Criteria for Acceptance of Transfer Courses

A maximum of 9 doctoral-level credit hours (from another doctoral program outside TESU) may be transferred into the DNP program. Courses must be equivalent in content and credits to courses in the DNP program at TESU.
A minimum of 27 DNP-level credit hours must be completed at TESU in the DNP program to earn the DNP degree from TESU.
Courses transferred into the DNP program must have been completed at a regionally accredited higher education institution and a nationally accredited school of nursing (CCNE, CNEA, or ACEN).
Courses transferred into the DNP program must have been completed at an equivalent accredited international institution of higher education and an equivalent accredited international school of nursing, if credits were earned outside the United States.
The student must have earned a grade of B or higher for a course to be accepted as a transfer course into the DNP program.
Courses transferred into the DNP program must have been completed within five years of enrollment in the DNP program at TESU.