Transferring Credits from Other Institutions

Up to 9 hours can be transferred in from another graduate program (including hours taken at UCD as a nondegree student with a grade of B- or better) and applied toward a CLAS master’s degree. Courses taken while still an undergraduate student may be counted as pre-admission credits, providing they are not used to satisfy any undergraduate degree requirements; this includes up to 3 credits of master’s project/report/thesis credits. Only courses numbered 5000 and above, or classified as graduate level, can be transferred. The total of transfer and pre-admission course credits may not exceed 15.

Up to 18 transfer credit hours or credit hours taken as a nondegree student may be applied toward a PhD degree.

To transfer course credit from a non-CU institution, a Request for Transfer of Credit Form (PDF) is completed, signed by the student’s advisor and department/program chair, and sent to the CLAS Dean's Office for approval and forwarding to the Records Office. This form must also be accompanied by an official transcript from the transferring institution. (NOTE: Courses taken at UC Denver or other CU campuses do not require the transfer form and official transcript to be transferred to your program, since they already appear on the CU transcript.)

Courses Older than 10 Years (all Graduate students)

Students who want to include a course taken more than ten (10) years prior to their graduating semester must have the course validated by the instructor or by arrangement with their graduate advisor, at the discretion of the department. Use the Course Validation Form (PDF) and forward to the CLAS Dean's Office.