Courses noted as being “equivalent” may be substituted for each other. A student may not receive duplicate credit for two courses considered equivalent to each other. If a student takes an SPU course equivalent to a course previously completed at SPU, the rules outlined below in the section regarding Repeating a Course will be employed.

If a student takes an SPU course equivalent to a course previously transferred from another school, credit for the transfer course will be rescinded and the SPU credits and course grade will apply. 

A course taken at another institution cannot replace an equivalent SPU course for which credit has been received.  However, an undergraduate student who has completed a course at SPU with a passing but insufficient grade may be able to transfer a course to SPU with zero credit in order to prove competence in the course content. See Zero Credit Transfer Policy for more information.