Transfer Students

Transfer Credit Policies

General Policy: Transferring in Students

In general, transfer credits/units are from approved or accredited institutions and comparable to those courses included in the PMU curricula as determined by the program director or academic dean. For the post-graduate program, all courses must be earned in residency at PMU and no transfer credit will be granted. PMU reserves the right to accept or deny requests for transfer credit in any program based upon the evaluation of the program director or academic dean.

Specific Policies

1. Minimum Course GPA: For undergraduate programs, courses requested for transfer credit must have a minimum grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. For graduate programs, courses requested for transfer credit must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

2. Credit Hours: Credit hours earned per course requested for transfer credit must be at least equivalent to the credit hours of the course offered in accordance to the standards of the state approving authority and accrediting institutions.

3. Maximum Transfer Credits: For undergraduate degree programs, up to ninety (90) quarter or sixty (60) semester units may be granted for transfer credit. For graduate degree programs up to twenty-eight (28) quarter or eighty (18) semester units may be granted for transfer credit.

4. Residency Requirement: For undergraduate programs, at least ninety (90) quarter units must be completed in residency at PMU. For graduate programs, at least thirty-six (36) quarter units must be completed in residency at PMU. Deviations or substitutions in the residency requirements will require prior approval of the program director or academic dean.

5. GPA Calculation: Courses granted for transfer credit will not be included in the calculation of the student’s Grade Point Average.

6. Time Limitations for Graduation: Transferring students must comply with satisfactory academic progress requirements of the school. Transfer credits will be counted towards the maximum program length of the program upon which the student is enrolled. Twelve (12) quarter units for undergraduate programs and eight (8) quarter units for graduate programs will constitute one (1) quarter to be used in the determination of time limitations for graduation.

7. Course Limitations: Integrating courses and/or program completion courses as determined by the program director or academic dean will not be included for transfer credit.

8. Results of the transfer credit evaluation conducted by the program director or academic dean will be final and executory. Students may however file an appeal to the office of the registrar within five (5) business days upon receipt of the results of the evaluation

General Policy: Transferring in Students

In general, transfer credits/units are from approved or accredited institutions and comparable to those courses included in the PMU curricula as determined by the program director or academic dean. For the post-graduate program, all courses must be earned in residency at PMU and no transfer credit will be granted. PMU reserves the right to accept or deny requests for transfer credit in any program based upon the evaluation of the program director or academic dean.

Transfer Credit Procedures

Students requesting for transfer credit must observe the following procedures:

1. Student must fill-out and submit the Transfer Credit Request Form, together with a photocopy or photocopies of the official transcript/s from which courses are being requested for transfer credit to the office of the registrar. The student may be required to submit additional supporting documents such as photocopies of course syllabus, school catalog, etc., based upon initial review of the registrar..

2. The program director will evaluate the transfer credit request based on existing policies of the school, and forward the recommendation/s to the academic dean for approval.

3. Requests for transfer credit will be processed in the office of the registrar and completed within one (1) quarter period upon receipt of the request.

4. The registrar will communicate the results of the transfer credit request to the student not later than one (1) quarter period upon receipt of the request.

5. For courses which are approved by the academic dean for transfer credit, the registrar will enter TC grade on the student’s academic record.

6. The registrar will maintain records of transfer credits granted in individual student’s file.

7. Results of the transfer credit evaluation conducted by the program director or academic dean will be final and executory. Students may however file an appeal to the office of the registrar within five (5) business days upon receipt of the results of the evaluation.