Transfer of Credit
In addition to the university-wide requirements, the following criteria apply to graduate transfer credit in the National College of Education:
- Transferred credits are included in the number of maximum credits allowed for off-campus work
- Transferred credit may not be substituted for core courses
- Courses can be transferred at any time after admission until finalization of the degree
- For graduate degrees, there is a six-year limit between the first course and the last course used for the degree, including any transfer credit. Graduate degrees include the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.), Master of Education (M.Ed.), Certificate of Advanced Study (C.A.S.) and Educational Specialist (Ed.S.).
- Transfer credit is limited to six semester hours of graduate credit for those pursuing the M.Ed., or M.A.T degrees
- Those who are pursuing an Ed.S. degree may transfer a maximum of six semester hours of post-master’s degree coursework
- Up to a third of the C.A.S. degree candidate’s required hours can be post-master's degree transfer credit
- Doctoral students (Ed.D.) can bring up to 12 hours of post-master’s degree courses taken before admission into the program, including courses taken at NLU
- Students must work with their academic advisor to petition the Academic Policies Committee for approval of transfer credit beyond the number of hours allowed by their program