Receiving Credit for Continuing Education and/or Transfer Units

A maximum of 6 units, completed through Continuing Education at SJSU or post-baccalaureate course work from a graduate program at another university, if approved by the Office of Graduate Studies and your graduate committee and advisor, may be accepted as part of the 30 required units for your graduate program. A minimum of 15 units of 200-level courses is required for your graduate program.

Any consideration of transfer credit from other accredited colleges or universities must be petitioned and approved prior to submitting the Candidacy petition. To do this you will complete a Request for Validation of Graduate Transfer Credit form, have it approved and signed by your Graduate Advisor before submitting to Graduate Studies & Research.

In addition, if you were an undergraduate student at SJSU and completed work in your last undergraduate semester with the intent for it to be used in your Master's degree program, you must file a Request for Award of Graduate Credit for Units Completed as Undergraduate form (not available on-line) and have these units approved for post-baccalaureate credit before submitting the Candidacy petition.