Recommendations of the student's graduate advisor and program director are required in support of the request. If a request to transfer credit from another institution is granted, credit hours, but not grades, are added to a student's official SIUE academic record. Requests to transfer credit for some types of courses are to be accompanied by syllabi or other descriptive materials that help to define their nature or content, as well as by documentation showing satisfactory completion of course requirements. Credit earned by correspondence or by proficiency is not accepted. Credit earned in the dissertation, thesis, or any other concluding elements at another university is not accepted for transfer.
Transfer credit is awarded only for courses bearing grades of B or better.
Limits on the number of credits that may be presented for transfer vary by degree level and by program, ordinarily one-third of the number of hours required to complete the graduate degree program. Where graduate program faculty have established policies concerning transfer of credit that are more restrictive than those of the Graduate School, decisions on transfer credit will conform to these limitations. Graduate Records evaluates all requests for transfer of credit. This evaluation may result in the transfer of less credit than was requested. Ordinarily, course work completed for one degree cannot be used to satisfy requirements for another degree at the same level.