(See Transfer Credit under Course Credit in Section I for more information.)

At the master’s level, credit may be given for graduate work taken at other institutions, but certain conditions must be met:

• It must be approved both by the student’s major department and by the Dean of the Graduate School.
• It must be necessary to meet specific degree requirements.
• Transfer credit may not exceed one-third of the minimum number of hours required by the student’s program not including thesis or capstone hours.
• Cross-registration at other UNC institutions, in combination with transfer credit, may not exceed 50% of the total hours required by the student’s program.
• All credit offered in transfer must have been taken at an accredited graduate school and not have been used to complete the requirements for a previously-earned degree.
• Such work must have been taken within the five-year time limit.
• The student must have earned a grade of B (3.0) or better on all transfer credit. In a four-letter grading system, only credit earned with either of the top two grades is transferable. The transfer of credit where a grade of P or its equivalent is received in a two- or three-letter grading system (such as P-F, S-U, or H-P-F) reduces hour for hour the number of C grades earned that may count toward the minimum requirement for the degree.
• The credit must be recorded on an official transcript placed on file with the Graduate School.

Hours only, not grades, may be transferred from other institutions. When grades are provided for cross-registered courses, the grade will factor into the GPA. Quarter-hours do not transfer as semester hours. A fraction of an hour of credit will not be transferred. See sample below:

2         quarter hours transfer as 1 semester hour.

3-4     quarter hours transfer as 2 semester hours.

5         quarter hours transfer as 3 semester hours.

6-7     quarter hours transfer as 4 semester hours.

8         quarter hours transfer as 5 semester hours.

9-10   quarter hours transfer as 6 semester hours.

Students must secure approval from their major advisor and the Dean of the Graduate School in advance of registration at other universities. In general, however, not less than two-thirds of the total program for the master’s degree must be completed at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

All credit to be transferred must come within the time limit described above and must be supported by filing an official copy of the transcript with the Graduate School. No credit will be transferred unless it is required to meet specific degree requirements.

No more than three (3) semester hours of institute and workshop credit may be counted toward satisfying the minimum requirements for the master’s degrees.