SAMFORD UNIVERSITY
REQUEST FOR A LETTER OF GOOD STANDING AND
TRANSIENT ENROLLMENT FOR SUMMER
Office of the Registrar Transient Enrollment Form/Letter of Good Standing Request – Page 2 of 3 Revised 10/17/2019
Important Information:
1. Students who wish to transfer any credit completed while a transient student towards their Samford degree must have
written approval signed in advance by their academic advisor, the department chair if needed, and the registrar.
2. This work must be completed by the end of the summer term. Sixteen credits may be completed during the summer
months. Credits for a course taken at another institution must equal at least 75% of the Samford credit for the course
(at least a 3-credit course to meet a 4 credit course at Samford). Please see the college catalog for information about
how many credits you may transfer during your Samford career.
3. If you wish to attend Birmingham-Southern, Miles College, Montevallo, or UAB during the summer term, you must
attend as a transient student and not as part of the BACHE program.
4. University Core Curriculum courses may not be taken as transient work.
5. The Samford GPA must be at least 2.00 at the end of the current semester and the Samford account must be clear of all
holds in order to have a Letter of Good Standing sent to another college or university. All courses from transient
schools are required to have a letter grade of “C-“ or better in order to be posted as earned credit on your transcript.
The grade will not affect your Samford GPA, nor can it be used to repeat a course taken at Samford.
6. Upon completion of 96 credits, students may transfer no more than 8 semester credits or 2 courses to Samford. To
receive a degree, students must earn at least 64 credits from Samford.
7. Total combined registered credits-Samford courses plus transient enrollment (not the BACHE program)-may not exceed
18 hours unless approved by the student’s school dean. Combined registered credits for transient and Samford courses
may never exceed 21 hours in any term. See Class Load for Undergraduates for maximum credit hours allowed.
8. The transient institution must be regionally accredited.
9. Transient transfer credit is subject to University transfer policies and will be awarded when the official transcript from
the transient institution is received. It is the student’s responsibility to arrange to have a transcript sent from the
transient institution directly to Samford upon completion of the course(s).
10. Courses taken on a pass/fail basis will not be accepted unless the student produces written documentation from the
awarding institution that the grade represents at least a C-.
11. A Department chair’s signature is needed and the Transient Enrollment/Letter of Good Standing Request Form must be
accompanied by a course description(s) from the transient institution if the class(es) are not pre-approved.
12. Transient enrollment policies also apply to overseas/study abroad courses with foreign institutions. A separate form for
study abroad transient work is available on the Office of the Registrar Forms page.
13.
If your transient institution requires a transcript you will need to
request one through the Samford Portal.
14. Transient requests will be processed in the order in which they are received.