Do credits transfer after you graduate?

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Say for example, you want to go to another college to get a second degree in another field. Do the credits you have from the original college you graduated from, still transfer? It would be nice to get all of the gen-eds out of the way.

For the most part "the basics" (gen-ed) will transfer. Not absolutely but as a general rulle most will transfer.

quote="Observer20"]Say for example, you want to go to another college to get a second degree in another field. Do the credits you have from the original college you graduated from, still transfer? It would be nice to get all of the gen-eds out of the way.[/quote]

It depends on the receiving (second) school.

Be aware that many universities in the USA are not allowing second bachelor's degrees these days - budget cuts, etc. Depending on the state, the uni may receive funding for someone for a certain number of undergraduate hours. Once you use those undergraduate hours' support up, you are a liability to the uni as you are no longer supported by the state, and, thus, they want you out of there. (Any tuition or fees you pay hardly cover the actual cost of running the place.) If your second uni is in the same state as the first, and if it's in one of the states that counts undergrad hours, you may not be admitted as an undergrad again once you already have a BA or BS.

Some private schools won't even admit anyone who's been to a university elsewhere for more than a year (no transfer students accepted), nevermind second bachelor's degrees.

Best to do all the checking ahead of time. Good luck!

I actually just got accepted for the spring semester. I received a political science degree a few years ago and am returning to get a degree in Biology. For my school, if you have a previous degree, gen eds are not required. Program requirements might not be satisfied but general school requirements like English and foreign languages and such are considered complete. Check with the school you are interested in to see what their policies are for transferring credits and such, I imagine that they would also have a similar policy.

I'm currently working on a third undergraduate degree but I'm doing it "on the side" at the same time that I do my graduate work. I got the first two at the same time. Financial aid (United States) will not pay for undergraduate work after an undergraduate degree is awarded so this is the only way I can afford to work on the third bachelor's. (My third bachelor's is kind of an afterthought anyway. I'm really there for the graduate work.)

Sparrow

Honestly no clue since I think only Gen-Eds will transferred depending on the university or college you go to. Degree requirements are different at each university or college while gen-eds are more universal.

But don't expect that gen eds will be universal -- look at the university/universities you're considering and carefully read their catalogs to be sure beforehand.

I've done undergrad work at four different universities: one required physical education while none of the others did, one required a philosophy class none of the others did, my English class didn't transfer from one university to another because the first university used a non-standard numbering for that class (I finally got the credit to transfer but it took a lot of bureaucracy, red tape, physical and emotional exhaustion, and tears. Probably would have been easier to just re-take the class in retrospect.) Math requirements were different at different universities. One university wouldn't accept *ANY* of the credits from another university that was in the same town because they belonged to different university systems that didn't recognize each other . . . but when I went on to a third university, it recognized all credits from both previous universities.

The safest route is to not assume that anything will be transferrable, either before or after graduation. Look at some university catalogs. Phone some universities and ask questions. Forewarned is forearmed.

Sparrow