MSW Transfer Credit Policy
Students may request to transfer in up to 32 quarter or 21.5 semester units of prior graduate coursework. Only courses for which the student obtained a grade of ‘B’ or better or ‘Pass’ in the case of Pass/Fail courses will be considered for transfer, and courses must have been completed within 10 years prior to the time of matriculation at PAU. Required and elective courses may be transferred provided that the course has an equivalence in PAU’s MSW program (i.e., the courses cover the same topic and course objectives and have similar content). However, the MSW program only accepts field education and practice course transfer credits if they are from other CSWE-accredited or candidacy MSW programs. The MSW program does not guarantee acceptance of transfer units. Any potential transfer credits must be reviewed and approved on a case-by-case basis by the MSW program. Grade points earned in the courses that are approved for social work transfer credit are not counted in the student’s PAU grade point average.