Overview
This article walks you step by step through using Transferology to see how your previous courses, exams, or military credits may transfer to MSU, Mankato and apply toward a specific major. It’s helpful for prospective and current transfer students who want a quick, unofficial preview of how their credits might count toward a degree before applying or meeting with an advisor.
See How Your Credits May Transfer Using Transferology
Video: Using Transferology
- Access Transferology
- Go to the Transferology website.
- Create Your Account
- Click Get Started to create your account. You can make a free account using:
- Your email address
- Your Microsoft, Apple, or Google log in
- Follow the steps on the screen to finish creating your account.
- Enter Your Courses, Exams, or Military Credits
- Entering Non‑MinnState Courses (Examples: University of Minnesota, out‑of‑state schools, private colleges)
- Search for the school.
- Choose the semester when you took the class.
- Search for the class using the department abbreviation (for example: ENG, MATH, BIO).
- Click the plus (+) sign to add the class.
- Use the same steps to add AP exams or military credits.
- Entering MinnState Courses
- Search for the MinnState school.
- Select Import Your Courses.
- Confirm that you will be taken to another page.
- Log in with your Star ID and password.
You may see one of these messages:
- Courses sent to Transferology — your classes were added
- No courses found — nothing was available to import
- Something went wrong – transcript not sent — try again later
- Log out and return to Transferology.
- Repeat these steps for any other MinnState schools you attended.
- Search for Matches
- Click Search for Matches in the upper‑right corner.
- Choose MSU, Mankato from the list.
- View How Your Courses Apply to a Major
- Find the program you want.
- On the right side, click View Program Information.
- Find your major in the list and select it.
- Click See how your courses might count toward this program.
- If you need to add more courses, choose Yes. If not, choose No.
- Confirm that you understand this is only an estimate, not an official evaluation.
- View Your Unofficial Degree Audit
- At the top of the page, click Programs.
- Click the program name to see your preliminary, unofficial estimate of how your courses may transfer.
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Still Need Help?
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