MS Transfer Credit Criteria
| Graduate Level |
Only graduate level courses are acceptable for transfer credit. A graduate level course is any course for which a student received graduate credit at their previous institution(s). This may include graduate level courses the student took as an undergraduate. |
| Acceptable Grades |
A grade of “B” or better is required in a graduate level course to be acceptable for transfer credit |
| Accreditation |
Previous graduate work must have been completed at a regionally accredited institution. International coursework must be in English in order to be evaluated for transfer. |
| Time Limit for Requesting Transfer Credit |
Requests for transfer of units must be completed by the posted deadline. |
| Maximum Units |
A maximum of five (5) units may be transferred into the MS program. If a student receives a waiver of courses beyond the transferable units, they must take elective units to meet the total unit requirement for graduation from PAU. |
| Units Awarded |
Any course can only transfer in the number of transfer units equal to the comparable course at Palo Alto University, despite the number of units previously assigned to the course. The number of units of a course the student wishes to transfer must be equal to or greater than the units of the corresponding Palo Alto University course. Palo Alto University operates on quarter academic terms. Semester credits will be converted to quarter units for evaluation using a 1.5 quarter unit per 1.0 semester unit conversion. |
| Course Obsolescence |
Courses must have been completed within five years prior to the time of matriculation at PAU. |
| Syllabi |
Students must provide a syllabus/syllabi for the course(s) they would like to transfer. Course descriptions are not acceptable. |
| Appeals and Exceptions |
Credit transfer decisions may be appealed, in writing to the Curriculum Committee. |
The following courses are the only transferable courses:
- PSYS500 History & Systems
- PSYS501 Child & Adolescent Development
- PSYS502 Cognitive Bases of Behavior
- PSYS504 Affective Bases of Behavior
- PSYS505 Biological Psychology
- PSYS507 Adult Development & Aging
- PSYS509 Psychopharmacology
- PSYS511 Social & Personality Psychology
- STAT510 Research Methods & Statistics II
- STAT511 Research Methods & Statistics III
Students may not receive transfer credit for any additional courses, including electives.