Transfer Credit

External Transfer Credit and Course Waivers

Requests for transfer credits from external institutions are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and are not guaranteed even if the following criteria are met. A maximum of 12 credit hours can be transferred into a graduate degree. Transfer credit requests should be submitted within the graduate degree admissions application portal, after an application is submitted. If approved, credit hours transferred are equivalent to the credit hours taken at your previous institution.

Minimum criteria for consideration:

  • Institution must be AACSB accredited.
  • Course(s) cannot have been previously applied towards a degree or other transcripted credential.
  • Course(s) must have been taken at the graduate level.
  • Course(s) must have been completed within the past 4 years.
  • Grade earned in course must be A- or better.
  • A syllabus and transcript must be submitted for consideration.
  • The iMSA program will not consider transfer credit requests for core courses, only electives.
  • The MSBAi program will not consider any courses for transfer credit. 

Cancellation

Cancellation is when a learner registers for courses but decides not to attend the University that term. Cancellations must be submitted no later than one day before the official course start date. No tuition or fees are charged for a cancellation because it means a learner has not started classes that term and has not utilized University resources. The University sees the terms as 16 weeks for fall, spring, and summer. While our courses may only reflect part of the term (8 weeks), we adhere to the University definition of term.

Cancellations can be processed two ways:

Cancellations must be completed no later than one day before the course start date. Cancellation requests submitted via Student Self-Service on or after day 1 will be denied by the Office of the Registrar.

Internal Transfer Credit

Learners may request credits taken under one Gies Online program code to be transferred to a different program code, such as non-degree or Performance-based Admissions Track (PAT) to degree, via a Graduate Student Petition. Learners stacking a credential into another credential, such as iMSM into iMBA, do not need to transfer credits. Only 50% of the total credit hours for a program can be transferred.

Petitions should be submitted after a learner completes their first term in their new program. Learners should be specific about the courses and credit total they are wishing to transfer.