Advanced Standing & Transfer Credit Advanced Standing & Transfer Credit Ph.D. Programs: Advanced Standing Free-standing M.A. Programs: Partial Advanced Standing Liberal Studies Master of Arts Programs: Transfer Credit Students from other Columbia Graduate Divisions Students from Columbia Undergraduate Schools

Graduate students who hold Columbia undergraduate degrees may be granted advanced standing (up to 15 credit points and one Residence Unit) or transfer credit for courses taken in excess of the requirements for the Columbia bachelor's degree. The student must submit to the GSAS admissions office a letter from the Dean of his or her undergraduate division stating that these courses are graduate courses (at the 4000 level and above) and that they have not been used to fulfill any requirement for the bachelor's degree.

Under no circumstances whatsoever will undergraduate level courses (at the 3000 level and below) be accepted as transfer credit for advanced standing toward a master's or doctoral degree.