Capitalize on What You've Achieved in the Past
At Keller, your educational and professional experience matter. With approved transfer credit, course waivers and course exemptions you may be able to reduce your required course load and/or replace required courses with electives that align with your goals and interests. Using a combination of credits, waivers and exemptions, you may satisfy requirements for up to six courses in a particular degree program or one course in a concentration or graduate certificate.
Transfer Credit
If you are enrolled in a degree program, credit for up to three courses (nine semester-credit hours) may be transferred from other University-recognized graduate schools.* To receive transfer credit, the following criteria must be met:
- The course or courses taken were for graduate credit while you were enrolled as a graduate student.
- The course or courses taken are equivalent to a Keller course in content, level and credit hours.
- The grade or grades earned were B or better.
- The course or courses were completed within the five years preceding initial enrollment at Keller.
Courses taken on a pass/fail basis may not be transferred. Transfer credit reduces the number of courses you must take, and correspondingly reduces your costs, but does not affect grade point average calculations.
If you are pursuing a graduate certificate, you may apply a maximum of three semester-credit hours of transfer credit to your certificate requirements. Transfer credit is not granted for CPA exam-preparation courses. If you have already earned your CPA and/or CFA certification, you may be eligible for our fast track MBA option.
Course Waivers
If you have extensive academic or professional experience, you may petition to waive a program core or program-specific course. Supporting documentation of such achievement may include, but is not limited to, relevant academic transcripts, a detailed job description or evidence of an appropriate license or certification.
Waivers do not reduce the number of courses you must take; however, you can replace a waived course with any elective as long as you have met the prerequisites. This enables you to add an elective that meets your specific goals and interests. A 600-level course, including capstone courses, may not be waived.
Course Exemptions
In some cases, if you have earned DeVry University credit, you may be eligible for course exemptions. Course exemptions reduce the number of courses you must take; therefore, an exempted course need not be replaced with an additional elective.
In addition, if you hold a CPA license, or have passed parts of the CPA exam, you are exempt, as appropriate, from AC591, AC592, AC593 and AC594. Similarly, if you hold CFA certification, or have passed parts of the CFA exam, you are exempt, as appropriate, from FI595 and FI596.
For more information regarding transfer credits (including information specific to veterans), course waivers and course exemptions, please refer to the Graduate Academic Catalog. Or contact us today.
Certain course exemptions are not available in New Jersey and New York.
*Students in California may receive transfer credit for up to two courses (six semester-credit hours).
