Transferring Graduate Credits

UW-Stevens Point does not automatically accept transfer graduate credits from other institutions. You must submit a Graduate Transfer Credit E-form (found in your Forms tile in accesSPoint) for approval of such credits. While credits taken prior to admission to a graduate degree program may be considered at the discretion of the coordinator of that program, in most cases you should obtain approval for any transfer credit PRIOR to taking those courses. The graduate coordinator for each program will determine the acceptability of transfer credits using the following criteria:

• The course must be from an institution regionally accredited at the graduate level.

• You must have taken the course for graduate credit at the offering institution.

• The course must be acceptable toward fulfilling degree requirements at the institution offering the course.

• The format and number of contact minutes (minimum of 800 minutes instructional time per credit) must be at least as rigorous as those for UW-Stevens Point grad courses.

• One credit hour per week is accepted.

• The course may not be a correspondence and/or mass media course, independent study course, or from extension divisions outside the UW System. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are not equivalent degree credits and are not transferable.

• The number of graduate credits transferred into a program is determined by each individual graduate program.

• You must have earned grades of A, B, or equivalent.

• You may not transfer credit applied toward another degree that you have already obtained.

If your graduate coordinator determines that the transfer course meets these minimum criteria, she/he may:

• Accept the transfer course and have the credits apply toward your Program of Study.

• Accept the transfer course as an addition to the normal 30-credit Program of Study.

• Accept the course as either applying to your degree plan or as an addition to the degree plan, but at a reduced credit level if the course does not meet UW-System’s contact-hour-per-credit standards.

You must complete a Graduate Transfer Credit E-form (found in your Forms tile in accesSPoint) for approval before graduate credits from any institution other than UW-Stevens Point can be considered. Submit the Graduate Transfer Credit E-form upon successful completion of the transfer course. Your E-form must include (1) a copy of the catalog course description, and (2) a course syllabus (if available).

An official transcript showing successful completion of the course must be on file with the UW-Stevens Point Admissions Office or your Program Director at the time of the E-form submission.

After your graduate coordinator approves the transfer credit E-form, the Office of the Registrar will update your record accordingly and you will be notified when this is completed.