Wittenberg University - School Of Community Education

LEAD - Transfer Students

We welcome adults who bring credits from previous study. In fact, the majority of our adult students are transfers.

As an entering student, you will receive a clear and comprehensive report of your standing in the Wittenberg program of your choice. This report guides our ongoing advisement of you and enables you to make prudent course selections and to project your completion goal.

Our goal for you: Wittenberg adults graduate
on time!

Here are the basic features of our policy:

Generally no time limit on acceptability of credits
C grade or higher required for a course to transfer
Courses must parallel components of the Wittenberg curriculum (but see Technical Credits below)
Colleges must have accreditation from a collegiate association recognized by Wittenberg
Adults can petition to extend the maximum transfer award of 65 semester credits to 80 semester credits (120 quarter credits) - but with no more than 65 from two-year schools

Special policy on technical credits
These include credits in allied health specialties, engineering technologies, applications of management (banking, real estate, etc.), human/social services, law enforcement, fire science, and various regional specialties. For students from technical programs - including military training, we accept most of the technical credits at 75% of their original value. These take the form of a Free Elective “non-parallel” allowance of up to 32.5 credits - one full year of work - and apply toward any degree program. In addition, academic “parallel” credits from these programs - e.g., English, Psychology, etc. - apply at full value. This policy applies to adult transfers only.

Corporate and Military Training
Wittenberg will award up to 16 credits for training that carries the college credit recommendations of the American Council on Education (ACE) and/or the Program on Non-Collegiate Sponsored Instruction (PONSI).

Two-year transfers: special advice.
As a general rule, your coursework should include two quarters or one semester of English Composition as well as Math to the level of an intermediate course in algebra. Our typical two-year transfer brings a GPA of 3.0 or higher. The minimum requirement for transfer admission is 2.0.

Interested in an evaluation of your credits in the major program of your choice? Let us know, being sure to specify the major, and then send copies of your transcript(s) by mail or FAX or E-mail scan. Unofficial copies are OK.

Need to order copies from your previous school(s)? Click here for the Transcript Request Form.