Transfer students with an Associates degree will be subject to the following:

If you graduated from a University system school with an Associates in Education, Areas A-F are satisfied.  You must make sure you have or complete the following:

1. GPA needed for major*
2. Additional KSPE 6 hours
3. GACE Basic Skills Assessment
4. 2999 class

If you graduated from a University system school with an Associates degree not in education, Areas A-E are satisfied.  You must make sure you have or complete the following:

1. GPA needed for major*
2. Additional KSPE 6 hours
3. GACE Basic Skills Assessment
4. Area F
5. 2999 class

If you graduated from a non-university system school with an Associates degree, you must make sure you have or complete the following:

1. GPA needed for major*
2. Additional KSPE 6 hours
3. GACE Basic Skills Assessment
4. Regents'
5. Check all areas A-F of core
6. Check legislative requirements
7. 2999 class

Transfer students without an Associates degree will be subject to the following:

Transfer students without an associates within a University system school with Areas A, B, C, D, or E complete at sending institution will be considered complete at VSU.

Transfer students without an associates from a non-university system school will need all areas of core evaluated.

Additional Rules

Transfer students must meet the VSU Regents' Test requirement.  Please refer to page 80 of the VSU 2012-2013 catalog.

Transfer students must meet State of Georgia Legislative requirements or complete an exemption test.  Please refer to page 82 of the VSU 2012-2013 catalog.

*Valdosta State University does not have a forgiveness policy on GPA.  If you transfer from an institution that uses the forgiveness policy, your VSU GPA may be lower than the GPA at the institution that you attended.

Individual Courses are evaluated from the following COC accredited institutions:

• Albany Technical College
• Athens Technical College
• Atlanta Technical College
• Augusta Technical College
• Central Georgia Technical College
• Chattahoochee Technical College
• Columbus Technical College
• DeKalb Technical College
• Griffin Technical College
• Gwinnett Technical College
• Middle Georgia Technical College
• North Georgia Technical College
• North Metro Technical College
• Northwestern Technical College
• Savannah Technical College
• Southeastern Technical College
• Southwest Georgia Technical College
• Valdosta Technical College
• West Central Technical College
• West Georgia Technical College

Once accepted to VSU, contact the COE Advising Center (coe_advising@valdosta.edu 229-245-3880) to be advised.

If you have not applied to VSU, but plan to transfer, please feel free to contact the Advising Center (coe_advisingcenter@valdosta.edu 229-245-3880) to find out what you need to have completed prior to transferring to be ready to start in your  major.