Transfer Courses - Undergraduate Level

Students transferring from other colleges or universities must follow the same procedure as detailed under the "Undergraduate Admission" section in this catalog.

All courses accepted at the University of Jamestown for transfer credit toward the bachelor’s degree will be entered on the University of Jamestown record and included in the computation of required averages for applicable scholarships or graduation honors.

The University of Jamestown will accept any course for credit that corresponds to undergraduate programs of study offered at the University from institutions which meet the criteria listed below. Whether a course corresponds to a program of study at University of Jamestown will be determined by the registrar in conversation with the relevant department chair or program director.

1. The institution must be accredited by a Council for Higher Education Accreditation approved regional accrediting association of schools and colleges.
2. The institution must offer an Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. University of Jamestown will consider for credit only courses which satisfy the requirements for these degrees. Other courses will be evaluated according to our policies for courses from non-accredited institutions.

Only courses in which the student has earned a C- or better are eligible for transfer credit. Courses graded only on a pass/fail basis will be transferred only if the student can provide documented evidence that he/she performed at a C- or better level in the course. Internships, credit for experiential learning, and advanced standing credit courses with a grade of Pass will be accepted for credit provided the courses meet all other transfer policies.

The University of Jamestown standards will be applied in determining the transferred courses and grades that will satisfy requirements. Lower level undergraduate credits transferred from another college or university are generally classified as freshman and sophomore credits. A maximum of sixty-four semester credits of lower level credits will be accepted toward the baccalaureate degree. Exceptions may be granted by petition to the Provost. 

The University of Jamestown accepts credit from international institutions. The official academic transcript is required to be translated into English and reviewed by a third-party transcript-evaluating firm. The fee for the service will be paid by the students.

The University of Jamestown will accept credit from a non-accredited institution on a course-by-course basis. Each course a student wants to transfer to the University from a non-accredited institution will be evaluated by the department chair or program director of the corresponding department. The student will be required to provide a course description along with a course syllabus and other course materials as requested. If the department chair or program director determines the course meets the University of Jamestown standards, and the student received a C- or better in the course, the university will accept the course for transfer credit.

A student who has been suspended from the University in which he or she was most recently registered must be out of school for at least one semester before being admitted on academic probation. In admitting transfer students, the University of Jamestown will apply any academic sanction applied to the student at the time of his or her transfer unless those standards are in conflict with the University’s requirements.

All undergraduate students enrolled at the University of Jamestown who wish to complete courses at other academic institutions and to transfer those courses for credit to the University of Jamestown must have those courses pre-approved through the Registrar’s Office. For general education and elective courses, the Registrar’s office will determine whether a transfer course corresponds in content and quality to a University of Jamestown course. For courses in a student’s major, that determination is made by the relevant department chair, program chair, and/or the Dean. A minimal expectation is that the course in question comes from an institution that is accredited by a CHEA approved regional accrediting association of schools and colleges that offers either associate’s or bachelor’s degrees.