Transfer of Academic Credit Policy

Transfer Admissions Policies

Transfer applicants to Millsaps are encouraged to apply for admission by the July 1 priority deadline. A transfer student is anyone entering Millsaps as a student from another institution of higher learning. The following policies apply to transfer applicants:

1. Earned hour credit is normally allowed for work taken at other accredited institutions. Some courses not regarded as consistent with a liberal arts curriculum may not be credited toward a degree.
2. After earning 64 semester hours at a junior or senior college, a student may not take additional work at a community college and have it apply toward a degree from Millsaps.
3. A final high school transcript and official ACT or SAT scores will be requested as part of the necessary application credentials for any transfer student.
4. A student must complete the work necessary to fulfill requirements for a major at Millsaps.
5. Credits earned at another institution will be recorded on a nongraded basis. Transfer credit is given only for courses in which the student earned a C or higher. An overall grade point index of 2.0 is required for graduation.
6. In the case of a student transferring to Millsaps with partial fulfillment of a Core requirement, the Coordinator of Records in consultation with the appropriate faculty committee may approve courses to substitute for the remainder of the requirement. Students should consult with the Office of Records for College policy on courses that will substitute.
7. The student is subject to Millsaps regulations on advanced placement and credit by examination.

Transfer student applications received after July 1 will be considered on a space available basis.

Transfer Credit Policies of the Else School of Management

Students may transfer from other schools and pursue a B.B.A. at the Else School, but at least 50 percent of the B.B.A. course work must be taken at Millsaps. For the business administration major, this means at least 24 semester hours of B.B.A. course work must be completed at Millsaps.  For the accounting major, 32 semester hours (generally six courses) of B.B.A. course work must be completed at Millsaps. Transfer students may receive credit for Principles of Accounting (ACCT 2000) or Managerial Accounting, Budgeting, and Systems Control (ACCT 2010) if they passed comparable courses, completing three semester hours each, with a C or better at their previous institution. Students may receive credit for Prin­ciples of Economics (ECON 2000) if they passed six semester hours in Microeconomics and Macroeconomics with a grade of C or better at their previous institution. Ordinarily, students must take the four junior-level B.B.A. core courses at Millsaps.

Credit for junior- and senior-level courses taken at other four-year colleges will be evalu­ated on an individual basis by the Else School. For business administration majors, Business Strategy (MGMT 4000) must be taken at Millsaps; for accounting majors, at least 12 semester hours in accounting (three courses) required in the major must be taken at Millsaps.  Ordinarily, course work taken more than six years prior to admission or readmission to the Else School and academic work in which the student receives a grade below C must be repeated. The academic affairs committee of the Else School will evaluate extenuating circumstances for exceptions to these standards.

Millsaps students who wish to take B.B.A. courses at the 3000 level or above at an institution other than Millsaps must do so at an AACSB International-accredited institution and have prior approval from the dean of the Else School of Management. All students are required to complete at least 50 percent of their B.B.A. courses at Millsaps.