Ohio Admin. Code 3341-3-05
This policy describes criteria for credit transfer and restrictions on transfer or approval of credit.
Students who have been fully admitted into a graduate degree program or graduate certificate program may count up to nine hours of graduate credit earned as a BGSU advanced undergraduate. Students must have earned a grade of A or B for this to be allowed. Specific graduate programs may have additional limitations on the number of credits that can be approved, and the specific courses which are eligible. Students should refer to specific graduate program descriptions for details of these limitations.
If appropriate to both programs and within time-to-degree rules, courses may be applied to both a certificate and a master's program, or to both a certificate and a doctoral program.
Students who have been fully admitted into a graduate degree program or graduate certificate program, and have satisfactorily completed eight hours of graduate work at Bowling Green state university may petition to transfer graduate credit from another regionally accredited graduate school. Fully documented petitions for acceptance of transfer credits from non-regionally accredited institutions may be submitted for review provided: the student initiates the petition, and provides all documentation to the academic department; the petition is endorsed by the department before being submitted to the graduate college for final approval. An official transcript must be received by the graduate college before credit can be approved for transfer. Credit may be transferred only for courses in which the student received the grades of A or B (or the equivalent for courses not graded, as determined by the graduate coordinator). Credit for an S grade may be transferred only if the grade is regarded by the grading school as B or better. Courses taken for "professional development" cannot be transferred for graduate credit.
The transfer of credit received for such external courses to satisfy requirements of a degree program at BGSU depends upon the following:
*The minimal documentation on "tour courses" is necessary to evaluate the quality of the course and to determine its applicability to a student's degree program. Many accredited graduate schools offer courses for personal and professional development that carry graduate credit but are not applicable to their degree programs. Official assurance is required.
Transfer of credit is not appropriate for graduate, non-degree students; by definition, they have no graduate degree program toward which credit is to be transferred. The transfer of credit for any graduate student for purposes of consolidating transcripts is not allowed. If a graduate non-degree student later becomes admitted to a graduate degree program, transfer of credit can be requested in consultation with the graduate coordinator of the program. Conditionally admitted students must achieve regular status before petitioning for transfer of credit. Final approval for transferred credit is granted only by the graduate dean designate.
The time limits for completion of a master's degree, a specialist degree and certificate program (six years), and for a doctoral degree (eight years) apply also to transfer credit. That is, all credits within a master's and specialist program must fall within the six-year period dating from the end of the earliest course used to fulfill degree requirements on the tentative degree program or degree audit; similarly, all credits within a doctoral program must fall within the eight-year period.
Once the request for transfer of credit has been approved by the academic program and the graduate college, and official transcripts are received, the credit hours-not grades-for the courses are transferred into the student's degree program. Because the grades are not officially recognized, they cannot be counted into a student's cumulative grade point average. Transfer credit is reviewed at the time of graduation to ensure the course work falls within the time to degree limits.
Courses equivalent to those at the university from another university cannot be transferred for credit and also taken for credit here (course duplication is not allowed). Only graduate level courses qualify for transfer to graduate degree programs. Courses that have already been applied in whole or in part in any way toward any other degree or certificate from another university may not be transferred.
A maximum of nine semester hours of graduate credit taken as a BGSU advanced undergraduate may be counted towards a master's program subject to the approval of the master's program.
One course, up to a maximum of four semester hours of post-baccalaureate credit may be transferred into a graduate certificate.
A maximum of nine semester hours of post-baccalaureate credit may be transferred into a master's program subject to approval of the program and the graduate college.
A maximum of nine semester hours of post-master's credit may be transferred into a doctoral program subject to approval of the program and the graduate college.
Exceptions to listed in this paragraphthe maximum pertain to approved joint and cooperative degree programs with another university (see joint and cooperative degrees policy).
Ohio Admin. Code 3341-3-05
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 3345
Rule Amplifies: 3345
Prior Effective Dates: 03/24/2015