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All legal specialty transfer credits are reviewed individually and must be approved by the Director of Legal Studies. Students may be required to provide course descriptions, syllabi, assignments, or other materials needed to determine whether the transferred course is comparable in content, academic rigor, learning objectives, and practical skills to the WSU course or requirement for which credit is requested.

Students may be considered for admission to WSU if they have completed 24 transferable academic credits and have a cumulative GPA of 2.20 to 2.39 for all colleges attended. Students with fewer than 24 transferable credits must meet the admission criteria for first-year students, including high school preparation requirements, class rank, and any available ACT/SAT test scores. Students receive credit for courses taken at accredited institutions in which the grades A, B, C, D, P, or the equivalents were attained. Most credits earned at a community or junior college may be accepted in transfer; remedial classes are not transferable. Transferred credits should have at least a D grade to transfer.

Residence credit is credit for classes taught by WSU faculty as well as credit earned under the Minnesota State University Common Market Program; it does not include credit by examination.

BIOL 341 can also be used for students coming to WSU with transfer credits for BIOL 241 or BIOL 242 but lacking a lab component to the transfer course.

30 or more earned credits at time of application Cumulative GPA of 2.5 (includes transfer credits) Completion of the following courses with a minimum C grade is required: Communication: GEP GOAL 1: ENG 111 - College Reading and Writing CMST 191 - Introduction to Public Speaking or CMST 192 - Introduction to Effective Communication Note: Marketing majors encouraged to take CMST 192 Mathematics: Choose one: MATH 110 - Finite Mathematics MATH 112 - Applied Precalculus MATH 115 - College Algebra MATH 120 - Precalculus MATH 140 - Applied Calculus MATH 212 - Calculus I Note: Management Information Systems majors require MATH 140 or Math 212.

Credit by Examination s cost $50 per credit and will be posted to the student’s record at the end of the term. These credits are not used in determining full-time status.

Credit by Examination A student may receive credit by examination and/or demonstration of competence for courses or parts of courses in the Pre-Licensure option and the RN-to-BS Completion program. Faculty permission is needed for some course challenges.

Credit by Examination Courses A student may receive credit by examination for MATH 212 - Calculus I and MATH 213 - Calculus II . A student is allowed only one attempt per course. A B grade or higher is required on the examination to receive credit.

Credit for Prior Learning via Portfolio Review Students may be able to earn credit for prior learning acquired outside the traditional institutional setting by requesting evaluation of prior learning by portfolio review. If a student can demonstrate to the WSU faculty evaluators that what has been learned is substantially equivalent in level and depth of knowledge to what the student would acquire in the classroom, the faculty member may recommend the awarding of equivalency credits. For more information or to begin the application process, students should contact an Adult Entry Advisor in Adult & Continuing Education (209 Somsen Hall, 507.457.5080).

We will examine how students bring a wealth of resources to the learning environment, including their individual experiences, abilities, talents, prior learning, social and peer interactions, language, culture, family, community values, and student development.

Consortium Credits: Credits for which financial aid is received under a consortium agreement are recorded in the Student Data system to be included in cumulative GPA, completion percentage, and maximum time-frame calculations as transfer credits. Transfer Credits: Transfer credits accepted by WSU are counted as credits attempted for calculation of cumulative completion percentage. Transfer credits accepted by WSU apply toward the Maximum Time Frame calculation.

64+ credits transferred in from your ADN program Completion of General Education credits (Minnesota Transfer Curriculum [MnTC] Goal Areas 1-10) - required for all baccalaureate degrees 16 Credits for Prior Learning (CPL): Students admitted to the RN-BS Completion program will be awarded 16 Credits for Prior Learning (CPL) based upon successful completion of the NCLEX-RN, or having an active and unencumbered RN License.

Up to 80 credits can be transferred in from a two-year college. Students having less than 80 transferable credits will have additional credits to complete.

Students can transfer credits from Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) to WSU through individual transcript evaluation and/or through official articulated agreements with RCTC. Credits earned from other institutions will be evaluated for transfer.

Courses taken at other institutions are evaluated individually for transferability into College programs.

Students who graduate with a BSW degree are eligible for advanced standing when applying to most graduate schools. At many institutions, advanced standing allows BSW graduates to waive some graduate level courses while working on a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree.

Incidental Fees: Several small fees arise from non-course related matters such as health service, credit by examination fees, ID card replacement fees, parking permits, and library fines.

Transfer Credit No credit will be given for a grade below a C for mathematics, mathematics education, or statistics courses taken at other institutions.