Eligibility | Transfer Credits | Seneca Students

Grade requirements:

Certificate, diploma and graduate certificate programs — a minimum grade of “C” (60 per cent) is required for a course to be considered for transfer credit for most programs.

Degree programs — a minimum grade of “C+” (65 per cent) in a degree level course is required for a course to be considered for transfer credit for most programs.

A higher minimum grade may be required by certain programs.

Course equivalency:

Incoming courses are evaluated based on applicability to Seneca’s programs of study and on criteria related to content, learning outcomes, credit value and/or number of teaching hours. If required, and applicable, to the program of study, incoming courses will also be required to include practical and/or lab components.

Seneca reserves the right to limit the time for which a course is considered current and eligible for transfer credit. Such eligibility is determined by each faculty/program. For more details, refer to “Appendix B: Guidelines for Use in Making Life of a Credit Decisions” in the Transfer Credit Policy.

Programs in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering Technology require current knowledge and as such any incoming course that is more than five years old will not be granted transfer credit. 

Program specific policy:

Some programs have additional policy requirements that restrict or limit transfer credit. These may include programs that must follow a set of standards outlined by an accreditation body in order to deliver a specific credential or certification.

Biological Sciences and Applied Chemistry programs: transfer credit will not be granted towards SSA 001 in programs from the School of Biological Sciences and Applied Chemistry

Nursing degree programs (including bridging and fast track): transfer credit requests can be made for liberal studies options, English or psychology courses; transfer credit will not be granted for core courses in nursing degree programs

Nursing degree (bridging) program:  transfer credits, based on courses completed in a two-year Practical Nursing diploma program from an Ontario college, will not be granted for any courses in the nursing degree (bridging) program.

Nursing graduate certificate programs: transfer credit will not be granted for any courses in nursing graduate certificate programs

Practical nursing programs: transfer credit requests can be made for general education, communications or psychology courses; transfer credit will not be granted for core courses in practical nursing programs

Opticianry program: transfer credit requests for core courses can be made for courses successfully completed in a Accreditation Canada Accredited Optician Program taken at a Canadian College of Applied Arts and Technology 

Paralegal programs: transfer credit requests for core courses can be made for courses successfully completed in a Law Society of Ontario accredited paralegal education program taken at an Ontario college of applied arts and technology (transfer credits can only be granted for a maximum of 40% of total courses)

Personal support worker programs: transfer credit requests can be made for the required communications course; transfer credit will not be granted for core courses in the personal support worker programs

Professional Accounting Practice graduate certificate program: transfer credit requests must include a Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) assessment of the previous education along with the official transcript from the previous institution and, if applicable, additional documentation such as course outlines; a minimum grade of 65%/C+ is required for transfer credit into this program

Public Relations - Corporate Communications program: transfer credits will not be granted towards CCM701 or CCM702 in the Public Relations - Corporate Communications program

Technical Communication program: transfer credit will not be granted for any course in the Technical Communication graduate certificate program

Therapeutic Recreation degree program: transfer credits will not be granted towards RSC 875 and RSC 885 in the Therapeutic Recreation degree program

Work term preparation courses: transfer credit will not be granted for WTP100 or WTP200