Graduate courses completed at other institutions and at units within Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, if they normally would form a part of the student`s program in criminal justice, may be accepted for credit toward this degree. The student must have been registered in these courses during the six-year period preceding his or her qualifying examination, and the student must have earned grades of B or better. The limit to the number of courses for which transfer of credit may be granted is 30 academic degree credits. No credit may be transferred for a master`s thesis or related research. Transfer of credit cannot be granted until the student has completed at least 12 credits of course work toward the Ph.D. degree with grades of B or better. The responsibility for requesting advanced credit lies with the student; a form for this purpose is available at the program director`s office, and the student must submit this form to the program director, together with an official transcript of the graduate work for which credit is requested.