Guidelines for transfer students

Students transferring within BGSU into the College of Health and Human Services from another college must initiate the transfer process in their present college. After filling out a college transfer form, the student should meet with an advisor in the College of Health and Human Services' advising office, 419-372-8242.

Upon admission to BGSU, students transferring from another institution will have their coursework evaluated against the BGSU requirements. Online assistance in judging transfer equivalencies is available through the Course Applicability System: https://oh.transfer.org/cas/.

Transfer students applying to the nursing program professional curriculum must apply to the University before Dec. 1 so that they may be granted formal admission before applying to the College of Nursing professional program. Dec. 1 is the deadline for applying to the College of Nursing professional curriculum.

Transfer students interested in the criminal justice program must have completed CRJU 210, Introduction to Criminal Justice (or its equivalent at another school), with a "C" or better and have a 2.5 GPA or better on a minimum of 25 graded semester hours of college coursework before they can apply for admission into the criminal justice program. Applications will be accepted prior to the last day of class each semester. Admission into the program will also take place at the end of each semester.

Transfer students interested in the social work program must adhere to the separate admission requirements for this program. Application deadlines are Nov. 15 for those submitting applications during fall semester, April 15 for those submitting applications during spring semester, and June 15 for those submitting applications during summer semester. Application packets may be downloaded from the department's website: http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/dhs/socw/index.html.