A total of 64 credits may be transferred toward your bachelor’s degree.
General Transfer Guidelines
Ordinarily, college-level, undergraduate courses in which students earned grades of C or higher are transferable. Additionally, these courses must have been completed at an institution that was regionally accredited at the time of attendance. Credits are adjusted as needed to align with Harvard’s semester system.
We do not accept physical education or vocational coursework. We do not offer credit for life experience or most military training.
Predegree and admission advisors make final determinations about course transferability and perform official transfer credit evaluations only as part of the application process.
How Transfer Courses Apply to Degree Requirements
Transferred courses are applied by advisors toward the total number of credits needed for graduation and may fulfill specific degree requirements, such as distribution, foreign language, or upper-level requirements.
Transferred courses cannot be used to meet our admission requirements. Grades from transferred courses are not included in your cumulative GPA at Harvard Extension School.
Credit by Examination
Up to 32 credits in total from examinations (such as CLEP) and ACE-approved professional training may be applied toward the degree with advisor approval.
For each CLEP exam, students are awarded 4 credits. We do not accept all CLEP exams, so check with an advisor before registering for one. The minimum acceptable score is 56.
We also do not accept all ACE-approved credit. Our advisors review ACE course descriptions and make final determinations.
Credit from Foreign Schools
Students who attended colleges or universities outside the United States must supply us with an official course-by-course evaluation of academic work to enable our advisors to determine credit transferability. For more information, see Verification of International Credentials.
Questions?
Contact the Office of Predegree Advising & Admissions with questions by emailing Admissions@Extension.Harvard.edu.
ALB degree candidates who have questions about transfer credit may directly contact their academic advisors.
