04-11-2024, 05:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-11-2024, 05:55 PM by jacket3ree.)
I vaguely remember how graduate degree transfers worked back in the day, and reading current requirements, it really hasn't changed much, if at all. The answer is that it depends on the degree.
For an M.A., M.S., M.F.A, or M.L.A. (one-year programs), you need 45 units for the degree and cannot bring units with you from somewhere else. You would need to get a second graduate degree. I guess nothing is stopping one from getting the same degree from two schools, but that would be bizarre.
For an Eng degree (two-year program), you need 90 units for the degree and can bring up to 45 of them from somewhere else. So, I suppose you could do an M.S. in engineering elsewhere and tack a year on at Stanford to earn an Eng degree. I don't know what happens if you convert your up to 45 units elsewhere into an actual degree. That is, can you double dip? That's not a bad idea. I do remember the Eng being the degree for graduate students who gradually decided they were done with school and it took more than a year to gradually realize that. Also, a convenient off ramp from a Ph.D.
An M.B.A. and M.P.P. are two years (90 units) and you can't smoke 'em if you got 'em from graduate-level business or public policy courses elsewhere. You can set those external credits on fire, though, I guess.
A Ph.D. and D.M.A. require 135 units (three years) and up to a year (45 units) can be brought in externally. I knew lots of people who did this, and plenty skipped the M.S. going straight past Go to a life in the basement. Those transfers (at least in engineering) were driven by available funding and professors who needed new indentured s.....tudents. I also know that Tech's long snapper is a Ph. D. student in chemical and biomolecular engineering who just received a scholarship, complete with a feel good tweet from the football program. We're all wondering if what must be external research funding is considered NIL. (Why would he need a scholarship?)
An M.S. in Physician Assistant Studies requires 186 units (4+ years) with nothing allowed from the outside.
An M.D. requires 235 units (5+ years) with 90 units from somewhere else allowed. I don't see how someone could be in medical school and play collegiately though.
A J.D. requires 109 units (2.5 years) and the equivalent of a year (45 units) can be brought in.
M.L.S., L.L.M., J.S.M., and J.S.D. degrees are do-overs, with fewer than 45 credits needed and no transfer credits allowed.
For an M.A., M.S., M.F.A, or M.L.A. (one-year programs), you need 45 units for the degree and cannot bring units with you from somewhere else. You would need to get a second graduate degree. I guess nothing is stopping one from getting the same degree from two schools, but that would be bizarre.
For an Eng degree (two-year program), you need 90 units for the degree and can bring up to 45 of them from somewhere else. So, I suppose you could do an M.S. in engineering elsewhere and tack a year on at Stanford to earn an Eng degree. I don't know what happens if you convert your up to 45 units elsewhere into an actual degree. That is, can you double dip? That's not a bad idea. I do remember the Eng being the degree for graduate students who gradually decided they were done with school and it took more than a year to gradually realize that. Also, a convenient off ramp from a Ph.D.
An M.B.A. and M.P.P. are two years (90 units) and you can't smoke 'em if you got 'em from graduate-level business or public policy courses elsewhere. You can set those external credits on fire, though, I guess.
A Ph.D. and D.M.A. require 135 units (three years) and up to a year (45 units) can be brought in externally. I knew lots of people who did this, and plenty skipped the M.S. going straight past Go to a life in the basement. Those transfers (at least in engineering) were driven by available funding and professors who needed new indentured s.....tudents. I also know that Tech's long snapper is a Ph. D. student in chemical and biomolecular engineering who just received a scholarship, complete with a feel good tweet from the football program. We're all wondering if what must be external research funding is considered NIL. (Why would he need a scholarship?)
An M.S. in Physician Assistant Studies requires 186 units (4+ years) with nothing allowed from the outside.
An M.D. requires 235 units (5+ years) with 90 units from somewhere else allowed. I don't see how someone could be in medical school and play collegiately though.
A J.D. requires 109 units (2.5 years) and the equivalent of a year (45 units) can be brought in.
M.L.S., L.L.M., J.S.M., and J.S.D. degrees are do-overs, with fewer than 45 credits needed and no transfer credits allowed.