Transfer Services

Students who transfer credit from other regionally accredited institutions will have their course equivalences available for viewing within approximately two weeks after being accepted to the University, which includes receipt of Official College Transcripts and payment of the Enrollment Deposit.

Transfer credit is posted to a student’s academic record/transcript, displaying the prior institution and the year/term in which the course(s) was taken. The grade earned will also be posted. Students may view transfer credit via MyClaflin by checking their Academic Transcript or Course History.

Courses without exact equivalents will be coded as XELE and should be considered elective credit (e.g., SOCI1ELE / 2ELE / 3ELE / 4ELE). Elective credit will also be coded with the corresponding level (100, 200, 300, or 400).

Lower-division credit transfers as lower-division credit only (100 and 200). Upper-level credit transfers as upper-division credit (300 and 400) and may require department evaluation.

Courses that do not match any courses offered at Claflin may be reviewed for specific course credit upon submission of a course syllabus from the prior institution and a written request from the student. The syllabus must match the attendance period in which the course was taken.

Documentation should be submitted to the Office of the Registrar. After review by the appropriate department, exact course credit may or may not be awarded. If the course is not a suitable match, it will remain coded as an area elective at the corresponding level and may be used as elective credit where applicable.

Students with an earned Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree from one of the 16 schools in the South Carolina Technical College System may enter Claflin as an upper-classman if they meet the agreement requirements, including a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or higher and a grade of “C” or higher in each applicable course. Students pursuing STEM fields may need additional math and science coursework.

• Students from non-regionally accredited institutions may request individual course review by submitting a syllabus to the Office of the Registrar.
• Credits will not be accepted if courses are more than 10 years old, unless an exception is recommended by the Dean of the student’s school/college.
• Credit-by-examination from other institutions is not accepted at Claflin.
• MOOCs and some prior learning/competency-based education are not transferable, including (but not limited to) Coursera, Sophia Learning, and StraighterLine. MOOCs will not fulfill requirements/corequisites/prerequisites or count toward completed credits and/or GPAs.
• AP, IB, Cambridge AICE, and CLEP credits are accepted when minimum cut scores are met; send official scores directly to the Office of the Registrar.
• International students must use an accredited credentialing agency and request a course-by-course evaluation be submitted to Claflin. Transfer credit will be awarded for appropriate degree-applicable credit.