Transfer Credit Guidelines
General guidelines in transfer of credit:
- Metro State only accepts credit from institutions of higher education holding full regional accreditation. Your school must be accredited by one of the following agencies: Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, New England Association of Colleges and Schools, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Southern Association of Colleges of Schools, or Western Association of Colleges and Schools. To find out if your previous college or university is regionally accredited by one of these agencies, visit http://www.ope.ed.gov/accreditation/index.asp
- We award up to 64 semester hours of transferable credit from two-year institutions and up to 90 semester hours from four-year institutions or from a combination of two-year and four-year institutions. Even if your previous college or university is regionally accredited, coursework is still evaluated on a course by course basis.
- Transfer credit is accepted only for those classes in which a grade of “C” or better is earned and in which class content is similar to that of coursework offered at Metro State. Your GPA at Metro State will not include your grades from previous institutions.
- Course equivalency may be granted for a lower-division course from another college that is upper-division at Metro State, but the course will not count as upper-division credit at Metro. Credits earned earned at a two-year college cannot be used to meet Metro State's upper-division credit hour requirement.
- Post-secondary transcripts are typically evaluated within 24-48 hours of their receipt. Transfer credits awarded appear on your online academic transcript, and can be viewed by visiting MetroConnect. Applicants who have provided a valid email address on their application will receive their evaluation electronically within 48 hours, and students with an MSCD email will receive their evaluation electronically as well. A paper copy will also be sent by US mail. All others will receive their evaluation report by US mail only.
- If you have a course that does not transfer after we have have received your official transcripts and completed an official transfer evaluation of your credits, take a copy of the course description and a Transfer Course Acceptability form to the academic department that offers the course at Metro (e.g., if it is a math course, contact the Math department). If they approve the course to transfer, the department will sign the Transfer Course Acceptability form and submit it to our office.
- Students who transfer in a previous Bachelor's degree will receive a block of 90 credit hours and be granted senior standing at the college. However, if your program requires that certain previous coursework be pulled out of your first degree and applied to your program at Metro State so it appears on your CAPP report, have your departmental advisor complete the Previous Degree Form and return it to our office.
- If you have attended any Colorado two-year community college or junior college, you may be eligible to take advantage of several transfer policies that guarantee transfer of credit, e.g. 60 + 60 major programs, gtPathways, or articulation agreements. However, you do not need to complete your AA or AS degree to transfer to Metro State; you can transfer at any time. For more information, contact the Transfer Services Office at 303-556-3774.
- Students with international transcripts should provide official transcripts in their original language for examination. These will be photocopied and returned. A professional course-by-course evaluation completed by a professional transcript evaluation service such as World Education Services (www.wes.org) or Education Credential Evaluators (www.ECE.org) is also required.
- Students should request official transcripts
to be mailed to the following address:
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Office of Admissions
Campus Box 44, P.O. Box 173362
Denver, CO 80217
Courses that will not transfer:
- not college level, such as remedial or developmental
- non-academic, such as vocational, career exploration, cooperative education, or practicum, etc.
- courses from a non-regionally accredited college or university
- courses or programs identified as college orientation
Transfer Credit through Examination
For information regarding Advanced Placement,
CLEP (College-Level Examination Program), and International Baccalaureate
(IB), visit the alternative credit section of our college catalog
at: http://www.mscd.edu/academic/catalog/pdf/AlternativeCredit.pdf
If you would like to find out more about
earning credit for prior learning and work experience, visit the Center
for Individualized Learning at: http://www.mscd.edu/~cil/
If you have questions regarding any of this information, please call the Transfer Services Office at 303-556-3774.