Transfer Students

Wherever you are in your academic journey, we’re excited to help you finish what you started. The Chicago School recognizes that learning takes place both in traditional and non-traditional settings. The school has an academic policy that governs the review of transfer credit for degree programs. Typically, graduate programs consider transfer credit earned through the successful completion of prior coursework whereas undergraduate programs consider for transfer both traditional and non-traditional credit hours earned through the successful completion of prior coursework and national testing programs, military training, and national credit programs, respectively.

Transfer Credit

Transfer Credit is defined as the application of credit hours earned at an institutionally accredited institution other than The Chicago School that are counted toward degree program requirements. Credit hours earned from an institution that is not regionally accredited are not eligible for transfer.

Credit hours may be awarded for college-level courses either in progress or completed prior to matriculation into The Chicago School program. Transfer credit will be calculated into rate of progress as both credit hours attempted and earned but will not be calculated into the cumulative GPA at The Chicago School.

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Undergraduate Transfer Information

The Chicago School has partnered with a number of institutions throughout the U.S. to increase transfer opportunities for students completing a four-year undergraduate degree.

California Community Colleges

Applicants to the B.A. Psychology program who have attended a California community college and who will graduate with an Associate Degree for Transfer (designated as ADT on the student’s transcript) are eligible to transfer in all credits related to the ADT. The Chicago School recognizes that the ADT meets all requirements of the General Education curriculum.

Illinois Articulation Initiative

The Chicago School participates in the Illinois Articulation Initiative as a Receiving Only Institution. Students entering with an Associate in Arts degree transferring to the Chicago Campus B.A. in Psychology program will be considered to have met all General Education requirements.

Students entering with an Associate of Science degree will be required to complete one additional humanities and fine arts and one additional social and behavioral sciences course to complete General Education requirements.

Interstate Passport

The Chicago School accepts the transcripted Interstate Passport from all incoming applicants as documentation that the student meets all General Education requirements at The Chicago School. Students also may complete the Interstate Passport at The Chicago School by completing our General Education requirements as outlined in the academic catalog. Check out The Chicago School’s Interstate Passport Block.

Oakton Community College

Oakton Community College and The Chicago School have partnered to increase educational access and success for all students, especially underrepresented students, which both institutions are committed to serving. Through the Partner Agreement, Oakton Community College students who complete select associate degrees with a 2.3 or higher GPA will be guaranteed admission to The Chicago School’s B.A. Psychology degree program and additionally be eligible for $1,250 per academic year for two years for full-time students for a total of $2,500.

One Million Degrees

One Million Degrees Chicago and The Chicago School’s Chicago and Online campuses have partnered to increase educational access and success for all students, especially underrepresented students, which both institutions are committed to serving. Through the One Million Degrees agreement, One Million Degrees students who complete select associate degree programs will be eligible for $1,250 per academic year for two years for full-time students for a total of $2,500.

Red Rocks Community College

The Chicago School partners with Red Rocks Community College in an articulation agreement that allows students from Red Rocks Community College to receive full credit for every course passed as defined by The Chicago School’s Academic Catalog and Student Handbook.

Graduate Transfer

A graduate student may request to transfer in credit hours earned at another institution and may earn nontraditional credit hours through credit by examination for selected master’s-level courses.

A student enrolled in dual degree programs may transfer in coursework from the collaborating institution after they have matriculated, but only up to the credit limit articulated in the agreement between The Chicago School and the collaborating institution. A student enrolled in a dual degree program need not submit a Graduate Transfer Credit/Course Waiver Petition because transfer credit is pre-determined by the articulation agreement between The Chicago School and the collaborating institution. See the Programs of Study listings for transfer credit hour limits. Certificate programs do not permit transfer credit except where indicated in the Program of Study.