Transfer Student Resources

SMCM offers 26 majors, 29 minors, and 1 graduate program. Review the majors and minors offered to see what you may be interested in studying. It is important that you make sure the major you are interested in is offered at SMCM.

Prospective transfer students are encouraged to follow the appropriate degree programs at their current institution that will be beneficial toward a degree at SMCM. Consider using these resources to guide your planning process:

• Research different major options if you are undecided or still considering multiple interests.
• Explore potential career or graduate school options, and make sure the courses and majors you are considering are appropriate given your skills, interests, and abilities.
• Work with our Registrar’s Office to see how your transfer credits will be applied to your degree at SMCM.
• To determine how long it may take you to earn your degree, use our major checklists to plug in your courses after they have been evaluated by the Registrar’s Office.
• If you need assistance with academic planning for transfer, work with someone from our Office of Student Support or Registrar’s Office to determine how previous coursework may apply to your degree at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Identifying any general education and major requirements, and creating a plan for completing your degree will help make the transition from your current institution to St. Mary’s College of Maryland a smooth transition.

In order to have an official evaluation done, students must submit an official transcript to the Office of Admissions when applying to SMCM. However, students can always submit an unofficial transcript to the Office of Admissions or the Registrar’s Office for an unofficial review of how their credits will transfer.

• The maximum number of credits that can be transferred from a two-year institution is 70 credit hours, and 90 credit hours from a four-year institution. The combination of all credits transferred (including, for example, AP/CLEP/IB) may not exceed 90 credits.
• Credit by Examination: Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge, and general CLEP credit may be awarded. For AP, a minimum score of 3 is required; for IB, a minimum score of 5 for Higher Level (HL) exams and Standard Level (SL) exams; for CLEP a minimum score of 50; Cambridge A-Level and AS-Level exams with a grade of A*, A, B, or C.
• The college will convert quarter system transfer credits into semester hours. A semester hour is equivalent to 0.67 of a quarter-hour. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits will be converted by the following formula. 2 ECTS = 1 US credit. Students must earn at least 3 semester credits for the class to count toward any SMCM requirement.
• Credits that are transferred will be excluded from the computation of the grade-point average at St. Mary’s College.
• Students transferring with an AA, AS, AAT, AFA, or ASE degree from a Maryland community college fulfill the Core Curriculum foreign language requirement as well as each of the six areas of the Core Exploration requirement. However, these students will still be required to complete CORE 301 (please see the Core Exploration Requirements section for the complete requirements).
• All of our transfer policies can be found in the College Catalog

St.  Mary’s College of Maryland partners with several of our Maryland Community Colleges to create a seamless pathway to your bachelor’s degree. Because transfer students are an important part of the St. Mary’s College of Maryland community. To support our transfer students in their educational journey,  the College has established a range of enrollment agreements with partner community colleges. 

Once you’ve decided to continue your education with St. Mary’s College of Maryland, be sure to confirm your enrollment with the Office of Admissions directly as soon as possible. To learn more about your admission decision, please visit the Admission’s Newly Admitted page.

Now that you have been admitted, it is time to start planning.