course requirements may not be fulfilled by courses taken at other institutions, as designated by the faculty. Exceptions to these requirements will be made only on petition to and approval by the Committee on Admissions and Academic Probation (CAAP).

Students who have completed graduate work at another institution may be admitted with up to six (6) units of Advanced Program (300- 400-level) credit when courses submitted for transfer credit meet all of the following criteria:

• They are taken at the graduate level.
• They are applicable to the student's GGU degree objective.
• They are taken at a regionally accredited institution with admission requirements comparable to those of GGU.
• They are approved by the appropriate faculty member.
• The following guidelines on graduate transfer credit should also be noted:
• Courses completed with grades of B or better by students in graduate status are acceptable. (Courses with grades of B- are not acceptable for transfer).
• The transcript shows that graduate units were given. (The units must not have been used toward completion of a bachelorýs degree.)
• Cooperative education units earned may be transferred with faculty approval.
• Professional Military Education (PME) or training courses evaluated by the American Council on Education (ACE) may qualify for transfer credit. In considering the ACE recommendation, the university determines what level and amount of credit to accept.
• Courses taken by correspondence are not acceptable for advanced program graduate transfer credit.