Transfer Credit

Transfer Credit

Applicants who have completed graduate course work at other accredited institutions or at UMass Boston as a non-degree student may transfer toward the completion of a UMass Boston graduate degree up to the equivalent of 6 credits from courses in which the applicant received a grade of B or higher, provided:

• these courses have not been used to fulfill requirements for another degree,
• were earned no more than seven (7) years before matriculation in the program into which the student wishes to transfer credit.

Transfer credit is subject to the final approval of the graduate program director and the dean of Graduate Studies.

UMass Boston undergraduate students taking graduate courses

A University of Massachusetts Boston undergraduate student in the senior year who will earn during this year more credits than needed for the bachelor's degree may register concurrently for graduate credits at the University of Massachusetts Boston, after securing the permission of the graduate program director and of the graduate course instructor. A maximum of six credits earned in this way will be accepted, provided that they are from courses in which the student received a grade of "B" or better, and they were not used to fulfill requirements for the bachelor's degree. After completing such a course, if the student wishes to transfer its credits to a graduate program, the graduate program director should submit a transfer credit approval form to the Registrar's Office. Please note: Pass/fail credits may not be transferred.