TRANSFER OF CREDIT HOURS POLICY

Transfer Credit Maximums to a Leighton Bachelor of Science Program

• 2-year schools: Maximum of 64 credits
• 4-year schools: Maximum of 90 credits
• More than one school: Maximum of 90 credits, including a limit of 64 credits from any 2-year college or university

Transfer Credit Maximums to a Leighton Associates of Science Program

• 2-year schools: Maximum of 45 credits
• 4-year schools: Maximum of 45 credits
• More than one school: Maximum of 45 credits, including a limit of 45 credits from any 2-year college or university.

• • The minimum grade required for transfer credit is a D (1.0).

• • Some Leighton University degree requirements require a C (2.0) or higher, including the Leighton CORE requirement of ENG 111 and ENGL 112.

• • Courses with a grade lower than a C will transfer even if they need to be repeated at Leighton University.

• Courses will transfer at the same level they were taken, whether it was a lower level numbered 100-299 or an upper-level course numbered 300-499.
• Community college courses will always transfer as lower-level, and these can be recognized as equivalent to upper-level Leighton courses if they have the same content. Still, they will not apply to the graduation requirement for the upper-level units.

Courses that are not parallel or discipline-compatible with Leighton courses will not transfer. This includes the following types of coursework:

• Developmental or remedial courses.
• Institutional credit or courses not counted toward graduation.
• Technical or occupational courses.
• Separate 1-credit lab courses that are not taught as a separate lab at Leighton were not taken with a companion lecture course.

In collaboration with the School and the Office of the Registrar, the Office of Admissions completes official credit evaluations for each enrolled transfer student before their first Term at Leighton. We require official transcripts from each institution attended. We will evaluate all coursework completed before your first term at Leighton University.

There are three critical points in Leighton’s credit evaluation process: your admission, enrollment, and final transcript submission.

• Admission: You will be given a preliminary estimate of total transfer credits based on your transcripts at entry. This is based on earned credits and does not reflect courses in progress.
• Enrollment: Once you submit your enrollment contract, we will evaluate and post your transfer credits to your online student academic information center on Populi.
• Final Transcript: You must submit your final official transcript before attending registering for classes.

• General education courses taken at your previous institution(s) will be applied to the Core Curriculum based on the general education category.
• Free Electives/Potential Major Courses

• If a course is directly equivalent to a course required by your major, it will transfer as that course without the need for review.
• Courses that have not previously been reviewed for a course equivalency will transfer as elective credit. These may require departmental review before they can be applied to the major.
• Any courses that are transferable but not applicable to your major will be considered free electives to appropriate 62 or the 120-semester credit hours to the degree.

In cases where the transfer courses are already equivalent to courses at Leighton and the course equivalency has already been approved, it will transfer directly to a Leighton course following evaluation and the transfer process.

Some courses are transferable but have not been reviewed yet for a Leighton course equivalency. Leighton’s evaluators will transfer courses as elective credit in the appropriate discipline in these instances.

If you have already transferred to Leighton University but still have questions about your transfer credits, please contact the Academic Success Center for assistance.

Call the University's Academic Success Center.

(662) 280.5444