Withdraw Failing 2. These forms are mailed four times a year. A student may convert an otherwise passing course to an audit up to the last day of classes. Transfer Credit Policy A limited number of course credits may be transferred toward a master's program provided the Graduate Program Director recommends to the Graduate Dean that the credits be transferred and that request is approved. No courses taken outside of the University of Massachusetts Amherst may be transferred toward a doctoral or to a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study program.
Exceptions are rare.
Graduate level courses to be transferred must have been taken no more than three years prior to the student's acceptance into the master's program and may not have been used previously to fulfill the requirements for any other degree, certificate or diploma program. Non-University of Massachusetts Amherst transfer credits may be used to fulfill elective or departmental course requirements. Courses taken as a non-degree student are indicated on the transcript by an asterisk immediately preceding the grade. The transcript with this annotation and the Guide to the Transcript are sufficient to transfer credits to another institution. A course taken while enrolled in a degree program but not applied toward a University of Massachusetts Amherst degree may be transferrable.