Transfer Policy

Transferring to Geneva College is easier than ever. 

The class standing of any transfer student will be based on the number of credits accepted in transfer. Courses judged by the Registrar’s Office to be equivalent to Geneva courses will be distributed to meet general and major requirements (subject to the limitations noted below).

Courses which are judged not to be equivalent to Geneva courses will be accepted as electives (subject to the limitations below). All credits transferred to Geneva that are certified on official transcripts are listed on the Geneva transcript. Geneva will only use transfer students’ grades and GPA from transfer credits:

• To determine the initial admission decision.
• To determine eligibility for financial aid for the first year at Geneva.
• To determine athletic eligibility in the first semester at Geneva. It should also be noted, however, that the Pennsylvania Department of Education (Chapter 354) requires that any and all courses taken by Education majors must be included in the student’s career GPA for certification purposes. Course equivalencies are determined by the Registrar’s Office with input, as necessary, by the appropriate Department Chair.

In addition to the policies described in the two preceding paragraphs, each of the following requirements govern the extent to which courses transferred from other institutions will be counted toward a Geneva degree:

• Ordinarily, only credits earned at institutions accredited by Middles States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) or in the case of international transfers, nationally approved institutions will be accepted as transfer credit.
• Only courses for which a grade of C- or better has been given will be accepted in transfer. Please note, however, that courses with grades below C- will be included in the calculation of GPA for the three purposes described above (admission, financial aid, and athletic eligibility).
• A minimum of 40 credit hours overall, and at least 12 of the last 30 credit hours, must be earned at Geneva.
• Only courses for which a grade of C- or better has been given will be accepted in transfer. Please note, however, that courses with grades below C- will be included in the calculation of GPA for the three purposes described above (admission, financial aid, and athletic eligibility).
• A minimum of 40 credit hours overall, and at least 12 of the last 30 credit hours, must be earned at Geneva.
• Fifteen credits or 25%, whichever is larger, are required in the major. These credits must include the program’s capstone/seminar course if applicable.
• A minimum of one-third of a minor must be earned at Geneva.
• Courses transferred from another institution will be counted in the same semester that the credit-granting institution that granted the credit designated the course.
• The following three core courses must be taken at Geneva.
  • HUM 103 Invitation to Humanities
  • POL 352 Great Issues in Politics
  • BIB 300 Biblical Worldview: Testing the Spirits of Our Age In the case that a student is transferring a course from a full member CCCU institution that is determined to be equivalent to BIB 300, three other credits in the core may be substituted for this requirement upon approval of the Core Studies Department.
• For associate degrees a maximum of 24 credits may be transferred.