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Validation Credit: Sawyer Business School

Selected business courses taken elsewhere at the freshman or sophomore level, but offered by Suffolk University at the junior or senior level, require validation in order to be eligible for transfer of credit. In order to validate a course, students must have:

• Earned a grade of “C” or better in the course to be validated; and
• Successfully completed, with a grade of “C” or better at Suffolk University, an advanced course in the subject field for which the transfer course is a foundation.

Upon completion of the advanced course, a student must complete a Validation of Transfer Credit Form in the Registrar’s Office. The course(s) which may be validated will be listed on the student’s Suffolk University transcript and Credit Evaluation. The Credit Evaluation is the student’s original document of transfer credit provided by the Undergraduate Admission Office when the student was first admitted to the University. If a student has taken a junior/senior level course that is not required at Suffolk University, it cannot be validated.

Learning goals and objectives reflect the educational outcomes achieved by students through the completion of this program. These transferable skills prepare Suffolk students for success in the workplace, in graduate school, and in their local and global communities.

When validating, no more than two transfer courses may be applied toward your major requirements.

Questions regarding transfer credit and validation procedures should be referred to the Undergraduate Academic Advising Center, 617-573-8345.