Transfer Student Admissions

Undergraduate transfer students must:

• Provide official transcripts of all prior academic work from regionally and recognized nationally accredited institutions.
• Students that have earned an Associate of Science or Associate of Arts degree from a regionally accredited college or approved nationally accredited college, have successfully completed a college level mathematics course, and have successfully completed a college level English Composition course will satisfy all General Education requirements at Trident.
• Submit official military transcripts for any service schools and occupational specialties held, if applicable.
• Have earned a grade of “C-” or higher to meet the following requirements:
  • General Education Mathematics
  • General Education English
  • Program Core
  • Upper Division Requirements

Please Note:

• Additional forms of non-traditional credit will be posted to undergraduate student’s permanent record only if applied to meet degree requirements.
• Undergraduate students may transfer in academically transferable credit no matter the date of completion. Where the university deems the content of a course outdated or no longer equivalent or relevant, the credits for that course will transfer as general elective credits only.
• All eligible college-level coursework will be posted to the undergraduate student’s permanent record with the following exceptions:
  • Failed coursework
  • Withdrawn courses
  • Direct equivalents that have been repeated
  • Repeated courses unless the transfer institution indicates the course is repeatable
• For the maximum units allowed as transfer credit please refer to the section University Graduation Requirements within the Trident University Catalog.

Graduate transfer students must:

• Provide official transcripts of any prior academic work to be considered for transfer evaluation.
• Have earned a grade of “B-“ or higher to meet any degree requirement.

Note: Coursework completed within the previous seven years is transferable unless the content is deemed outdated by the university.

Doctoral transfer students must:

• Provide official transcripts of any prior academic work to be considered for transfer evaluation.
• Must have earned a grade of “B-“ or higher to meet any degree requirement.

Note: Coursework completed within the previous seven years is transferable unless the content is deemed outdated by the university.