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TRANSFER STUDENTS

At Coastal Carolina University, an applicant is considered a transfer student when he or she has attended another regionally accredited post-secondary institution in any capacity after completion of high school. Transfer Credit Guides for students transferring from the South Carolina Technical College System and the Virginia Community College System institutions are available through the Office of Admissions or the on-line Transfer Credit Guide.

Coastal Carolina University is dedicated to providing transfer students with a quality education that builds upon the transfer student’s prior academic experience. In order to be eligible for admission to CCU, a transfer applicant must meet the following requirements: (1) present a minimum cumulative collegiate GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale with at least 24 transferable credit hours from a regionally accredited institution(s) and (2) be in good standing at the last institution attended.

Applicants who have earned less than 24 transferable credit hours with the minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA must also submit official high school transcripts or GED certification, SAT/ACT scores, and meet both freshman and transfer admissions standards.

The Office of Admissions completes a preliminary evaluation of transcripts at the time of application to identify courses that can transfer for credit to Coastal Carolina University. A statement of credits accepted for transfer by Coastal Carolina University is then forwarded to all accepted transfer students. The faculty advisor evaluates specific courses as needed and determines which courses apply to their particular major. Transfer credit is evaluated and applied in one of three ways at Coastal Carolina:
1) Parallel credit (the course must have involved at least the same amount of class time and have had the same content),
2) Departmental elective (courses in the discipline must be offered at Coastal) or
3) General elective.

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Academic courses with a grade of C (meaning C-, C or C+) or above at regionally accredited institutions are normally transferable to Coastal Carolina. Courses that usually are not accepted for transfer credit are those which are occupational or technical in nature, are essentially remedial in nature, are from a two-year institution and not recognized in that institution’s catalog as part of its college parallel (transfer) program, or are from an institution that is not regionally-accredited. Exceptions to this rule may be made only by the dean of the student’s major or the Provost, and only in specific cases where such courses are judged to be uniquely relevant to the student’s degree program. Certain degree programs do not recognize transfer credit from a two-year institution for courses which are considered upper division or upper level courses at Coastal Carolina. In no Coastal degree program may such courses fulfill any upper level requirement within the major concentration, the minor or the cognate. However, some degree programs will grant elective transfer credit for such courses.

A maximum of 76 transferable credits from any regionally-accredited two-year college transfer program will be applicable towards a Coastal Carolina University degree.

A maximum of 90 transferable credits from any regionally accredited four-year college or university will be applicable towards a Coastal Carolina University degree.

For additional information on transcript evaluation, call the Office of Admissions at (800) 277-7000 or the specific department. Note: If a student later decides to change his/her major, the department chair of the new major must complete a re-evaluation of applicable credits.