Academic Regulation 305

Transfer Credit

305.1 Transfer credit procedure shall be initiated in the Enrollment Services Office.

305.2 Evaluation of transfer credit from another institution shall be made for matriculated students by the department chair or designated appointee(s) in whose department the student is enrolled using the following grades:

A. Credit will be given for courses passed with a grade of C or better (credit for a C minus shall not be given). In the evaluating of transfer credit, a grade of S or P will be considered equivalent to a grade of C.

B. Credit will be given for courses passed with a grade of C minus or better if the overall index of the courses being transferred remains at 2.0 or higher.

C. Credit hours granted will be equivalent to the corresponding course hours in this College. Partial credit may be granted with the approval of the department chair in whose department the course is offered.

D. Transferred credits from other institutions will not be included in the calculation of indexes.

305.3 Evaluation of transfer credit within the College shall be made by the department chair or designated appointee(s) in the department to which the student transfers. Grades, including Fs, for courses that have been taken and that are required in the new program shall be transferred as earned. If the student has already completed a degree at the College, no grades that were earned for that degree can be excluded from the student's academic transcript during the transfer evaluation.

305.4 Transfer from one program to another requires approval of the department chair or designee of the department in which the student is registered as well as approval of the department chair or designee of the department to which the student wishes to transfer. Such changes must be processed by the end of the fourth week of classes for the current semester. Changes after the fourth week will be effective for the subsequent semester.

305.5 A student may satisfy degree requirements by taking courses at another college and transferring no more than 12 credit hours within a seven-year period after leaving this College. This transfer program shall have prior written approval by his/her department chair. Courses transferred in this manner may replace comparable courses already taken at this College, thereby removing such courses from the calculation of index.