Pre-Matriculation Transfer Credit
Pre-Matriculation Transfer Credit
In some cases, students who took college courses after their junior year of high school can apply to receive pre-matriculation transfer credit. This page describes pre-matriculation transfer credit and outlines the procedures for requesting credit.
When Pre-Matriculation Transfer Credit May Apply
In order to be eligible for transfer, a course must meet all of the following criteria:
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The University does not grant pre-matriculation credit for the University Seminar.
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The course must be taken after the student’s junior year of high school.
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The course must be taken at an accredited institution.
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The course must be taught by a member of a college or university faculty for college students. The majority of the students in the course must be college students. College courses taught on a high school campus, by high school faculty members, and/or for high school students are not eligible for transfer credit.
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The course must not be taken to satisfy a high school graduation requirement.
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The course must correspond in length, number of contact hours, and content to a course offered at Notre Dame, either in the regular academic year or in the Summer Session.
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The course must be at least four weeks in duration.
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To correspond to a Notre Dame three-credit course, the course taken at another institution must have at least 37.5 contact hours (instruction time in the classroom). To correspond to a Notre Dame four-credit course, the course taken at another institution must have at least 50 contact hours.
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Courses taken asynchronously (i.e., courses without a regular meeting time) are not eligible for transfer credit.
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The course transfer request must be approved by the relevant department at Notre Dame.
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A maximum of three courses can be accepted for pre-matriculation transfer credit.
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The course must be letter graded (i.e., not as pass/fail, as satisfactory/unsatisfactory, as audit, as correspondence, etc.), and a grade of "B" or better must be earned to transfer.
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If a student changes colleges, these credits will need to be re-evaluated by the college the student is transferring into.
How to Request Pre-Matriculation Transfer Credit
First-year students must resolve all college credit situations before or during their first semester at Notre Dame.
To apply for pre-matriculation transfer credit, the student must submit the following to their First Year Advisor:
- the course catalog description of the course taken
- the syllabus of the course showing content covered
- an official transcript from the institution at which the course was taken
- the Pre-Matriculation Transfer Credit Request form
- for students taking courses at non-U.S. universities, a grade translation to allow for a determination of whether the "B" requirement is met