Transferring Credit

Use our online form to receive a credit evaluation and find out how your hours will transfer.

We generally accept courses for transfer if they were earned at a regionally accredited college or university with a grade of “C” or higher. While transfer credit is subject to approval from the registrar, the admissions office has a few guidelines for accepting transfer credits.

A maximum of 63 semester hours may be transferred from a two-year school. A maximum of 94 semester hours may be transferred from a four-year school.
Course credits that are earned in a non-traditional way (IB, AP, placement tests provided by other colleges, etc.) are subject to evaluation by the registrar and the department chair on a course-by-course basis.
Technical or vocational credits are not eligible for transfer.
Courses are generally accepted in transfer if they were earned at a regionally accredited college or university and are commonly regarded as a topic of study in the liberal arts.
Nashville State Community College and Lipscomb University have a dual admissions agreement. Under this agreement, students who have been admitted to NSCC and meet the specified criteria will be automatically admitted to Lipscomb.
Completion of general education credits from Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) institutions will be honored provided that the student has completed all requirements for an AS or AA degree OR the student has completed all of the general education requirements at a TBR institution.
AP credits and CLEP testing will be accepted according to the following guidelines.

Lipscomb Core General Education Requirements

The following courses are common general education requirements at Lipscomb. You can take these at your current institution and transfer them to Lipscomb with a grade of C or higher:

English Composition 1 (first semester of freshman English)
English Composition 2 (second semester of freshman English)
History (non-state history)
Intro to Communications (any public speaking-based communications course)
Literature (sophomore level; American, English, world, etc.)
Mathematics (anything above intermediate algebra)
Physical Education
Science with a lab
Additional science or mathematics
Social Science (ex: general psychology, general sociology, American government, microeconomics)

For additional help with courses, please contact your Lipscomb Admissions Counselor. Community college students can enroll in a General Studies Associates degree track to guarantee completion of general education requirements.

AP Credit Transfer

Advanced Placement Subjects/Tests	Score of 3	Score of 4	Score of 5	Max Credit
American Gov./Pol.	PO 1023	Same as 3	Same as 3 & 4	3
Comparative Gov./Pol.	PO 1013	Same as 3	Same as 3 & 4	3
American History	HI 2213	Same as 3	Same as 3 & 4	3
European History	HI 1113	Same as 3	Same as 3 & 4	3
World History	HI 1013	Same as 3	Same as 3 & 4	3
Macroeconomics	EC 2403	Same as 3	Same as 3 & 4	3
Microeconomics	EC 2413	Same as 3	Same as 3 & 4	3
English Lang. and Comp.*	EN 1113	EN 1113	EN 1113	3
English Lit. and Comp.*	EN 1113	EN 1113	EN 1113	3
Art History	AR 4813	Same as 3	Same as 3 & 4	3
Studio Art- 2-D Design*	AR 1033	Same as 3	Same as 3 & 4	3
Studio Art- 3-D Design*	AR 1033	Same as 3	Same as 3 & 4	3
Studio Art-Drawing*	AR 1033	Same as 3	Same as 3 & 4	3
Music Theory	No credit	MU 1111, MU 1133	MU 1111, MU 1121 MU 1133, MU 1143	8
French Language	FR 1114	FR 1114, FR 1124, & FR 2114	FR 1114, FR 1124, FR 2114, & FR 2124	16
German Language	GE 1114	GE 1114, GE 1124 & GE 2114	GE 1114, GE 1124, GE 2114, & GE 2124	16
Spanish Language	SN 1114	SN 1114, SN 1124 & SN 2114	SN 1114, SN 1124, SN 2114, & SN 2124	16
Statistics	No Credit	MA 2183	MA 2183	3
Calculus AB*	No Credit	MA 1314	MA 1314	4
Calculus BC*	MA 1314	MA 1314 & MA 2314	MA 1314 & MA 2314	8
Precalculus	No Credit	MA 1123 or MA 1135	MA 1123 or MA 1135	5
Computer Science A	CS 1213	Same as 3	Same as 3	6
Computer Science Principles	CCT 1133	Same as 3	Same as 3	3
Biology*	BY 1003	BY 1003	BY1144	3
Environmental Science*	BY 1003	BY 1003, or BY 1013, or ESS 1013	Same as 4	3
Chemistry	CM 1113, 1211	CM 1113, 1211 CM 1123, 1221	Same as 4	8
Physics I	PH 1013	PH 1214	PH 1214	4
Physics II	PH 1013	PH 1224	PH 1224	4
Physics C- Mech.*	PH 1013	See Dept. Academic Chair	See Dept. Academic Chair	3-4
Physics C- Elec./Mag.*	PH 1013	See Dept. Academic Chair	See Dept. Academic Chair	3-4
Psychology	PS 1113	Same as 3	Same as 3 & 4	3
Human Geography	HI 3323	Same as 3	Same as 3	3

