College courses that you have taken in high school or at other colleges may count toward your essential education requirements.
The transfer policy outlines the process Graceland uses to determine what transfer courses will meet essential education requirements. If you have questions about this policy, please contact your academic advisor, the Student Success Studio or the Registrar’s Office.
Essential education requirements follow students with transfer credits when entering Graceland University.
- Students entering Graceland with 1-23 s.h. of transfer credit –
- Any college level math courses that are transferred in will count toward the math essential education math requirement.
- If a student has taken 3 s.h. in speech or composition, Discourse I is waived and the student must take Discourse II and III.
- If a student has taken 3 s.h. in both speech and composition or has taken 6 s.h. in composition, Discourse I and II are waived and the student must take Discourse III.
- If the student has taken 6 s.h. in composition and 3 s.h. in speech/communication, the student is waived from Discourse I, II and III.
- Students who have taken courses in ethics, visual and performing arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural and physical science will be allowed to apply courses taken in those disciplines to substitute for no more than 6 s.h. of the courses required for a specific essential education curriculum theme.
- Students entering Graceland with 24-47 s.h. of transfer credit –
- Any college level math courses that are transferred in will count toward the essential education math requirement.
- If a student has taken 3 s.h. in speech or composition, Discourse I is waived and the student must take Discourse II and III.
- If a student has taken 3 s.h. in both speech and composition or has taken 6 s.h. in composition, Discourse I and II are waived and the student must take Discourse III.
- If the student has taken 6 s.h. in composition and 3 s.h. in speech/communication, the student is waived from Discourse I, II and III.
- Students who have taken courses in ethics, visual and performing arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural and physical science will be allowed to apply courses taken in those disciplines to substitute for the courses specifically required for courses in an essential education curriculum theme.
- Students entering Graceland with 48 or more s.h. of transfer credit – students automatically qualify for the “Alternative Essential Education” program. Students must complete 8 s.h. in each of these areas: college composition/speech courses (to include at least 3 s.h. of composition and 3 s.h. of speech); humanities (literature, philosophy, religion, art, music, theatre and foreign language courses); social sciences; and science/mathematics (to include at least 3 s.h. of college-level mathematics and 3 s.h. of natural science). The student must also meet the additional requirement:
- Discourse III (ENGL3100) or two lower division composition courses with a grade of “B” or better in each course – the Registrar’s Office will review transfer work to determine which option a student uses. If it is determined that the two-course option satisfies the requirement, a waiver of the upper division course will be indicated on the student’s academic record. Courses used to waive this requirement may also be used toward the 8 s.h. of college composition/speech courses.