Award of Credit - Graduate

Maximum number of acceptable transfer credits allowed - West Virginia state licensing restrictions allow no more than the number of transfer credits listed below:

Masters

Up to 15 semester hours may be transferred, 9 of which may be applied to core or major requirements.  The remaining credits may be applied to the program electives, depending on the total required 36 semester hours for the degree.

Certificates

Up to 3 semester hours may be transferred if they are directly applicable to the courses needed to complete the total required 15 - 20 semester hours of a Certificate program. 
 
 


  • The university can accept graduate level courses completed at nationally or regionally accredited institutions of higher learning with a final grade of B or higher, where credits were earned within the last 10 years.

  • Credits from institutions that operate on the quarter system are transferred by multiplying the quarter credit hours by 2/3 or by dividing the number of quarter hours by 1.5.

  • Graduate courses from previous institutions used to complete Undergraduate degrees may not be used in transfer.

  • Specific civilian, corporate and government training can be accepted if it has been evaluated by the American Council on Education (ACE) for graduate credit.

  • Students with on-the-job training that has not been evaluated by ACE should contact their Human Resources Office, Education Center, or Training Office to see if there are other avenues available to get that credit evaluated. 

  • The amount of credit accepted for transfer depends on your declared program of study, and whether the type of credit previously earned is determined to be equivalent to the requirements of your program.  Learning outcomes and objectives for the transferred course must meet those of the course in your program with us.
     
  • Once the University has received all official transcripts and required documents, the decision will be made as to whether or not a course will transfer into an AMU or APU program.  Additional documentation may be required (e.g., course syllabi or descriptions) in order for the transfer credit award to be maximized.  Students who believe they should have received transfer credit for a specific course in their official Transfer Credit Evaluation (TCE) results but did not may contact creditaward@apus.edu to see if additional documents are needed to support the TCE.