Admission of Transfer students
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Students must have an official transcript sent from every college or university attended, even if the earned credit appears on a subsequent transcript. When the application and transcripts are received, an evaluation of credits will be done. A decision letter is sent when the evaluation is completed, usually within two weeks.
Transfer Admission Requirements
Students must have a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average on all transfer work to be considered for admission to VSU. If a student has fewer than 30 semester hours of transfer credit, freshman admission standards will apply. See the freshman requirements at: http://www.valdosta.edu/admissions/Freshman.shtml.
Transfer Evaluation of Credits
Valdosta State University Office of Admissions evaluates transfer college credit for all students. A course-by-course evaluation is done for all students who have not earned a bachelor degree. For those students holding a bachelor degree, our evaluation awards 90 semester hours of block credit toward a new degree. The department of the new major will determine which of the 90 hours are appropriate to be used. Students will receive a copy of the credit evaluation when admitted to Valdosta State University.
Transfer credit is granted based on the following criteria:
- VSU grants transfer credit for courses taken at regionally accredited colleges and universities. Credit must have been completed within the last 30 years.
- A maximum of 90 semester hours of credit may be applied toward a bachelor degree.
- VSU does not have a “forgiveness policy” for repeated grades. All grades from academic courses are listed on the student’s VSU record.
- If you have completed the General Education core requirements at a University System of Georgia college, you do not have to meet VSU’s general education requirements as long as you maintain the same major in transfer. A change of major may affect areas of the core.
- Core is considered complete, with the exception of lower division pre-requisites, for all students who have earned a bachelor degree prior to enrollment at VSU. Advisors will assist you in an upper division program of study.
- Transfer courses will be assigned VSU course numbers if they are equivalent in content and level. For those courses without an exact equivalent, the course will be assigned a number based on the level of the class. All 1000 level will transfer as 1XXX, 2000 level as 2XXX, etc. If these courses are not marked as core, your advisor will determine how to use these courses in your program of study.
- The following codes may appear on your evaluation of credit:
- % following a grade means the course was used to complete a high school course deficiency and cannot be used toward a degree
- a letter in parentheses following a course indicates the core area from a previous University System of Georgia college
- the letter “R” in front of a grade means the course was repeated
- Students transferring HIST 2111/2112 or POLS 1101 from a college outside Georgia must take a Georgia exemption exam.
Although a transfer student may be admitted to VSU with a 2.0 cumulative grade point average, admission to the major is not guaranteed. If your intended major is listed below, be sure you meet the major requirements before applying for admission.
**Art Education – 2.75
Interior Design – 2.5 and an approved portfolio
Mass Media – 2.25
**Music Education – 2.5
Music Performance – audition required
Speech Communication – 2.25
College of Business Administration
All majors (Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing) – 2.8
The Langdale College of Business has a separate application requiring all majors to have a minimum GPA of 2.8 and successful completion of prerequisite courses before admission to the upper division.
**Business Education – 2.5
**Communication Disorders – 3.0
Dental Hygiene – applicants are competing for a limited number of annual slots (currently 14)
**Early Childhood Education – 2.5
Exercise Physiology – 2.5
**Middle Grades Education – 2.5
**Physical Education – 2.5
**Special Education – 2.5
Sports Medicine – 2.75 for consideration, applicants are competing for a limited number of slots
**All teacher education programs require a passing grade on the GACE I (220 or higher on each of 3 parts) or appropriate exemption.
College of Nursing – 2.8 for consideration
Applicants are competing for a limited number of slots. There is a separate nursing application.
Deadlines for nursing application are:
Fall Semester – February 15th
Spring Semester – September 15th
Some programs of study may have additional admission requirements. Requirements are subject to change. Please see catalog or contact your intended major department if you have questions.