Transfer Credit Policy

Courses completed at a two-year or four-year, regionally accredited post-secondary institution may be eligible for transfer credit provided:

• Courses are deemed eligible for elective or specific course credit.
• All courses accepted in transfer and applied to graduation hours are graded C- or better.
• A maximum of 72 credits may transfer from a two-year institution, and/or with an associate degree.
• There is no limit to the number of credits eligible for transfer from a four-year institution and/or with a bachelor's degree.
• Students must complete their final 32 credits at Carroll, including at least one-fourth of their major credits and at least one-fourth of the minor credits.

Transfer Credit Terms:

• All transfer coursework is evaluated on a course-by-course basis. General education curriculum requirements must be completed by either transfer or Carroll University credit.
• All transfer coursework must be graded C- or better to be accepted as credit earned towards graduation and to meet course requirements, including Pioneer Core courses and major and minor requirement courses.
• If a student repeated a course in which they initially received a grade of C- or better and the repeated course had an unsatisfactory grade (D or F), they will receive the last grade earned. The final grade will be used in the grade point average calculation.
• A course in which a student received a D or F grade may be repeated for credit and only the last grade earned will be used in the grade point average calculation.
• Transfer students with an Associate of Arts, Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Science, or an Associate of Arts & Science degree or a previous bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited post- secondary institution will be exempt from the Pio Core curriculum. Mathematical literacy and foreign language requirements for B.S. and B.A. degrees may also be exempt unless the courses are required for the major. Associate degree must be earned prior to matriculating to Carroll University.
•  First-year students with an associate degree from a regionally accredited post-secondary institution will have ENG 170 Writing Seminar waived and will meet all GE1 distribution components. Transfer credit may fulfill the COM, GE2 and CCE requirements subject to evaluation. FYE100 is required.
• Transfer students without an associate degree, who have completed a minimum of 45 credit hours of transferable college-level coursework are waived from the ENG170 Writing Seminar and GE1 distribution components. Transfer credits may fulfill the COM, CCE, and GE2 requirements subject to evaluation. FYE199 is required.
• Students may be eligible for retroactive credit when transferring into an upper-level modern language or math course(s). Retroactive credit will be granted at Carroll University only if the transferring institution previously awarded retroactive credit(s). If the transferring institution did not award retroactive credit(s), Carroll University would only grant credit for the upper-level course(s). Please refer to the Alternative Methods of Obtaining Credit for specific guidelines.
• Students may be eligible for a maximum of 60 credits earned for military coursework as reflected on a JST transcript. Specific course equivalencies may be awarded subject to faculty approval.
• Coursework completed through online learning platforms will be evaluated on a course-by-course basis to determine transfer ability and alignment with program requirements; however, courses taken through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS), are not eligible for credit.
• Course grades, grade point average, and timeline stipulations may exist for specific academic programs. Please refer to the academic program sections of the catalog for details.

Transfer Credit Policy After Enrollment at Carroll University:

Individual departments will evaluate transfer coursework to ensure equivalent content is being learned by the student. Therefore, it is necessary to submit a Transfer Credit Approval Form to the Carroll University Registrar’s Office for course authorization prior to registering at another institution. All coursework must be graded at C- or better to be accepted, unless otherwise specified by individual programs. Grade point deficiencies at Carroll University cannot be made up with transfer course credit. Note: Full-time and part-time students are required to complete their final 32 hours at Carroll.

Grades and credits are determined by the institution in which the course/s were taken and completed.

• Courses grades and credits will transfer as reflected on the official transcript.
• All transfer course grades will be converted into the Carroll University letter grade system (A, AB, B, BC, C, D, and F). For example: a student transferring in a letter grade of B+ from another institution will receive a grade of B on the Carroll University transcript.

If the Transfer Credit Approval request is authorized, a student can take a prerequisite for a course at a different institution. However, the student cannot register for the course that needs this prerequisite until the prerequisite course is completed, and the official transcript is received and processed by the Carroll University Registrar’s Office.