Graduate Transfer Courses

MBA and MM

A total of 13.5 quarter-hours of graduate transfer credits, or American Council on Education (ACE) approved military graduate level credits are permitted to be included in a student's program of study. The following conditions apply:

1. All such courses must have been completed at a regionally accredited institution of higher learning or at an international higher education institution that is approved by an appropriate national ministry of education or recognized country equivalent; and
2. All courses must be graduate level and relevant to the student's area of study; and
3. Courses included in a program of study which were taken more than seven years prior to the anticipated date of graduation must be repeated or validated as to currency by the candidate. Contact the dean of graduate studies to obtain the validation procedures; and
4. Transferred courses that replace core courses must be academically comparable to the National American University course it is intended to replace; and
5. Any course to be transferred into a program of study must have been completed with at least a "B" grade.

Online MSN

A total of 9 credit-hours of graduate transfer credits are permitted to be included in a student's program of study. The following conditions apply:

1. All such courses must have been completed at a regionally accredited institution of higher learning; and
2. All courses must be graduate level and relevant to the student's area of study; and
3. Courses included in a program of study which were taken more than five years prior to the date of graduation must be repeated or validated as to currency by the candidate. Contact the dean of graduate studies/ SON dean to obtain the validation procedures; and
4. Transferred courses that replace core courses must be academically comparable to the National American University course it is intended to replace; and
5. Any course to be transferred into a program of study must have been completed with at least a "B" grade; and
6. Only the following courses may be transferred into the MSN program of study:
   1. Leadership in Health Care: A Collaborative Approach to Theory/Ethics/Health Policy
   2. Evidence-Based Nursing Practice