Liberty University’s Transfer Policies and Guidelines

• Associate degree – A minimum of 25% of the credit hours required for the associate degree must be completed through Liberty University.
• Bachelor’s degree – A minimum of 25% of the credit hours required for the bachelor’s degree must be completed through Liberty University.

Undergraduate transfer credit is permitted from an accredited institution for those courses with a grade of “C” or better and similar in content and scope to courses offered at Liberty University.

• Grades
  A grade of “C” or better is required. Pass/Fail grades do not transfer unless they are equivalent to “C” or higher according to the transcript. Transfer credits are given grades of P (for Pass) and are not calculated into the Liberty GPA.
• 2/3 Rule
  In order for a transfer course to meet a particular course requirement, the course must be at least 2/3 of the number of hours of instruction at Liberty University. For example, BUSI 310 is taught as a 3 semester hour course. In order to receive credit for BUSI 310, the course taken previously must be worth at least 2 semester credits, which satisfies the 2/3 rule.
• Elective Credit
  Courses that do not match a Liberty course may be eligible to transfer as elective credit. Elective credit is coded as 1XX, 2XX, 3XX, or 4XX, depending on the level of the course.

Non-Transferable Courses

• Remedial courses (usually numbered 1-99)
• College orientation/student success courses
• Courses with “Pass”/“Fail” grades or “Satisfactory” grades (unless “P” is equivalent to a “C” or higher on the transcript)
• Continuing Education Credits (CEC) – exception may be made for recommendations by the American Council on Education (ACE)
• Professional development, special topics, seminars, or internships

Courses transferable under special conditions

• Capstone courses transfer as elective credit only (will NOT transfer as a capstone course)
• Internships and practicum courses transfer as elective credit only
• Seminars and workshops only transfer if the course is a standard college course offered on a regular basis with a standard syllabus
• Varsity or intramural sports – only transfer if college-level (100 or above) and averaged into GPA at previous school

Students are considered to be in a class according to the number of credit hours they have transferred:

Quarter to Semester Hour Conversion

If you attended an institution that was based on a quarter system, then the credits will be converted to a semester system. We use the following table to convert quarter credits to semester credits: