Undergraduate

Undergraduate Programs

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

• Completed at regionally or nationally accredited post-secondary institution
• Do not exceed a maximum of 90 lower and upper division semester credits or 135 lower and upper division quarter credits unless programmatic accreditation requires otherwise.
• Earned with a grade of “C-” or better unless otherwise indicated by program or accreditation.

The following chart shows the maximum number of credits that are allowed to transfer in an NU undergraduate program by type of credit. 

Undergraduate Credit from Foreign Institutions

The University may accept transfer credit if an official course-by-course evaluation from an approved credential evaluation agency is supplied. NU 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.

Paralegal Transfer Credit Policy

Students may receive credit for up to thirty percent (30%) of their legal specialty courses by transferring in coursework taken at another college or university, if approved by the Program Director or a qualified faculty member. Students transferring from American Bar Association (ABA) approved programs for which there is an existing articulation agreement may receive credit for up to fifty percent (50%) of their legal specialty coursework. Approval can be obtained by: 

• An articulation agreement established through National University and the student’s prior college or university, or 
• Submission of a petition for transfer credit by the student to the Office of the Registrar, which will include: 
  • The name of the prior college or university, 
  • Whether or not the prior program is ABA approved, and 
  • For each course taken in the prior program for which credit is sought: 
    • The name of the course, 
    • The course description, 
    • The course syllabus, 
    • Documentation of the number of hours the course was offered in synchronous and/or asynchronous format, if not included in the syllabus, and 
    • Certification of the student’s final grade in the course (typically via a transcript from the prior institution). 

Petitions will be reviewed by the Program Director or a qualified faculty member. Credit will only be granted if the course is equivalent in content, length, and nature to a National University course, the student has earned a grade of C or better, and the course was taken within the last ten (10) years. Additionally, students must still complete at least nine (9) semester credits or the equivalent of legal specialty courses through synchronous instruction and may be further limited in transfer credits to satisfy this requirement.