Policies

• Credit for advanced standing will not be given for any work completed in foreign graduate schools.

• Credit for advanced standing will not be given for any work completed in foreign graduate or medical schools.

Although transfer credits will not be accepted towards any of the PhD programs, students with advanced standing may be given special consideration as detailed below: 1. Students with a terminal degree (DO, MD), MS (or equivalent) degree in Anatomy/Anthropology/Medical Education (MSMEd) or LECOM medical students may be permitted to enroll in a 3-year accelerated version of the curriculum. 4. Students with a terminal degree (DO, MD), MS (or equivalent) degree who have taken (and passed with a grade of B or better) or taught in core Anatomy courses (Gross Anatomy, Embryology, Neuroanatomy and Histology), core Microbiology/Immunology courses or Pharmacy courses within the past 3 years at an institution other than LECOM may be permitted to test out of one or multiple of these courses by taking a comprehensive course exam.

No transfer credit from other institutions will be permitted.

Transfer Credits The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences does not accept transfer credits.