Credit Transfer Policy
Students desiring to transfer in any College of Education and Human Services Baccalaureate from other accredited institutions of higher education are granted transfer credit on individual basis. Student may need to provide a college catalog with course descriptions and/or course syllabi credit for specific credit evaluation.
The following conditions apply to the transferring of course credit to the College of Education and Human Services:
Course and Transcript Evaluations
Transcripts of transfer students are evaluated by the
dean’s office of the College in which the student enrolls.
Transfer course equivalency evaluations are determined by
the Ferris State department with comparable coursework as indicated
by the Ferris course designator. These evaluations represent
an institutional determination and will not be independently
renegotiated by each Ferris State University College. That
is, if a transfer student enters Ferris State and then changes
program and College, the initial transfer course equivalent
determinations is not changed.
Course evaluations allow equivalency determination where
courses are at least 75% the same content. Course equivalency
is not denied simply on the basis of differences in course
numbering. For instance, a community college adolescent
psychology course at the 200 level is not denied equivalency for a
300-level Ferris adolescent psychology course, if the two courses
are substantially the same in content.
In those cases where specific course equivalents are not
transferred, prerequisite course requirements may be waived and the
course equivalency granted when the transfer student completes the
next course in a sequence with a grade of “C” or
better, demonstrating prior preparation equivalent to preceding
coursed in the sequence. Failure to achieve a grade of
“C” or better in the latter course indicates that the
student needs to take the appropriate Ferris prerequisite course.
Course sequences or clusters may be evaluated for Ferris
State course equivalency in total rather than
course-by-course. For example, when a community college
“packages” its course sequence differently but covers
substantially the same content as the Ferris course sequence, the
entire sequence of transfer courses may be evaluated as a whole,
rather than course-by-course. An example of this may
be:
Biology 101, 102, &103 at another institution may be
accepted as Biology 121 & 122 at Ferris.
Credits in Residency Policy
To fulfill the residency requirement for and associate degree, a
student must earn a minimum of fifteen semester credit hours from
Ferris State. To fulfill the residency requirement for a
bachelor’s degree, a student
must earn a minimum of thirty semester credit hours from
Ferris State. The University expects that these
hours are the final credits earned for the degree.
It is expected that a maximum of one-half the total hours
required for completion of the degree at Ferris may be transferred
from non-bachelor degree granting institutions which have
articulations agreements with Ferris. In such a case,
additional lower-division courses required for a Ferris
bachelor’s degree may be transferred.
Approved off-campus degree program may be exempted from
portions of this policy. College Dean’s Office should
be consulted for specific requirements.
Additional Important Information
If you are planning to complete additional college
coursework, you must provide current transcripts for evaluation, as
your current college will not automatically send another
transcript.
Credit is granted only once per course. If a course is
repeated, the last earned grade stands.
Courses that transfer to Ferris below the 100 level do not
count toward graduation and credit hours are not granted for them.
If a course that Ferris accepts has fewer credits than the
Ferris requirement, you many need to take additional courses to
fulfill the minimum graduation credit requirements of your
program. Please check with your department office.
