Transferring Credits

Upon admission to the College, the Office of Academic Affairs will evaluate your official college transcript(s) to determine which courses will transfer to Saint Mary's and how they will apply to Saint Mary's graduation requirements.  You will receive an evaluation of courses showing which ones have been accepted and which are needed to complete the work for your degree at the same time as you receive your letter of acceptance. 

Credits will often transfer to help meet the General Education requirements at Saint Mary's College.  Each Saint Mary's student must satisfy these requirements, in addition to her major requirements, before she is eligible for graduation.

Transfer Credit Policy

The major departments determine how to apply courses taken in the major, and the Office of Academic Affairs determines how courses are applied to the Saint Mary's General Education requirements based on the following conditions:

1. A minimum of 128 credit hours are required to graduate from Saint Mary's College, and students are required to complete a minimum of 60 credit hours at the College.
2. A maximum of 68 semester hours may be transferred.
3. A maximum of one-half of the major requirements may be transferred.
4. Credit will be granted only for a grade of C or better.
5. No credit will be granted for courses which the student again enrolls in at Saint Mary's College.
6. No college-level course which is used to satisfy an admission requirement may also be awarded college credit.
7. No transfer credit will be accepted by Saint Mary's for courses which the student took before she completed her 11th year of school.
8. No credit is given for any on-line courses.

Approval of courses is based on official transcripts and course descriptions, to be provided by the transfer student.  Any questions regarding the transfer of credits should be directed to the Office of Academic Affairs at 574-284-4594.