The student can choose. All academic hours earned at a regionally accredited institution are acceptable as transfer hours if they are not technical or remedial. There is no limit to the number of hours that will transfer from regionally accredited four-year institutions. However, the last 32 hours required to fulfill a degree program must be completed in residence at Mississippi State. Any exceptions must be made through the dean's office.
Academic departments determine the applicability of courses to a particular degree.
All academic hours are acceptable as transfer hours if they are not technical or remedial courses. They must send a list of courses on a discharge form to the registrar. It will be evaluated and sent to the dean of the college. The grade-point average will be determined on the basis of semester hours scheduled and rescheduled in which grades of A, B, C, D, I, WF, and F are recorded. If an applicant has an associate's degree from a regionally accredited community college, he or she may transfer.