Transfer-In Information

The evaluation of your transfer credits is a two step process:

Step 1: Submit your application and official transcripts to Distance Minnesota.

Step 2: Transfer Specialists at your home college will determine how many credits will transfer, and which courses will apply towards your education plan. This evaluation will be available through your Degree Audit Report (DARS).

In general, courses will be accepted if:

  • they are from a regionally accredited college or university
  • the course content is comparable to a technical course approved by your home college and within the time limits allowed for transfer

Caution: You cannot count credit twice for essentially the same course (i.e., do not take English Composition I at one campus and repeat that equivalent course at another campus). In order to avoid the expense in both time and money needlessly repeating a course, it is important to have all your transcripts submitted for evaluation.

Appeals: After you receive your credit evaluation through DARS, you may wish to review your home college'scredit transfer policy. Transfer of credits is not an exact science and you may disagree with your credit evaluation. You have the right to appeal any courses you believe should have been accepted for transfer. Academic advising may help you determine whether you should submit a petition to appeal the credit evaluation. You may be required to submit additional documentation to support an appeal to have the course content re-evaluated.

For more information regarding transferring courses refer to the Minnesota Course Applicability System (MnCAS) which provides information about how courses transfer from one institution to another.

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