Transfer Credit
A student who wishes to transfer credit must obtain and complete a Petition to Count Work in a Degree Program form at www.unco.edu/grad/forms/PTCW.pdf and must obtain an official transcript(s) showing the course(s) to be transferred. The student must then present the completed petition and transcript to the program advisor for approval or disapproval. If the program advisor approves and signs the petition, it must be sent to the Graduate School for final approval/disapproval. This process must occur no later than three weeks prior to the end of the semester that the student plans to graduate. Courses requested for transfer must meet all criteria for credit transfer (see general transfer policies) to be approved by the Graduate School.
- Transfer work is not used in the calculation of the graduate grade point average.
- Transfer credit will not be accepted if the work was used to obtain a degree or is included as part of another degree at any institution.
- Transfer work must be approved by the school and must be “A” or “B” work.
- Transfer credit cannot be used to meet any residency requirement.
- Transfer credit cannot be used to make up “D,” “F,” or “U” grades received in required courses. Courses graded “S/U” are not transferable unless documentation can be obtained from the originating institution stating that the “S” grade granted is equivalent to an “A” or “B” grade.
- All program requirements, including transfer work, must be completed within the time limits of the degree program, i.e., five years for the master's degree, six years for the specialist degree, or eight years for the doctoral degree.
- Transfer courses must be numbered as graduate level according to the course numbering system at the originating institution.
- Transfer courses must be from accredited institutions of higher education that offer equivalent level degrees (e.g., doctoral degrees if transferring graduate credit into a doctoral program).