*Only one test will be used to grant credit when the same course credit is associated with different tests.

CLEP Credit Transfer

Area/CLEP Subject Exam	University Course	Req. Min.\|Scaled Score
Composition and Literature
American Literature	Survey of American Literature	50
English Literature	Survey of English Literature	50
College Composition	EN 1113 Freshman Comp. & Reading I or 3 hours elective credit	55
Foreign Languages
College French (Level I)	FR 1114	48
College French (Level I)	FR 1124	52
College French (Level II)	FR 2114	56
College French (Level II)	FR 2124	62
College German (Level I)	GE 1114	48
College German (Level I)	GE 1124	52
College German (Level II)	GE 2114	56
College German (Level II)	GE 2124	63
College Spanish (Level I)	SN 1114	48
College Spanish (Level I)	SN 1124	54
College Spanish (Level II)	SN 2114	60
College Spanish (Level II)	SN 2124	66
History and Social Sciences
American Government	PO 1023 Introduction to American Government	50
History of US I: to 1877	HI 2213 History of US I	50
History of US II: 1865 to present	HI 2223 History of US II	50
Human Growth and Develop.	PS 2423 Life Span Development	50
Intro to Educational Psychology	PS 3243 Human Development and Learning	50
Principles of Macroeconomics	EC 2403 Principles of Macroeconomics	50
Principles of Microeconomics	EC 2413 Principles of Microeconomics	50
Introductory Psychology	PS 1113 Introduction to Psychology	50
Introductory Sociology	SO 1123 Introduction to Sociology	50
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648	HI 1113 Foundations of Western Civilization to 1600	50
Western Civilization II: -1648 to present	HI 1123 Foundations of Western Civilization since 1600	50
Mathematics and Science
Calculus with Elem. Func.	MA 1314 Calculus I	50
College Algebra	MA 1113 College Algebra	50
Pre-Calculus	MA 1123 Trigonometry	50
General Biology	BY 1003 Fundamentals of Biology	50
General Chemistry I	CM 1113 General Chemistry I	50
	CM 1211 General Chemistry I Lab	50
General Chemistry II	CM 1123 General Chemistry II	75
	CM 1221 General Chemistry II Lab	75
Business
Principles of Management	MG 2XXT 3 hours Management Elective Credit	50
Financial Accounting	AC 2503 Financial Accounting	50
Intro. Business Law	BA 2XXT 3 hours Business Elective Credit	50
Principles of Marketing	MK 2XXT 3 hours Marketing Elective Credit	50

Note: As specified in the section “Requirements for Graduation,” a maximum of 33 semester hours of credit will be allowed on a combination of correspondence courses, extension courses, special examinations, Straighterline credits, advanced placement credits and equivalency credits.

No credit will be granted if prior college work has been completed in any of the test subject areas.

IB and EB Credit Transfer

The Office of Admissions in consultation with the provost awards IB (International Baccalaureate) credit, generally, according to the following policy:

Some of the examinations must be the higher level. A score of 4 or 5 is awarded credit.
A score of 5 is awarded credit at the standard level.
Other factors are to be considered when awarding IB credit.

Credit for EB (European Baccalaureate) will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Tennessee Transfer Pathways

Lipscomb is a member of the Tennessee Transfer Pathways program, and has agreements to transfer credit agreements for over 25 programs with all Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) community colleges. Each transfer pathway program offered is outlined on the Tennessee Transfer Pathways website.

Lipscomb University has been recognized as one of the most transfer-friendly colleges in the nation due to the excellence in the development and support of dynamic and innovative pathways for community college transfer students.