At the discretion of the Director of Graduate Programs, applicants to COPACE graduate degree programs may file a petition to transfer selected previous course work toward fulfillment of program requirements. Professional training may be submitted for consideration for course equivalency. However, this will be approved only with proper documentation that must include a curriculum, a certification of completion and an evaluation or grade of the work by the training organization.
Courses and course equivalents that have been taken toward the completion of another graduate degree can be transferred into the Clark/COPACE masters' degree programs at the discretion of the director of graduate programs.

[NOTE: all COPACE graduate courses are credited for 1 unit, which equals four semester hours. Transfers approved for courses of less than four hours will be transferred as partial units.]

Waivers may be granted for foundation courses if competency in the academic area can be demonstrated by prior academic work. Also, mastery of skill areas through extensive professional experience can be used to waive some foundation course requirements. If a waiver is granted, an elective may replace the foundation requirement. The waiver does not reduce the total number of courses required for graduation.

The M.S.I.T. degree program offers an exemption for one of the foundation courses (MSIT3080 Management Information Systems and Technology). MSIT 3080 can be granted an exemption based on experience and/or the completion of the same or similar course at the undergraduate or graduate level. An exemption reduces the total number of courses needed for graduation. Exemptions cannot be offered for other courses in the curriculum. Exemptions are not available in the other degree programs.