Transfer Policies School of Nursing
General Transfer Policies:
- Accreditation: Regionally or Nationally Accredited Institution, approved through the Department of Education
- Grade: B- 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 and taken from a graduate program in a closely related field, per department review and approval (syllabi may be required)
- Non-Transferrable Courses: Thesis, Dissertation, Capstone, 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: 5 years for masters level
- Age Limit: 7 years for doctoral level
- Credit Limit: Master’s programs allow a maximum of 50% of the program hours to be transferred; exceptions include doctoral programs and are listed below as well as 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:
MSN (all cognates)
The following courses are non-transferable:
- NURS 600 (Evaluation Strategies for Nurse Educators)
- NURS 617 (Advanced Clinical Applications for the Nurse Educator)
- NURS 618 (Nursing Education I: Teaching Strategies & Eval)
- NURS 619 (Nursing Education II: Curriculum Development)
- NURS 620 (Nursing Education III: Advanced Practicum)
- NURS 623 (Nursing Administration I: Role of Nurse Admin)
- NURS 624 (Nursing Administration II: Org. Leadership & Management)
- NURS 625 (Nursing Administration III: Mgnt. Of Resources)
- NURS 635 (Nursing Informatics Data Management)
- BMAL 590 (Business Common Professional Components)
- BUSI 690 (Policy & Strategy in Global Competition)
- BUSI 691 (Healthcare Administration Capstone)
DNP (all cognates)
The following courses are non-transferable:
- NURS 740 (Family Nurse Practitioner I)
- NURS 741 (Family Nurse Practitioner I)
- NURS 743 (Family Nurse Practitioner II)
- NURS 744 (Family Nurse Practitioner II)
- NURS 751 (Neurobiology & Differential Diagnosis of Mental Disorders)
- NURS 752 (Clinical Psychopharmacology)
- NURS 753 (Psychotherapeutic Theories, Frameworks & Modalities)
- NURS 754 (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Practicum I: Adult/ Gero)
- NURS 755 (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Practicum II: Pediatrics/ Family)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Nursing Education