Charleston Southern University will accept transfer credit from regionally accredited colleges and universities with grades of "C" or better. The University will accept and place on the transcript the name of the college from which the credit is received, the course title, grade, and hours earned without quality points being calculated.

Credit will be classified as being (1) equivalent to a current CSU course; or (2) acceptable as a major/minor elective; or (3) acceptable for Liberal Arts Core, or (4) acceptable as general elective credit only. No more than 30 semester credit hours may be accepted as general elective credit. The University will not accept non-credit courses or remedial courses as transfer credit.

Limitations have been set for the maximum number of transfer hours as outlined below:

1. Junior, community and technical colleges: 68 semester credit hours maximum, including all nontraditional credit accepted (see note below).
2. Senior colleges and universities: 89 semester credit hours maximum, including any credit accepted from all other sources ("1." above and all nontraditional credit accepted; see note below).

Note: Nontraditional credit at CSU includes General CLEP, CLEP Subject Tests, DANTES Subject Standardized Tests, Advanced Placement, CSU Challenge Exams, and credit from military experience.

Time Limitations on Credit

Some departments have established policies stating older courses may not be used to meet major or minor requirements, or their prerequisites. Older courses that are not required for one's major or minor may be used to satisfy Liberal Arts Core requirements, or may be accepted as general electives.

Courses that transfer from SC Technical Schools

SC Technical School Courses listed in Alphabetical Order
A - B | C - E | F - M | N - Z |

AP Credit... Policy on awarding of credit for College Board Advanced Placement Examinations

CLEP Policy... Policy on College Level Examination Program test credits.

IB Policy... Policy on International Baccalaureate credits

DANTE Policy...Policy on Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education credits

Math Policy...All math courses are evaluated by our Math department. If you have any questions about your math course credit, please contact the Registrar’s Office. You may be asked to provide a syllabus of the course to the Math department. How a math course, from the SC Technical School system, applies to a CSU major differs. Click Here to see how they apply to all majors:

Military Credit: (30 credit hours maximum for general experience)
Must be documented by submission of any of the following:
DD-295 form, DD-214 form, Community College of
the Air Force (CCAF) transcript, Army/ACE Registry
Transcript Service (AARTS), and Field Training Reports

Bachelor of Technology (BT)

The Bachelor of Technology degree provides a liberal arts education and a core of professionally related cognate courses for persons holding an associate degree in an approved technical field. Because of the spectrum of expectation of this degree, flexibility and individual tailoring of the cognate curriculum are allowed. No more than 68 hours from sources other than baccalaureate degree-granting institutions may be used toward the 125 hours required for the Bachelor of Technology Degree from Charleston Southern University.

For more information about the Bachelor of Technology contact the Registrar’s Office.