The Sacred Heart University baccalaureate curriculum is made up of five components with a total of 120 credits of study required:
A minimum of 30 credits must be completed at Sacred Heart University (the residence requirement). Additionally, a minimum of 24 credits (representing one half of the 48 credits in the Health Science major) must be taken at Sacred Heart University. It is expected that many students will transfer up to 30 credits for their health care discipline work at the associate degree level; and additional credits may be transferred for other courses required in the plan of study.
Transfer Credits
A maximum of sixty-six (66) credits may be applied to a baccalaureate degree from a two-year college and a maximum of ninety (90) credits may be applied from a four-year college or university. Sacred Heart University accepts a maximum of 15 credits as “free electives” for transfer and a maximum of 50% of the major’s course credits for transfer. For the BSHS major, graduates of an associate’s degree health science program can transfer a maximum of 30 professional course credits toward the BSHS major, plus 15 free elective course credits, plus credits that meet transfer criteria for University core course requirements up to a maximum of 66 credits. Remedial courses and courses where the student earned a grade of C- or lower are not accepted for transfer credit. The number of courses which apply to a particular program will determine the number of credits and courses needed to be taken at Sacred Heart University.