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CPS Transfer Credit Policy

Transfer credit at the graduate level will not be evaluated until a student has been accepted into a program in the Department of Counseling and Psychological Services. The Counseling and Psychological Services Department will accept transfer credit for the Mental Health, Professional, Rehabilitation, and School Counseling Programs ONLY FROM CACREP ACCREDITED PROGRAMS.

 

1) After acceptance into a CPS program, complete the Petition to Transfer Graduate and turn the request in to the department.

2) Transferred credit (graduate level courses) must be from an accredited institution.

3) Students must complete a minimum of 27 semester hours in residence atGeorgia State University.

4) Students must submit a syllabus for each course to the department.

5) Graduate courses in which the student's grade is below "B" cannot be used as transfercredit.

6) The course must be restricted to graduate students only.

7) An undergraduate course cannot be used as transfer credit for a graduate level course.

8) Transfer credit cannot be taken during the term in which the student graduates.

9) The content of the course corresponds to that of a GSU course required or permitted in the student's degree program. Skills based courses can not to be transferred in (Interpersonal Skills or Group), nor can the introductory course. Other Counseling based courses will only be accepted with the approval of the Department Chair and Program Coordinator.

10) If the course was taken after application materials had been filed with the Office of Academic Assistance and Graduate Admissions, an official transcript of the course work must be sent directly to the department verifying the course.

11) For the master's programs, transferred credit must be no older than seven calendar years at the time of graduation. (ex. You start your program in 2003 and graduate in May 2005.Transfer credit must be dated 1998 and to the present.)

12) For those persons applying to a Specialist in Education (Ed. S.) degree program, only courses taken after admission into an Ed. S. program may be used to fulfill program requirements. Courses completed at the non-degree or master's level cannot be used as transfer credit for an Ed. S.program. No coursework may be more than six calendar years old at the time of graduation.

13) Course work taken on a non-credit basis will not be eligible for academic credit.