Transferring Graduate Credit into a Certificate Program
Students who have taken graduate-level courses may request review of their previous coursework. Previously completed courses will be evaluated, and the Plaster College of Business & Entrepreneurship will determine whether any of those courses and their corresponding credit hours will be accepted in transfer into a graduate certificate program.
The transfer of credit is subject to the following conditions:
- A student may transfer up to nine semester credit hours of coursework from a regionally accredited (U.S.) institution.
- A minimum of 50 percent of the graduate certificate courses must be earned from the Lindenwood University Plaster College of Business & Entrepreneurship.
- Only credit earned within the five-year period preceding the completion of all certification requirements, whether at the Lindenwood University Plaster College of Business & Entrepreneurship or elsewhere, is counted toward a certificate.
A student wishing to transfer up to nine semester credit hours of graduate level coursework from a regionally accredited (U.S.) institution may do so by requesting that an official transcript be sent directly to Lindenwood University’s Office of University Admissions by the school or schools that the candidate previously attended. Students should bring copies of these official transcripts when meeting with academic advisors.
Students seeking to transfer international credit into a certificate program must bring to Lindenwood the following items and present them to the academic advisor:
- An official ECE or WES course-by-course evaluation of the international graduate level transcript showing the courses that the student wishes to transfer.
- A translated copy of the course description and syllabus for each course that the student wishes to apply to transfer.
- An official ECE or WES document evaluation of the international undergraduate transcript, confirming that a baccalaureate degree has been conferred.
These items will be reviewed by the advisor and will be forwarded to the dean of the Plaster College of Business & Entrepreneurship.
Note: The request for a transfer of credit must follow the Plaster College of Business & Entrepreneurship procedures for transferring credit outlined in the catalog year of the applicant’s admission into the program. For more information, refer to Transferring U.S. Graduate Credit into a Business Program, and Transferring International Graduate Credit into a Business Program.