A maximum of six credits can be transferred. The criteria set forth by the Graduate School listed below must be met. In addition, the following departmental criteria must also be met: 

• Any course to be transferred must be equivalent to a graduate-level (numbered 600 or above) lecture course offered at the University of Maryland, College Park. 

•  If a course is transferred, the equivalent UMCP course cannot be included in the plan of study. 

Graduate School Regulations for Transfer of Credit for the M.S. Degree

Please see the Graduate Catalog for additional information on transfer of credit. 

• The courses must be graduate level and have been taken for graduate credit at the original institution. 

• The student must have earned a grade of "B-" or better in the course. 

• The credit must not have been used to satisfy the requirements for any other degree. 

• The student must furnish an official transcript to the Graduate School. 

• Transfer work satisfies only the 400-level requirements for the master's degree and does not apply to the upper-level requirements. 

• The transfer course work must have been taken within seven years of the award of a University of Maryland master's degree for which the student is currently enrolled. (All other course work must be taken within five years of the award of master's degree.) 

Credit transfer is approved only in the context of a specific proposed plan of study. When applying for credit transfer, the student must produce an official transcript, as well as evidence that the course is indeed equivalent to a course offered at UMCP. Documented evidence should include a course description, as well as a syllabus showing what material was covered in the specific offering the student took and what text(s) were used. Additionally the M.S. Request for Transfer or Inclusion of Credit Graduate School form must be submitted. Transfer requests must be submitted within the first semester of enrollment.