General Policy
Students applying for transfer to the College of Mount St. Joseph must follow the admission procedures. Official college transcripts from all schools attended must be sent directly from the previously attended college(s) to the College of Mount St. Joseph, Office of Admission, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati, OH 45233.
The Mount will generally accept college level courses as transfer credit from regionally accredited institutions. The Mount may accept courses in transfer from other approved institutions on a case-by-case basis. The Mount does not deny transfer credit based solely on the accreditation of the sending institution. In order to assist students with curricular planning, the transfer evaluation process must be completed as soon as possible.
Credits taken prior to matriculation must be presented to the Office of Admission for review within one year of the date of application. After enrollment at the Mount, courses taken at another institution are evaluated for transfer credit in the Registrar's Office. Transcripts must be sent directly from the college or university attended to the College of Mount St. Joseph, Office of the Registrar, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati, Oh 45233.
Transfer courses are evaluated in the Office of Admission for acceptance of core curriculum requirements and general elective credit. A copy of the evaluation will be forwarded to the student and the student’s major department. Transfer credits applied toward major requirements are determined by the appropriate academic departments. Transfer students must meet the residency requirements of the College and their major requirements (see section on degree requirements).
Specific Policies
- College credits earned for college level courses from regionally accredited institutions will ordinarily be accepted by the College, provided the course grade is “C” or better. Course credits with grades below “C” will not be accepted as transfer credit to the Mount. Courses with a Pass/Satisfactory grade will ordinarily be accepted as general elective credit only. Technical credits may be accepted, but reduced by one-third.
- Previously awarded transfer credit will be deducted if course work is repeated.
- Developmental courses that are similar in content to credit earning courses at the College of Mount St. Joseph will be accepted as general electives; however, those courses that are not applied toward a degree at the transferring institution will not be accepted.
- There are differences in time limitations on transfer course work for particular programs. Each academic department may regulate age, applicability and content of the credits to be used in fulfillment of major requirements in accordance with the College catalog.
- Psychology, sociology, or religion/theology courses that are over 10 years old are not transferred directly to the College of Mount St. Joseph unless the courses are part of a baccalaureate or associate degree, or regionally accredited college credit that is part of a nursing school diploma. However, psychology, sociology or religion/theology credits that are over 10 years old may be validated by the student’s successful completion (“C” or better) of a recent upper level college course in the discipline or an upper level standardized exam in the discipline.
- Grades for credits transferred from another college are not counted in the student’s cumulative grade point average at the Mount.
- Cooperative education (co-op) credit from baccalaureate, regionally accredited colleges or universities will be considered after review by the career and experiential education director.
- International transfer credits may be accepted but are subject to evaluation based on standardized guidelines from AACRAO, WES, NAFSA, or similar organizations.
- All active articulation agreements between the College of Mount St. Joseph and other educational institutions will be honored when evaluating transfer credit.
- Only undergraduate course work will be accepted toward an undergraduate degree.
- The credit hour minimums are based on courses from semester calendar institutions. For purposes of transfer credit, a 3-hour class from quarter system institutions equates to 2 semester hours and may satisfy an MSJ core requirement. A 4 or 5 quarter hour science class with a lab component equates to 2.5 or 3 semester hours and may fulfill an MSJ Science core requirement.
- Transfer students with an earned baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution will normally have the core curriculum requirements waived.