Transfer of Credits

The following is a brief description of the general guidelines used to evaluate transfer credits. This list does not guarantee the student any certain result and is meant only as an explanation of the procedures. Dalton State College has established these policies in compliance with the standards established by the University System of Georgia. In order for credit to be evaluated, official transcripts must be sent, directly from the school, and contain final grades of all courses completed. Students will have access to their evaluation of transfer credit once admitted and their transcripts are evaluated. 

  1. Transferability of credits is allowed from post-secondary institutions that are accredited by a U.S. regionally accredited association. Transfer of eligible credit is allowed from post-secondary institutions that are accredited by a U.S. regional accredited institution at the time the coursework was completed. Credits may also be awarded from other United States Department of Education-recognized accredited agencies when students provide evidence of the level, content, quality, comparability, and degree program relevance of those credits and they are determined by a subject matter expert to be acceptable. Course descriptions and syllabi will be the minimum requirements to determine if the coursework is acceptable. Additional documents may be needed.
  2. Courses from Technical College System of Georgia schools will transfer as detailed in the USG/TCSG Course Transfer Chart as well as courses approved as equivalent by Dalton State. https://www.usg.edu/academic_affairs_handbook/assets/academic_affairs_handbook/docs/TCSGUSGTransfer.pdf
  3. Courses are transferable with a grade of “D” or better. Grades of D will be accepted if higher grades are transferred with which to average to a 2.00 GPA. Some general education and major-specific requirements must have a grade of C or better to count toward program requirements.
  4. Freshman English Composition I (ENGL 1101) and Freshman English Composition II (ENGL 1102) require a grade of C or better in order to transfer.
  5. Grades of C or better are required in 3000-4000 level courses to be transferable.
  6. The transfer GPA is a component of the student's cumulative GPA at Dalton State.
  7. Transfer credit for undergraduate coursework is not directly awarded for the following: FYES, internships, practicums, professional development workshops/seminars, study abroad, work experience, graduate-level courses, lower-division Health Profession courses leading to licensure, remedial/developmental courses. If you would like to seek credit for your experiential learning, a Credit for Prior Learning (PLA) may be an option.
  8. In order to receive credit for a lab science course, the student must have successfully completed BOTH the lab and the class. No partial credit will be awarded.
  9. Courses that do not have exact equivalents here at Dalton State but may be used toward a program of study are coded with the prefix for the course and the number 1, 2, 3, or 4 ELE. This is to indicate if the course is a 1000-level elective, a 2000-level elective, 3000, or 4000. (Examples: PSYC 1ELE = 1000-level Psychology elective; CHEM 3ELE = 3000-level Chemistry elective.) If students wish to apply these towards their degree, they may appeal the courses through their advisors and the Vice President for Academic Affairs. For more information refer to the Transfer Equivalency information on the college web site.
  10. All course work is transferred in under the Semester System.
  11. Transfer work from a quarter hour system will be converted to semester hours. Each quarter credit hour counts as 2/3 of a semester credit hour. For example, 5.00 quarter hours is equal to 3.33 credits of semester credit. 
  12. Students must meet the minimum credit hours required for their degree and in each of the Core IMPACTS domains and may have to take additional courses to ensure this requirement is met.
  13. Military credit and experience are accepted provisionally provided that the content, nature, and appropriateness apply to courses offered at Dalton State College. Official documentation and course descriptions (when possible) must be provided. 
  14. Students who wish to receive credit from international schools must submit their transcript to an approved international credentials evaluation service (naces.org, aice-eval.org). Evaluations may take 2-8 weeks. Please click here for more information on international student admissions. 
  15. As a member of the Adult Learning Consortium, Dalton State College agrees to accept assessed and transcripted courses from other consortium members.
  16. If a student wishes to modify the results of the transfer evaluation, additional consideration will be given if the student submits a written request to the Registrar's Office and indicates which transfer course, they would like re-evaluated.
  17. In order for credit to be evaluated, it must be sent on an official transcript (directly from the institution) and contain final grades for all courses completed.