To be considered for admissions, transfer students must submit a completed Application for Admissions form and official transcripts from all accredited colleges and universities attended. If the transcripts show fewer than 12 hours of credit transferable to Calumet College of St. Joseph, an official high school transcript or an official General Education Development (GED) test score must be submitted. Admission will be granted to transfer applicants who have attained a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0, although other specific majors may have different minimum requirements. Applicants who do not meet these minimum GPA standards may still be admitted based on a review of the applicant’s file by the Enrollment Management Office.”

The College reserves the right to require on-campus assessment as a condition of admission for transfer students when appropriate, based on the information submitted in the application process. Calumet College of St. Joseph will accept no more than 66 semester hours from a junior/community college and no more than 94 semester hours from a four-year college toward a bachelor’s degree.

Transfer students with more than 52 credits are required to take three transfer-protected courses: GENL 100T College Survival for Transfer Students, EMCO 204 Academic Reading and Writing II, and THEO 230 The Search for Ultimate Meaning. Students must complete Signature Assignments in EMCO 204 and THEO 230 to demonstrate that they have achieved the General Education objectives.

Students can ordinarily satisfy the College’s residency requirements for bachelor’s degrees by registering and passing the final 30 semester hours of scheduled coursework at Calumet College of St. Joseph with one-half of the major requirements in scheduled courses at the College; or 15 semester hours in the student’s major area of study in cross-disciplinary programs.

When a student is admitted to Calumet College of St. Joseph as a degree-seeking student, the Registrar’s Office, in conjunction with the Program Director, will evaluate the student’s official college transcripts for possible transfer credit. To be transferable, coursework must meet the following criteria:

• It was earned at a regionally accredited institution
• It is college-level coursework (not remedial or developmental)
• You received a grade of at least a D-

To receive a Calumet College of St. Joseph Degree, you must complete at least 30 Calumet College of St. Joseph credit hours of upper-level courses as part of the requirements for your plan of study. Only credit transfers; grades do not count

Equivalent credit transfers fully. If it is not equivalent to a Calumet College of St. Joseph’s course, it will transfer as “Elective” and may be used at the discretion of your Calumet College of St. Joseph’s academic department.

Addendum for Ivy Tech Students

In accordance with Indiana legislature, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, in collaboration with state colleges and universities, established the Transfer Single Articulation Pathways (TSAP) program, which allows students to fully transfer selected associate’s degrees from a two-year institution toward a bachelor’s degree at a four-year institution. Calumet College of St. Joseph has developed pathways for five different majors. These majors are: Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Psychology at the Lake County Campus, and Fine Arts at the Bloomington Campus. Students who earn an associate’s degree in these majors at Ivy Tech may transition into Business Management, Criminal Justice, Human Services, Psychology, and Digital and Studio Arts at Calumet College of St. Joseph with junior year status.