Transfer Credit Policy

It is possible to transfer up to 75 credits from other institutions towards a bachelor's degree, and 30 credits towards an associates' degree for 100-level or higher courses completed within the last 10 years and for which students have achieved a "C" grade or better. Elms College evaluates the transcripts of all transfer students for content in the liberal arts to determine if they satisfy the intent of the college's core requirements. This transcript evaluation has as its goal providing the student with the opportuity to complete, as quickly as possible, a baccallaureate degree in a way that is in keeping with the purpose of a four-year liberal arts college. Courses required for the nursing major must have a grade of "C+" to be accepted for tranfser credit.

Students already enrolled at the college who wish to take courses at another insitutution must complete and file the required form in the Registrar's Office.

Transfer credits earned at another college or university will not be computed in the student's GPA, but may be applicable to degree requirements at Ellms College. However, credits earned under the Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield (C.C.G.S.) program are computed in the student's GPA.