Credit for graduate-level correspondence courses may be applied toward an advanced degree but will not help fulfill the residency requirement. In cases where the course was completed as part of another degree program, the Graduate College will require written verification that the course has not already been applied to that degree program. Verification must come from a college or university official whose responsibilities include degree certification. Credit is considered for transfer only into master's degree programs or Stage I of doctoral programs. All Stage II and III doctoral credit must be earned in residence at Urbana-Champaign or one of the other University of Illinois campuses.
Transfer credit is based on the number of hours taken.
Credit equivalency cannot exceed .25 graduate unit for 1 semester hour or .50 graduate unit for 3 or 4 quarter hours. Students may not transfer one quarter hour. There has been a steady increase in the numbers of petitions where students and departments are requesting a course, section, or credit correction to a student s enrollment retroactively after the end of a term. Graduate students appear to be increasingly careless about signing up for and checking their course enrollments. The amount of work necessary to make these corrections and then report grades for retroactive enrollment changes is substantial.