Transfer Admission Requirements
Admission Criteria
Associate in Arts (AA) Applicants
Applicants transferring directly after earning the AA degree from a Florida public institution will receive priority consideration for admission, as long as the foreign language admission requirement and the requirements for admission to the major/program of interest have been met.
Junior/Senior-Level Applicants
Junior and senior applicants (60 or more semester hours of transferable credit as determined by the Office of Admissions) must:
- Have at least a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) cumulative grade point average (GPA) on all college work attempted;
- Have at least a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) GPA on all college work attempted at the last institution;
- Meet the state of Florida's foreign language admission requirement;
- Satisfy the Florida College-Level Academic Skills requirement; and
- Meet the requirements for admission to the major/program of interest.
Freshman/Sophomore-Level Applicants
Freshman and sophomore applicants (12-59 semester hours of transferable credit as determined by the Office of Admissions) must:
- Meet freshman admission criteria;
- Have at least a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) cumulative GPA on all college work attempted;
- Have at least a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) GPA on all college work attempted at the last institution;
- Satisfy the Florida College-Level Academic Skills requirement; and
- Meet the requirements for admission to the major/program of interest.
Florida College-Level Academic Skills (CLAS) Requirement
Prior to July 2009 all students who had completed the sophomore year of college were required by Florida statutes and rules of the State Board of Education to satisfactorily complete the Florida College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST), or an approved alternative, before the granting of admission to upper-division status. While the CLAST exam is no longer offered in Florida, the requirement to satisfy English/math proficiency remains. Applicants can meet the competency requirement with:
- Successful CLAST exam scores taken prior to July 2009; or
- A minimum English score of 21 and reading score of 22 on the ACT, or a minimum critical reading score of 500 on the SAT, and a minimum math score of 21 on the ACT or 500 on the SAT; or
- A minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA in six semester hours of approved college-level English and minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA in six semester hours of approved college-level mathematics (no grade below "C-" is acceptable).
Foreign Language Admission Requirement
All applicants must satisfy the state of Florida's foreign language admission requirement prior to being considered for admission. Applicants can meet this requirement by having two sequential units of the same foreign language in high school or eight semester hours of the same foreign language in college or documented equivalent level of proficiency.