SUNY Potdam

All master’s degree students are required to complete a minimum of 24 credit hours of degree study through SUNY Potsdam. A total of no more than nine hours of transfer credit may be used to meet Master of Science in Education or Master of Science in teaching degree requirements at SUNY Potsdam. No more than six hours of transfer credit may normally be used to satisfy Master of Arts and Master of Music degree requirements.

Credit transferred from another institution must meet the following conditions:

• Upon evaluation, courses to be transferred are judged to be equal in scope and content to those offered by this College.
• Evaluation should be requested in advance of registration for the course. A catalog description for each course should accompany requests for transfer credit. 
• Only graduate credit earned at accredited institutions is acceptable for transfer credit. 
• The grades earned must be at the 3.0 level or above (based on a system where A=4.0).    The transfer grade is not calculated in the student’s GPA.

Matriculated students planning to enroll in transfer courses at another institution must obtain prior approval for such courses from their advisor. Transfer credit is not formally applied to the degree program until the student has achieved full admission. An official transcript confirming completion of the work must be submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies.

See the complete guidelines in the <graduate catalogue>.

For additional information, contact the Office of Graduate Studies at 800-458-1142, extension 1 or (315) 267-2165.