ILLINOIS STATE
UNIVERSITY
Graduate School
208 Hovey Hall
Campus Box 4040
Normal, IL 61790-4040
Telephone: (309) 438-2583
TRANSFER OF CREDIT
FOR MASTER'S DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE PROGRAM STUDENTS
· Graduate credit is only accepted from colleges or universities accredited by the appropriate regional
accrediting association.
· Transfer credit must carry a grade of B or higher in graduate level course work (NOTE: grades of CR, P,
or S are not acceptable.)
· A student who plans to take work elsewhere should obtain prior approval indicating that the course or
courses are appropriate to the student's Plan of Study.
· Correspondence courses, thesis hours, and Independent Studies are not accepted toward a master's
degree or certificate.
· No courses are transferred without this formal request from the student.
MASTER'S DEGREE TRANSFER OF CREDIT: A student may present a maximum of twelve
semester hours (MFA = 6) of graduate credit or 33% of graduate program credit hours, which ever
is higher, for use in meeting the requirements for a master's degree.
CERTIFICATE TRANSFER OF CREDIT: A student may present no more than 40 percent of
graduate hours required for use in meeting the requirements for the certificate in transfer credit.
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Check your request below for either MASTER'S or CERTIFICATE TRANSFER OF CREDIT:
To be used by masters degree or certificate seeking students who desire to use credits earned at another institution
toward their masters degree at ISU. Those seeking a doctoral degree do not use this form. Instead submit with your
Degree Audit a copy of the transcript/transcripts needed to verify course work contained therein.
Instructions: Complete all fields, secure student and graduate coordinator or dept. chair signatures, and submit the
transcript/transcripts needed to verify the work. If work has not yet been taken, submit transcripts as soon as they
are available.
· It is the responsibility of the adviser or Graduate Coordinator of the Department/School requesting to
transfer a course to verify whether or not the content of that course is suitable as a replacement for the
required course in their department or that the course is a good elective to fit into the department's
requirements.
· Students hold the final responsibility for knowing and completing all requirements for the degree and
insuring that their Request to Transfer Credit form is filed with Evaluation Services not earlier than the
completion of one semester in their degree program and not later than the 1st Friday into the semester of
anticipated graduation and by a date established by the Graduate School.
· Student is "degree status" or "certificate" (cannot be Conditional or on probation) to transfer credits.
· Visiting Students are not eligible to transfer courses.
ILLINOIS STATE
UNIVERSITY
Graduate School
208 Hovey Hall
Campus Box 4040
Normal, IL 61790-4040
Telephone: (309) 438-2583
Submit with this form a copy of the transcript/transcripts needed to verify the work. If work has not yet been taken, submit
transcripts to Evaluation Services, campus box 2202, as soon as they are available. For transfer courses taken in the
same semester of the student's anticipated graduation, the Graduate School deadline for receiving the transcript for
verification is two weeks after Illinois State University's graduation date.
I certify that I have earned graduate credit with grades of B or higher for the courses listed below and request that credit for
these courses be applied toward meeting requirements for the master's degree. I am assuming the responsibility for having
an official transcript forwarded to ISU.
College or university where credit was earned
To substitute
for course #
or elective
Course number & title
Credit**
Grade Date taken
**Indicate whether units, quarter or semester hours
Date
Signature of Student
Address
UID#
Email address
Phone
City/State
Zip
Sem, Hrs. Approved
Signature, Department/School Coordinator/Chair
Date
Date
Graduate School Official
4/28/21
REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF CREDIT
FOR STUDENTS IN MASTER'S DEGREE
& CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
Equivalency Chart 1 qtr = .67 sem hrs(2/3 sem hr)
2 qtr = 1-1/3 sem hrs
3 qtr = 2 sem hrs
4 qtr = 2-2/3 sem hrs
5 qtr = 3-1/3 sem hrs
6 qtr = 4 sem hrs
U of Illinois 1 Unit = 4 sem. hrs.
