Transfer Credit

 

    Transfer credit at the graduate level is defined by Bridgewater State College to include appropriate graduate credit taken at an accredited institution other than Bridgewater State College after acceptance to a Bridgewater State College graduate program. It should be noted, however, that not more than six graduate credits, taken both prior to and after acceptance, can be transferred from other graduate schools. All courses to be used as transfer credit in a graduate program must have the approval of the students' advisers and program coordinators and be recorded on students' Graduate Program Proposal forms. Details regarding the matter of transfer credit as it applies to Bridgewater State College's master's degree and CAGS programs are provided below. Students are strongly urged to process their forms for transfer credit early in their graduate program rather than waiting until they apply to graduate.

 

            Note: Beginning in January 2007, the School of Graduate studies will limit the total number of graduate transfer credits to six in programs of fewer than 40 credits.  In programs requiring 40 or more graduate credits, students may request to transfer up to nine graduate credits.  The total number of transfer credits includes courses taken at Bridgewater State College prior to matriculation and/or graduate courses taken at other accredited institutions before or after matriculation.

 

Transfer Credit - Master's Degree and CAGS Programs

 

    In most programs, students who have enrolled in appropriate courses at Bridgewater State College or at other accredited institutions prior to acceptance by the School of Graduate Studies, may request, until December 31, 2006, that up to 12 graduate credits or, as of January 1, 2007, six graduate credits, be accepted in partial fulfillment of degree requirements. A maximum of six credits may be from other accredited institutions. Program exceptions are noted in the appropriate department sections of the college catalog. These credits include any credits earned in courses in which students are enrolled at the time of acceptance. It does not include program prerequisites. Approval is subject to the following conditions:

(1)   Not more than six credits being transferred are from an accredited institution other than Bridgewater State College

(2)   A grade of B or better has been earned in all courses being transferred

(3)   Courses being transferred have not been used to fulfill the requirements of another degree or certificate

(4)   Graduate transfer credits may not be more than six years old at the time program requirements are completed

Bridgewater State College has one form used for acceptance of transfer credit.  The Graduate Transfer Credit Approval form  is for courses being requested to transfer from an accredited institution other than Bridgewater State College. Blank copies of the form are sent to students in their acceptance packages by the School of Graduate Studies.

All transfer courses are subject to the regulations governing time limits in that no graduate courses offered for the degree may be more than six years old when degree requirements are completed.

After students have been admitted to graduate programs, a maximum of six graduate credits of grade B or better taken at institutions (accredited at the graduate level) other than Bridgewater State College may be transferred if approved by the students' advisers and program coordinators (although students should make every attempt to enroll in BSC graduate courses). An official transcript of courses taken at another accredited institution after acceptance must be sent directly to the School of Graduate Studies at Bridgewater State College. Students' advisers and program coordinators may also request a copy of the course syllabus and/or course description. Students are responsible for submitting the completed transfer credit form to the School of Graduate Studies once it is approved by the students' advisers and program coordinators.