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Transfer Credits Residency/Residency Policies
Baker College welcomes transfer students into a wide range of degree programs at both the associate and bachelor level. Our commitment is to recognize and maximize the value of the academic work you have already completed.
Credits will be accepted from regionally accredited institutions and degree-granting nationally accredited institutions.
If you have an earned regionally accredited associate degree, every consideration to transfer your full associate degree into one of Baker College’s bachelor degree programs will be made. This consideration ensures a smooth transition and allows you to continue your education without redundancy. For a previously earned undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited institution, the general education course requirements for either the associate or the bachelor degree - depending on the transferred degree level - are considered satisfied. Specific program requirements and/or program accreditation standards may impose limitations or additional requirements.
Courses with a grade of C (2.0) or higher will be eligible for transfer credit except for specific program standards. Refer to individual program handbooks for specific grade requirements. Courses with as low as a D- (0.7) grade will be considered if the grade falls in a course sequence in which the last grade earned in the sequence was a C or better.
The length of time since a course was taken may impact transferability.
To transfer a course, the course must equate in content and semester hours to a Baker College course.
To obtain transfer credits, official transcripts from previous colleges must be submitted either electronically to GetEnrolled@baker.edu or through USPS to Baker College Enrollment Center, PO Box 77000, Owosso, MI 48867. A transcript will be considered official only when received directly from the institution through the U.S. Postal Service, or electronically from the institution or a third-party vendor. In some circumstances, students will be responsible for producing documentation, including, but not limited to, catalogs, course descriptions, and syllabi.
All official transcripts are required prior to registration.
At the Center for Graduate Studies we highly value the work you have already done. We are committed to accepting the maximum number of transfer credits into our graduate programs. The following policies are are designed to ensure the successful application of your transfer credits:
- Baker College will accept no more than 12 semester hours of transfer credit into master’s programs.
- Only courses with a B (3.0) grade or higher will be eligible for transfer consideration.
- To successfully transfer a course, the course must equate to and be compatible with courses offered by the Center for Graduate Studies.
- Transfer of college credit will not be considered if the work was completed more than five years preceding matriculation.
- To obtain transfer credit, students are required to request that all previous colleges/universities attended forward official transcripts to the Baker College Center for Graduate Studies.
- Transcripts will be considered official only when received directly from the institution through the U.S. Postal Service or electronically from the institution or a third-party vendor. In some circumstances, students will be responsible for producing documentation including, but not limited to, catalogs, course descriptions, and syllabi.
- Students in a doctoral program must complete a minimum of 24 semester hours at the Center for Graduate Studies.
ASSOCIATE DEGREES AND UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATES
Fifteen of the required semester hours in the program must be completed in actual class time at Baker College for associate degree programs, and one half of the required semester hours in the program must be completed in actual class time at Baker College for undergraduate certificates. A minimum of 12 semester hours must be completed in actual class time through Baker College courses in the major discipline of study.
BACHELOR DEGREES
Thirty of the required semester hours in the program must be completed in actual class time at Baker College. A minimum of 15 semester hours must be completed in actual class time through Baker College courses in the major discipline of study at the 300 and 400 levels or 3000 and 4000 levels.