Transfer of Credit

he Graduate School has no articulation agreements for courses at the graduate level with other Universities in the State of Louisiana.

Transfer of Graduate Credit from Other Institutions toward a Master's Degree

1. Graduate credits may be transferred only from a regionally accredited university or college (a recognized university, if international) and in a course where a student has earned a grade of "8" or better. Transfer credits must not be more than seven years old at the time of graduation (date on which degree is awarded). 
2. Graduate credits may be transferred only when they can be reconciled with the requirements of the student's chosen degree program. 
3. A maximum of 12 semester hours of courses whose age will not exceed seven years at the time of graduation may be transferred.
4. Only graduate level courses (500 level and above) may be transferred.
5. Credits that were previously used toward a degree cannot be applied toward another degree.
6. A transfer of credit application form, with approvals by a departmental advisor and chairperson, official transcripts, and a plan of study must be submitted to the Graduate School for approval not later than the end of the first semester of enrollment in a graduate degree program.

Transfer of Graduate Credit from Other Institutions toward a Doctoral Degree 

1. Graduate credits may be transferred only from a regionally accredited university or college (a recognized university, if international) and in courses where a student has earned a grade of "B" or better. 
2. Graduate credits may be transferred only when they can be reconciled with the requirements of the student's chosen degree program. 
3. For those programs that do not require the master's degree as a pre-requisite for admission into the doctoral program, a maximum of twenty-seven (27) semester hours may be transferred to substitute for those programs not requiring a master's degree. The 27 semester hours will not result in a master's degree being awarded by this institution and cannot be used as substitute courses in doctoral programs. 
4. A maximum of six (6) hours of doctoral level courses taken at a doctoral degree granting institution may be transferred provided that: 

1. those six credit hours are comparable to courses listed on the student's plan of study 
2. those six credit hours are at an age that will render them not more than five years old at the time of initial enrollment in a doctoral program at Southern University 

1. Only graduate level courses (500 level and above) may be transferred.
2. Credits that were previously used toward a degree (other than the 27 credits described in item "3" above) cannot be applied toward another degree.
3. A transfer of credit application form with approvals by a department advisor and chairperson, official transcripts and a plan of study must be submitted to the Graduate School for approval no later than the end of the first semester of enrollment in a graduate degree program 

Transfer of Graduate Credit Taken As a Nondegree Student toward a Graduate Degree 

1. Graduate credits may be transferred from a non-degree status at the university and regionally accredited university or college (a recognized university, if international) and in courses where a student has earned a grade of "B" or better. 
2. Graduate credits may be transferred only when they can be reconciled with the requirements of the student's chosen degree program.
3. A maximum of 12 semester hours of courses, taken while enrolled as a non-degree student may be transferred toward a degree provided that the ages of the courses being transferred will not exceed seven years at the time of graduation.
4. Only graduate level courses (500 level and above) may be transferred.
5. Credits that were previously used toward a degree (with the exception of the 27 credits permitted for doctoral students to meet the requirement of completing a master's degree) cannot be applied toward a second degree.
6. A transfer of credit application form with approvals by a departmental advisor, chairperson, official transcripts and a plan of study must be submitted to the Graduate School for approval no later than the end of the first semester of enrollment in a graduate degree program.