General limitations

There are also some important limitations regarding the types of credit that you can apply towards graduation requirements.

  • Maximum number of credits transferred from regionally accredited two-year institutions: 124
  • Maximum number of correspondence credits: 60
  • Maximum number of credits graded P (pass): 45
  • Maximum number of cooperative education credits: 12
  • Maximum number of vocational education credits: 12
  • Maximum number of PE credits: 12
  • Minimum cumulative grade point average (gpa): 2.0 on all PSU courses and 2.0 on all courses, regardless of where taken, in major (some departments require a gpa higher than 2.0 in the major)
  • Residence credit: 45 (excluding credit by examination) of your final 60 or 165 of your total credits must be completed at PSU. At least 25 of the last 45 credits must be for differentiated grades (A-F)