Transfer Policies School of Music
General Transfer Policies:
- Accreditation: Regionally or Nationally Accredited Institution, approved through the Department of Education
- Grade: B- or higher exception listed below for the MA in Worship Studies where the minimum grade is a C- or higher. Grades of P are eligible to transfer as long as the grading system at the transfer institution states that P is equivalent to B- or better.
- Equivalency: Similar in content and scope of courses offered at Liberty University. Taken from a graduate program in a closely related field
- Non-Transferrable Courses: Thesis, Dissertation, Comprehensive Exam, Practicum, and Internship courses are not able to be fulfilled by transfer credit. Additional courses are listed below by program
- Hours: 3 semester hours (4.5 quarter hours) per course
- Age Limit: 10 years for masters programs unless otherwise stated
- Age Limit: 7 years for doctoral programs unless otherwise stated
- Credit Limit: Master’s programs allow for a maximum of 50% of the program to be transferred; exceptions are listed below and at the bottom of the first page of the DCP. Credit from a conferred Liberty University degree is counted towards transfer hours.
Degree Specific Transfer Policies:
MA in Ethnomusicology
MA in Music Education
The following courses are non-transferable:
- MUSC 687 (Music Education Curriculum Project)
- MUSC 690 (Thesis)
- MUSC 691 (Lecture Performance Recital)
- MUSC 692 (Graduate Music Comprehensive Exam)
- WRSP 510 (Biblical Foundations of Worship)
MA in Music & Worship
*C- or higher acceptable for transfer credit
The following courses are non-transferable:
- WRSP 510 (Biblical Foundations of Worship)
- WMUS 687 (Music & Worship Ministry Project)
- WMUS 692 (Graduate Music & Worship Comprehensive Exam)
- WMUS 690 (Lecture Recital)
- WRSP 690 (Thesis)
- WRSP 699 (Graduate Worship Internship)
MA in Worship Studies (all cognates)
The following courses are non-transferable:
- PACO 509 (Spiritual Formation in Pastoral Counseling)