The Office of Transfer Credit Evaluation is responsible for determining how courses will transfer from other institutions to BGSU. All students with transfer credit should review and be familiar with these policies.

If you have taken classes as a post-secondary student at a university other than BGSU, you will need to have an official transcript sent from the college or university directly to the Transfer Credit Evaluation Office in order to receive credit here. Students who have taken Advanced Placement tests will need to have scores sent directly from the College Entrance Examination Board to the Transfer Credit Evaluation Office.

You will be sent a written evaluation of your transfer credit from Transfer Evaluation. Transfer students are encouraged to meet with their assigned advisor as early as possible during their first semester at BGSU to determine how existing credits will apply specifically to their intended major. Some courses from other institutions do not transfer as exact equivalents for BGSU courses. Your advisor may discuss the reasons for discrepancies and offer suggestions if further evaluation of those credits might be pursued.

If a class transfers in as a 1XXX or 3XXX, your faculty advisor is required to submit a course substitution form with your junior audit if the course can be allowed in your degree program. All substitutions require approval of the department chair and the Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.

BGSU has a course residency policy. The final 30 hours of any degree program must be completed at BGSU unless prior permission has been approved through the College of Arts & Sciences to take classes elsewhere.