Prospective, transfer, and current students may apply for transfer credit for up to 24 credit hours of courses that are required by the School of Business Administration (SBA) undergraduate business core. Students may only exceed 24 credit hours of core transfer credits through an official articulation agreement (e.g., Sinclair Academy). If courses are waived (not completed), students must still earn the majority of applied business discipline core credits at UD. In other words, a student cannot transfer in 24 credit hours of business discipline courses for the core and receive a waiver for a one-credit business discipline course. 

Applying transfer credit for major courses for prospective, current, and transfer students is rare and limited to 6 credit hours. Still, it is possible with the approval of the Holistic Academic Advisor and the Department Representative. Transfer credit limitations are established on an individual basis for certificate and minor programs.

Among other factors, a course must be completed at an AACSB, Equis, or AMBA-accredited institution to be viewed as equivalent to an SBA major or minor course (with the exception of the business administration minor). Courses that are not equivalent to specific courses at the University of Dayton may only be considered as major or minor electives with the explicit approval of the relevant Department Representative. 

Prior to taking a course at another institution to fulfill an SBA core or major requirement, current students must obtain documented pre-approval from the Holistic Academic Advisor and the relevant Department Representative to receive transfer credit for any SBA core, major, or minor course; approval for current students will be granted in rare and unique circumstances. The presumption is that current SBA students will take all SBA core, major, and minor courses at the University of Dayton.

The grade earned in a course at another institution must be assessed as equivalent to a C- or higher (“satisfactory”) for the relevant SBA course to be replaced by this transfer credit. When applicable, the specific course grade awarded by the other institution will determine if the student has the appropriate foundation to proceed to more advanced courses that require the SBA core course as a prerequisite.

Transfer courses for business courses must be taken within five years of arriving at UD as a first-year or transfer student. 

The relevant Associate Dean and Department Chair must approve any exceptions to this transfer policy and such exceptions will only be granted within current AACSB guidelines. This policy is subject to guidance in the University of Dayton transfer policy. For all non-business courses, SBA students must adhere to the relevant University or academic unit transfer policy.