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Transferring Courses to Plymouth: Important Policies

1. The University will allow transfer credit from regionally-accredited degree-granting institutions for courses that are graded C or above or its equivalent (a grade of P in a Pass/No Pass course). Note that:
   • Courses deemed by Plymouth State University or the transferring institution to be either developmental/ remedial or vocational are not transferable.
   • Academic credit for life experience and previous work experience is not given.
   • A grade of C- or CD is not equivalent to a C.
   • Only the credits will be transferred. Grades from other institutions will not appear on the Plymouth transcript nor will they be included in students’ grade point averages. The only exception to this is a Plymouth course taught through Granite State College (GSC) within the University System of New Hampshire (translocated course). When translocated courses are transferred into Plymouth, these courses are placed on the Plymouth transcript and treated as non-transferred courses. Grades earned in Plymouth courses taught through GSC, are averaged into students’ grade point averages at Plymouth, regardless of grade.
2. Students entering Plymouth State University with transfer credits shall have their cumulative grade point average established by their Plymouth grades only. Transfer students are subject to the academic standards for satisfactory performance.
3. A maximum of 65 credits taken at two-year colleges or 90 credits taken at four-year institutions will be accepted toward the baccalaureate degree.
4. If students take a course at Plymouth, for which they have already received equivalent transfer credit, they will be notified. Their Plymouth enrollment will be changed to audit; they may request to drop the course.
5. A course from a two-year college transfers to Plymouth as lower-level only. A course from a two-year college may transfer as upper-level only if equivalency to a Plymouth upper-level course can be demonstrated. Students will have to supply course syllabi, sample texts and other documents for evaluation by the appropriate Department Chair.
6. No Plymouth course for which credit was received may be repeated at another institution. Only a course failed at Plymouth may be repeated elsewhere. Permission of the Department Chair in which the failed course is taught must be procured for the Plymouth F grade to be removed from the grade point average calculation; the transfer course must be equivalent to the course failed at Plymouth.