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Start with your CIA major! Knowing your major will help give you a more accurate count of your transfer credits. If you’re not sure, check out our Major in a Minute video series. Hear what current CIA students have to say about their major—in just sixty seconds!

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It depends on the number of courses you transfer and the major selected. You could reduce your time at the CIA by a semester when transferring in a minimum of 12 credits that meet degree requirements. Or more if you qualify for our Turbo Option or Degree Completion Program. Apply now to find out if your college credits can be used toward a CIA degree!

Your passion for food is tailor-made for a CIA degree program. The unique learning, teamwork, and food-focused academics you’ll experience every day will help you grow and fully discover this exciting profession. Therefore, due to the highly specialized nature of a CIA education we do not accept culinary arts, baking and pastry arts, or hospitality and service management (restaurant) courses.

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Yes. CIA offers students the Math Challenge Exam for CIA’s Math Foundations course. Once you have been accepted and make your deposit, you’ll have the opportunity to take the exam. CIA also accepts other exams like CLEP (College-Level Examination Program), IB (Diploma Programme of the International Baccalaureate), and the NYU Foreign Language Exam. Students must receive qualifying scores as determined by grading authority.

Yes, students must have completed the courses with a minimum grade of “C” or better for undergraduate courses. Transferred courses are not calculated into a student’s overall grade point average.

�Ӱ�ԭ�� requires 30 transfer credits to be eligible for Degree Completion program. Please who will be able to assist you in determining your eligibility for the program.

• Micro/Macro Economics
• Foreign Language 1 and 2
• Two 3.0 credit History courses
• College Writing
• Literature and Composition

No, all requests for transfer credit must be submitted by the end of your first semester of your program. Once you’re enrolled in a degree program, you’re expected to complete the remainder of the degree requirements (after transfer credit has been awarded) at CIA.