Admission

Transfer Admissions

Credit from Institutions Accredited by One of the Regional Accrediting Associations

  1. A course that is normally considered as part of a bachelor’s degree program (not including the bachelor of technology or similar terminal degree) may be transferred. The following criteria, taken together, are used:
    1. The course is applicable to a bachelor’s degree at Texas A&M.
    2. The course is similar to a course or courses offered for degree credit by Texas A&M.
    3. The course content is at or above the level of the beginning course in the subject matter offered by Texas A&M.
  2. A course that is intended for use in a vocational, technical or occupational program will normally not transfer. In certain cases, credit for occupational skill courses will be considered. Transfer of this credit requires either that the student’s Texas A&M major is engineering technology or industrial distribution or that the student’s major department and dean approve the course for use in the student’s degree program.
  3. Credit for support courses such as math, science and English intended specifically for use in an occupational program will not be transferred.
  4. Credit for the course must be shown on the official transcript in semester hours or in units that are readily converted to semester hours.
  5. A graduate-level course will not be transferred for undergraduate credit unless approved for use in the student’s undergraduate degree program by the student’s major department and dean. This also applies for a course offered in a professional degree program such as nursing, law or medicine.
  6. Credit by examination courses which are transcripted from other colleges or universities may be transferred if sequential course work with credit is also indicated. If there is evidence that the credit by examination courses are part of the student’s program of study at that institution, credit will be awarded for those courses that meet the transfer guidelines.
  7. Courses similar to ones offered by the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Business, Engineering or Geosciences at the junior or senior level transfer by title only. Such courses may be used in the student’s degree program only if approved by the department head and dean of the student’s major field. Validation of such credit, either by examination or the completion of a higher level course, may be required.
  8. A field experience, internship or student teaching course may be transferred by title only.
  9. Credit for cooperative education will not be transferred.
  10. A course that is substantially equivalent to a Texas A&M course transfers as an equivalent course. Two or more courses may be combined to form one or more equivalent courses. If there is doubt about the equivalency of a course, the Texas A&M department offering the course subject matter is asked to determine if the course is equivalent.
  11. As a general policy, credit for admission will be given for transfer work satisfactorily completed with a passing grade at another properly accredited institution.
  12. Grade Point Ratio (GPR) for any period shall be computed by dividing the total number of semester hours of transferable courses for which the student received grades into the total number of grade points earned in that period. Credit hours to which grades equivalent to Texas A&M grades of W, WF, F, I or U are assigned shall be included; those having grades equivalent to Texas A&M grades of WP, Q, S, X and NG shall be excluded.
  13. In any case where a decision cannot be made using the above criteria, the Office of Admissions and Records will determine the transfer of credit based on University policy, previous actions of the University and prior experience.