TRANSFER POLICIES
Due to the unique nature of the curriculum at The Culinary Institute of America, only selected business management and liberal arts courses will be considered for transfer credit approval. We do not accept transfer credits for Culinary, Baking or Table Service.
Approval Criteria
1. Course must have an appropriate focus from an accredited college or university.
2. Completion of the course with a grade of C or better.
3. All applicable course work must have been completed within the past 10 years.
4. If applicant took the College Board AP exam and received a score of 4 or higher within the past five years.
How to Apply for Transfer Credit
Guidelines in preparing your request for transfer credit (to be submitted with your application for admission):
1. Consult The Culinary Institute of America catalog to find our which courses are required
for your intended major.
2. Review the CIA's Transferring Credits to the CIA brochure.
3. Obtain a copy of the CIA's Application for Transfer Credit by calling the Admissions
office at 1-800-CULINARY (285-4627).
4. Complete the top two sections of the transfer credit application.
5. Attach official course descriptions for the course(s) you would like to transfer. If you are
requesting transfer credit for College Board AP classes, please provide us with an
official college board report of your scores. If you are requesting transfer credit for the
CIA's Food Safety course, you must attach a copy of your national Restaurant
Association (NRA) ServSafe® certificate and either one of the following:
a) Course description of the food safety college course of at least 1.0 credit along
with the application for transfer credit
or
b) If you attended a ProStart high school or LEAP high school please indicate which
program, and the name of the high school, on the Application for the Transfer of
Credit form.
5. If official high school and/or college transcripts were not previously sent, please include
an offical copy with your Application for the Transfer of Credit form.
6. Submit your completed transfer credit application and supporting documentation along
with your application for admission. Transfer credit applications are due three
weeks prior to your approved entry date.
7. Once you have completed the application form, with the required documentation
attached, mail to:
Admissions-Attn: Transfer Credit
The Culinary Institute of America
1946 Campus Drive
Hyde Park, New York 12538-1499
Transfer credits will be considered for the following courses:
- Accounting and Budget Management
- Composition and Communication
- Computers in the Food Business
- Controlling Costs and Purchasing Food
- Economics
- Ethics
- Financial Management
- Food Safety (for eligibility, see guideline #4 above)
- French, Italian, or Spanish I, II, III, and IV
- History and Cultures of Asia
- History and Cultures of Europe
- History and Cultures of the Americas
- Human Resource Management
- Interpersonal Communication
- Introduction to Gastronomy
- Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
- Introduction to Management
- Leadership
- Marketing and Promoting Food
- Mathematics
- Menu Development
- Nutrition
- Organizational Behavior
- Principles of Design
- Psychology of Human Behavior
- Restaurant Law
- Restaurant Operations
- Wines and Beverages
- Writing
The Writing and Costing Examinations are graduation requirements for all students and may not be transferred.
Please note:
- Credits accepted in transfer may count toward the completion of degree requirements but are not calculated in a student's grade point average at the college.
- Full-time students may not receive transfer credits for all courses requested if the number of credits transferred reduces the amount for a semester below the 12 credits required for full-time study. Tuition charges are assessed based on full-time study, with each semester ranging between 12-18 credits.
- Students who receive transfer credit and wish to supplement their semester courses may take an Independent Study course with the permission of the appropriate academic dean.
- Students who transfer credits from another institution do not receive credit toward tuition and fees at The Culinary Institute of America.
Questions?
For more information about transferring credit to the CIA, please call the Admissions Office at 1-800-CULINARY (285-4627).
