The university accepts for credit graduate courses completed at other institutions, but students may apply for transfer credit only after they have completed at least 12 credits with a grade of B or better at the Graduate School-Newark. The school will consider applications for transfer of courses if the following stipulations apply:
1. The student must have earned a B or better in the course being transferred, and neither Pass nor Satisfactory is acceptable.
2. The course may not include work for a thesis, independent study, or research.
3. Normally, any course being transferred must form a part of the student's program in his or her field of concentration.
4. As a rule, the course must have been taken during the immediate six-year period before the student's qualifying examination.
5. Not more than 40 percent of the required number of course credits for any degree may be transferred, subject to the review and approval of the graduate program and the dean.
6. The faculty of a graduate program also may recommend transfer of credit earned in a graduate professional school toward a degree in the Graduate School-Newark.
In applying for transfer of credit, a student must obtain an official transcript of the grades to be transferred and complete a transfer of credit form; unofficial transcripts will be returned. The transfer of credit application, together with the official transcript should be submitted to the student's program director for approval. The graduate director then submits both documents to the dean for review and final authorization. When the transfer is approved, the registrar's office records the transfer of credits on the student's transcript.
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