About Graduate Transfer Credit
Students in a TESU graduate program may transfer graduate-level credit if credits meet the following requirements and has been determined to be equivalent to a degree requirement course:
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graduate credits previously earned at other institutionally accredited colleges or universities;
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courses have been evaluated, and recommended for graduate credit, by American Council on Education (ACE), National College Credit Recommendation Service (NCCRS); and/or military service schools that have been evaluated by the ACE Office of Educational Credit and Credentials and recommended for graduate credit.
Transfer credit meeting the criteria may be used to meet core and elective graduate program requirements. The grade received for a transfer course must be a B or better. When the grade received is P for Pass or CR for Credit, the sending institution must equate it to a B or better. Students may transfer up to 12 credits. Courses taken for transfer credit after admittance to the program require prior approval of the dean of the school in which the student is enrolled. Transferred graduate credits that were earned seven or more years prior to the student’s enrollment date may not be applied to the degree without permission of the appropriate School dean.
National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA)
The State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements, commonly known as SARA, is an agreement among member states, districts and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education. Thomas Edison State University participates in the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements.
For information on SARA complaints, please visit the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education (OSHE).