PLNU transfers college-level courses from regionally accredited institutions to count toward Foundational Explorations, major, minor, or elective credit. PLNU will not accept transfer credit from Career or Technical Schools. Transfer work from Foreign Institutions will not be accepted without proper transcript evaluation from an accredited Foreign Transcript evaluation service.

• Remedial level or vocational coursework does not transfer
• Lower division courses do not transfer toward upper-division (3000-4000 level) requirements  
• Transfer maximum of 70 junior college units in chronological order (oldest to newest)*
• Transfer maximum of 25% of degree total units of non-traditional units/credits from other sources (i.e., 32 units) unless otherwise noted.
• All graded transfer courses (A through F) calculate into the cumulative GPA  
• Credit/Pass courses transfer for elective units and do not fulfill major, minor, or FE requirements  
• Courses must be repeated at the same institution in order to replace a grade of C- or below

Credit from Other Sources

Sources of Credit

Sources of Credit	Yes	No	Credit Requirements Accepted	Minimum/Maximum Credit	Comment
Advanced Placement Examinations (AP)	*		Score of 3, 4, or 5	321	See AP Guide.
College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) Subject Examinations	*			321	See CLEP Guide.
International Baccalaureate (IB)	*		Score of 5 or higher	321	Minimum score of 5 on higher level only. See IB Guide.
NLN - National League for Nursing Mobility Profile	*				Granted upon the recommendation of the School of Nursing.
Excelsior College Examinations #554 (Licensed Vocational Nurse)	*		Minimum of “B” or better	8 units	Granted only upon the recommendation of the School of Nursing.
Credit recommendations of the ACE Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experience in the Armed Services, detailed on the Joint Services Transcript	*			321	Approved on a case-by-case basis. Number of units to be accepted toward the degree will be communicated to the student prior to admission. See Records Office.
Military Discharge Document (DD214), active military identification card or ROTC	*				Waives KIN 1000 and physical activity requirement.
Units by non-traditional delivery systems	*			121	Approved on a case-by-case basis. See Records Office.
Bible colleges not accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges or a comparable regional accrediting association	*			12	Limited credit accepted, reviewed after student attends PLNU for a semester.
Non-U.S. college and university transcripts	*				Only upon receipt of transcript from a PLNU approved foreign evaluation service.
Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)	*				In cooperation with SDSU and USD.
Accredited community college transcripts	*			701	See Records Office for transfer agreements. (IGETC approved courses from California community colleges taken prior to enrollment at PLNU will transfer to fulfill a portion of the FE requirements. For students with full IGETC certification (37 units), their transfer courses will be matched to PLNU FE and the remaining PLNU FE categories will need to be completed prior to graduation.)
Associate Degree Transfer (ADT)	*			60 units minimum
Study Abroad	*				See Office of Records for PRIOR approval.
Continuing Education units		*
GED	*				In lieu of a high school transcript.

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Note: A combined maximum of 70 units may be transferred to PLNU from these sources. Only 32 combined units may be transferred from AP, CLEP, IB, ACE, and online coursework.