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 within five (5) years prior to acceptance at NCU, while enrolled at a regionally or nationally accredited institution
- Credits must be earned with a grade of “B” or better or an equivalent satisfactory grade
- A maximum of twelve (12) semester credits may be transferred from a graduate-level program
- No more than nine (9) semester credits can be applied to specialization courses.
- Must be equivalent to NCU coursework as demonstrated by the 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.
Note: The Master of Social Work may accept 6 semester credit hours in transfer towards the Advanced Generalist and 12 semester credit hours in transfer towards the Generalist. Graduate coursework must have been completed as part of a graduate degree from 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.
Post-Master’s Certificate Programs
The School Dean or designee uses the following criteria to evaluate proposed transfer credits at the doctoral-level:
- Completed within seven (7) years prior to acceptance at NCU, while enrolled at a regionally or nationally accredited institution
- Credits must be earned with a grade of “B” or better or an equivalent satisfactory grade
- A maximum of six (6) semester credits may be transferred from a doctoral-level program to NCU’s Post-Master’s certificate programs
- Must be equivalent to NCU coursework as demonstrated by the transfer course description
Note: Credits earned at NCU 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.
Juris Doctor Program
The School Dean or designee uses the following criteria to evaluate proposed transfer credits to the Juris Doctor level; exceptions may be made at the Dean’s discretion:
- Completed within five (5) years prior to acceptance at NCU, while enrolled at a regionally or nationally accredited institution
- Credits must be earned with a grade of “C” or better or an equivalent satisfactory grade
- A maximum of 54 semester credits may be transferred from an ABA-accredited or California State Bar-accredited Juris Doctor degree program
- Must be equivalent to NCU coursework as demonstrated by the transfer course description
Note: Students in their final year of legal study in the Juris Doctor program must complete their degree requirements in residence at NCU.
Note: Students who are transferring to the School of Law may not receive transfer credit for required courses if the credit amounts from the administering institution are not equivalent to the number of credits required by the School of Law.
Note: If students take a required course at another institution for credit greater than that required by the School of Law, the student will receive transfer credit only for the number of units required by the School of Law (e.g., Trial Advocacy is a three-unit course at the School of Law; thus, a student may receive only three units of transfer credit, even if the Appellate Advocacy course taken at the other institution is worth more than three units). Students may not apply the excess unit(s) to any other coursework, required or elective.
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 NCU, while enrolled at a regionally or nationally accredited institution
- Credits must be earned with a grade of “B” or better or an equivalent satisfactory grade
- A maximum of twelve (12) semester credits may be transferred from an advanced graduate or doctoral-level program
- No more than nine (9) semester credits can be applied to specialization courses
- Must be equivalent to NCU coursework as demonstrated by the transfer course description
Note: Credits earned at NCU 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.
Note: Students who complete NCU’s EdS program be eligible to apply up to 30 credits from the EdS program to NCU School of Education Doctoral programs. School Dean (or their designee) approval is required to determine number of applicable credit hours from EdS to the selected doctoral program.
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 NCU; while enrolled at a regionally or nationally accredited institution
- Credits must be earned with a grade of “B” or better or an equivalent satisfactory grade
- A maximum of twelve (12) semester credits may be transferred from a doctoral-level program
- No more than nine (9) credits can be applied to specialization courses
- Must be equivalent to NCU coursework as demonstrated by the transfer course description
Note: Credits earned at NCU 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: Students enrolled in the Dissertation Completion Pathway (DCP) will be eligible to transfer in all but 23 program credits. The DCP faculty will conduct a transcript review to ensure students have achieved doctoral candidacy at a previous institution for a degree program and specialization offered at NCU to determine transfer of credit applicability.
Note: Students who complete a Master’s degree program at NCU may be eligible to satisfy a maximum of 6 doctoral credits in their doctoral program using credits from their conferred Master’s degree. Students must receive written verification from the School Dean (or their designee) at the time of application to their doctoral program that courses from the conferred Master’s degree meet requirements for the doctoral program.
Example: MBA-5102 could be used to satisfy BTM-7101.
Graduate Credit from Foreign Institutions
The University may accept transfer or waive credit if an official course-by-course evaluation from an approved credential evaluation agency is supplied. NCU will accept credential evaluations through any evaluation agency accredited by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). In addition, credential evaluations by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) are also accepted.
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