A student entering Northland College after having attended any post-secondary institution for any length of time must provide Northland College with all official transcripts of all prior course work. The Registrar will complete a course-by-course evaluation for all submitted transcripts. Failure to provide official transcripts from all institutions attended could result in an administrative hold being placed on a student’s registration.

Only college-level courses from colleges accredited by a regional accrediting agency will be evaluated for acceptance. A grade of C- or better must have been earned in a course for it to be accepted. The sending college must have been regionally accredited at the time the course work was completed. A maximum of 65 credits will be accepted from all junior or two-year colleges, or any combination or junior or two-year colleges.

All courses are evaluated on a course-by-course basis. Courses that are “technical” in nature are generally not accepted for transfer, except for students who are entering the Evening Degree Program. Courses which are considered developmental at the institution at which they are taken are generally not accepted. Internships taken at other colleges may transfer in as elective credit within a department, but do not transfer in as internship credit at Northland.

Completed courses which do not have an exact equivalent at Northland may be transferred in as general elective credits, or may not be accepted. Some credits more than ten years old may require approval from the appropriate Program Coordinator.

Students who receive an Associate of Arts or Sciences degree from an institution that required at least 32 general education credits, and who completed their general education courses with grades of C- or better, will have completed all Northland College liberal education requirements except Communication, Quantitative Reasoning (mathematics), and Environmental Perspectives. These categories may be fulfilled if course work equivalent to Northland’s requirements is accepted in transfer. Courses that are repeated are counted only once in total credits earned. If a student is awarded transfer credit for a course and then repeats the course at Northland, the transferred credits will be removed from the student’s record. In addition, a minimum of 30 credits must be earned at Northland College, including at least 20 credits in a student’s major field of study and 6 credits in a student’s minor field of study, to earn a Northland College degree.

Transfer students planning to pursue teacher licensure will be required to meet certain state-mandated general education course requirements before they are eligible for student teaching. A personal interview with the Director of Teacher Education is strongly recommended for all transfer students planning to pursue teacher licensure.


For more information on transferring, please contact:
Ralph Stewart
Transfer Coordinator
800-753-1840
rstewart@northland.edu