Graduate

Master’s Programs

The School Dean or designee uses the following criteria to evaluate proposed transfer credits at the graduate level; exceptions may be made at the Dean’s discretion:

• Completed at regionally or nationally accredited post-secondary institution;
• Completed within last five calendar years of acceptance at Northcentral;
• Do not include any credits from a conferred Master’s degree;
• Grade received in the proposed transfer course must be a B or higher.
• Do not exceed a maximum of 12 graduate semester credits for all programs (MEd, MBA, MAPSY, MSOL) except the MAMFT which allows 15 semester credits; exceptions to the stated maximum may be granted by the School Dean with approval of the Provost;
• If proposed to satisfy the statistics course requirement of a Northcentral University Master’s degree, must be equivalent to Northcentral University statistics courses, as demonstrated by a transfer course description.

Note: The Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy may accept a maximum of 15 semester credit hours in transfer toward the master’s degree for graduate coursework completed toward a non-conferred graduate degree at an accredited college or university with a grade of “B” or better. Transfer credit is only awarded for course work that is evaluated to be substantially equivalent in content to the required course work in the Master degree program in Marriage and Family Therapy.

Education Specialist Programs

The School Dean or designee uses the following criteria to evaluate transfer credits at the Education Specialist level:

• Completed within seven (7) years prior to acceptance at Northcentral University, while enrolled in an advanced graduate or doctoral program at a regionally or nationally accredited institution;
• Do not include any credits from a conferred Doctoral or EdS degree;
• No more than 12 semester credits can be applied from a non-conferred external EdS program to a Northcentral University EdS degree;
• Credits must be earned with a grade of “B” or better or an equivalent satisfactory grade;
• No more than 9 semester credits can be applied to specialization courses.

Credits earned at Northcentral University have the same time limits stated above for migration and applications to current programs and degree plans, based on the date the corresponding course grade was posted.

Doctoral Programs

The School Dean or designee uses the following criteria to evaluate transfer credits at the doctoral level; exceptions may be made at the Dean’s discretion:

• Completed within seven (7) years prior to acceptance at Northcentral University; while enrolled in a doctoral program in a regionally or nationally accredited institution;
• Do not include any credits from a conferred Doctoral or EdS degree; No more than 9 semester credits can be applied to specialization courses;
• Earned with a grade of “B” or better or an equivalent satisfactory grade.

Credits earned at Northcentral University have the same time limits stated above for migration and application to current programs and degree plans, based on the date the corresponding course grade was posted.

Note: The PhD and DMFT degree programs in Marriage and Family Therapy may accept a maximum of 12 semester credit hours in transfer toward the PhD degree for graduate coursework completed toward a non-conferred doctoral degree at an accredited college or university with a grade of “B” or better. Transfer credit is only awarded for course work that is evaluated to be substantially equivalent in content to the required course work in the PhD degree program in Marriage and Family Therapy.