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Did you know it’s possible to transfer back credits taken at another institution to use toward completion of your degree and/or certificate at SUNY Niagara? Run your SUNY Niagara DegreeWorks degree evaluation to see what’s still needed, and if you take those credits elsewhere, send your official transcript back to us for evaluation. *A maximum of 50% of your degree/certificate program can be transfer credits.
Students currently at a SUNY 4-Year School can complete the SUNY Reverse Transfer Form.
Students currently at a Non-SUNY school can complete the Reverse Transfer Eligibility Form for Non-SUNY schools below.
Utilize Degree Works and our online Course Equivalency Guide to check if the course you are planning to take at your current institution counts towards the requirements left to complete your degree/certificate at SUNY Niagara.
Submit the Reverse Transfer Eligibility Form for Non-SUNY Institutions
If the transfer course will meet requirements, request an official transcript be sent from your current institution’s Registrar’s Office to the SUNY Niagara Admissions Office.
AP Scores are not sent on the high school transcript. You must submit your official scores to SUNY Niagara via College Board.
You get one free score send through My AP. You must sign into My AP (www.collegeboard.org) to indicate the college, university, or scholarship organization that you want to receive your one free score send. Students indicate their score send recipient on their answer sheet on exam day.
You can send scores online anytime for a fee. You can order as many score reports as you want after scores are released.
All CLEP exam registrations come with a free score send, which must be used when you register. However if you do not select a score recipient institution during registration or you wish to send your scores to additional institutions, you can request official CLEP transcripts for exams via My Account through a secure online checkout process through College Board (www.collegeboard.org). These additional score reports can be ordered for a fee of $20 per score recipient.
*The scores and semester hours that appear in this table are the credit granting scores and semester hours recommended by the American Council on Education (ACE). The scores listed above are equivalent to a grade of C in the corresponding course.
Your official International Baccalaureate (IB) transcript is required in order to award credit. You can request an official copy of your scores online at https://www.ibo.org/ .
Only HL (Higher Level) subject exams with a score of 4 or higher is accepted for transfer credit.
SUNY Niagara recognizes the IB higher level examinations (not standard level) when awarding credit, course exemptions, and placement. For students completing individual certificates in the Diploma Programme, credit may be awarded based on the grades in the individual subject examinations.
If you would like more information regarding credit eligibility for an IB examination in a specific subject area not listed please contact the Records Office at (716) 614-6250 or transfer@niagaracc.suny.edu .
Below is the list of currently offered IB HL Exams. Note that not all exams listed below have an equivalent at SUNY Niagara.
For detailed IB course descriptions
Students may also utilize our online Course Equivalency Guide to determine if coursework taken at another college or university will transfer to SUNY Niagara.
If the course or college/university does not appear in the Transfer Course Equivalency Guide, then it has not been evaluated to date