Transfer of Credits

  1. A maximum of 62 semester hours of credit for courses completed at the freshman and sophomore levels will be allowed from a community/junior college toward degree requirements. Only college courses in which the grade is “C” or higher will be accepted. Jackson State University does not accept transfer courses with “D” grades.
  2. Jackson State University does not accept for credit courses that are classified as remedial or developmental.
  3. Students ordinarily receive no transfer credit for courses designed specifically for technical and vocational career programs. The chair of the students’ program concerned should be consulted on questions pertaining to the transfer of credits.
  4. After earning 62 semester hours from any accredited institution, a student may not take additional courses at a community/junior college and have them applied toward a degree from Jackson State University.
  5. Any course taken for credit at another institution while a student is enrolled at Jackson State University must have prior written permission of the student’s department chair and dean in order for that credit to be accepted toward the fulfillment of degree requirements at Jackson State University.
  6. Grades earned in transfer courses are shown on the permanent record at Jackson State University but will not be used in calculating Jackson State University grade point averages. Transfer credits have a separate grade point average and will be used to calculate the overall GPA and includes the JSU credits plus the transfer credits combined to calculate the overall grade point average.
  7. Transfer grades are not used to calculate honors designations at graduation.
  8. Normally, Jackson State University allows full credit for a course taken at another accredited institution if a comparable course is offered at Jackson State University. The final evaluation of transcripts is done by the department responsible for the program of study.
  9. All students are required to have the last session of residence or its equivalent at Jackson State University and to complete satisfactorily a minimum of 30 semester hours of courses before graduation.
  10. A maximum of 93.0 semester hours is transferable from an accredited four-year institution.
  11. A transient student (temporary student who wishes to transfer credits to their home institution) or a student who wishes to transfer to another institution must request an official transcript of credits to be issued to that institution in accordance with the transcript policy.