Policies
 

Students enrolling in any of the M.S. in Education programs should pay particular attention to the policies and procedures described below.

 

Application Materials
Application materials for these specializations can be found at www.WaldenU.edu
or can be requested by calling 800-WALDENU (800-925-3368).

 

Transfer of Credit
For the master’s programs in education, a maximum of nine semesters credits can be transferred: three courses of three semester credits each, to align with specialization courses. To be considered for acceptance in transfer from a U.S. institution, credits must meet the following criteria:

• Earned within 7 years prior to matriculating in the Walden University program or earned after matriculation and within the time limit for earning the degree.
• Transcripted as graduate credits on an official graduate transcript.
• Earned from an institution regionally accredited at the time the credits were earned.
• Earned in courses posting grades of B or higher (3.0 on a 4.0 grading scale).
• Earned in courses with content equivalent to the content of the corresponding Walden University courses or with content that is considered by Walden University to enhance the student’s education.
• Approved in advance of the student taking the course, for those courses completed after matriculating as a Walden student.
• Not applied to any prior earned degree.
  

To be considered for acceptance in transfer, graduate credits or other units from foreign institutions must satisfy the criteria above and have been earned from an internationally recognized university.

 

Process for Transfer of Credit
To apply for transfer credits, students must submit a credit-transfer request to the admissions office with their program application materials, or following admission to the program. Credit-transfer applications must be submitted and approved in advance (i.e., prior to enrolling in the course that will be transferred) for courses completed after matriculating as a Walden student.

 

The request must include a completed Transfer of Credit Application form and photocopies of catalog descriptions for the courses the student wants to transfer into the Walden University program. The university reserves the right to require copies of course syllabi in cases where catalog descriptions are not sufficient means to assess course content. Students should immediately request that an official transcript of the courses being considered for transfer be sent to Walden University. A transfer-of-credit decision cannot be made without an official transcript. Students requesting transfer of credits earned in foreign institutions may be required to submit the relevant material to an external credit evaluation service prior to Walden University making a judgment on the credit-transfer request.

 

Credit-transfer requests are reviewed and evaluated by the admissions office and program administrators when necessary. Once a decision is reached, the university notifies the student and records the decision in the student’s file.

 

Registration
Students in the sequenced M.S. in Education specializations are automatically registered for their courses following formal admission to the program and just prior to matriculation.

 

APA Guidelines
All written work in these specializations must adhere to the format and style guidelines established by the American Psychological Association (APA), as described in the latest edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

 

M.S. to Ph.D. Matriculation Requirements
M.S. in Education students preparing to matriculate from the Integrating Technology in the Classroom (Grades 3–12) specialization to the Educational Technology specialization of the Ph.D. in Education will complete a minimum of 72 quarter credits in the Ph.D. program.

 

Other articulation arrangements are available for students who want to apply credit from a Walden M.S. in Education degree program toward one of the Walden Ph.D. or Ed.D. specializations.