Academic Policies
Transfer Credits
Academic
courses completed for credit at institutions accredited by a regional
association are acceptable for transfer.
1.
Academic courses will be transferred as meeting graduation requirements if the
courses parallel the scope and depth requirements for the degree
or if the courses
meet electives required for the degree. Credit will not be given
for duplication
of courses.
2.
United States Regional Accrediting Associations: North Central Association of
Colleges and Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges,
New
England Association of Schools and Colleges, Northwest Association
of Schools
and Colleges, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools,
Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools.
3.
Undergraduate transfer courses received from United States colleges and
universities accredited by United States regional accrediting
associations.
A. All undergraduate transfer courses and all transfer grades (whether the
grades are passing or not passing) must be recorded and an
equivalency
specified by the Regental university, calculated into
grade point averages
according to the Regental grade scheme, and recorded on
the student’s
academic transcript.
B. Remedial courses (as identified on the sending institution’s
transcript)
received in transfer are recorded, transcripted, and
assigned an equivalency
at the receiving university but do not calculate into
grade point averages.
C. Transfer grades not existing in the Regental grading scheme will be
equated
to the Regental grading system. (Refer to BOR 2:10, Use
of Grade Point
Averages).
D. In any subsequent evaluation, equivalencies for system common courses and
system general education courses will not be changed.
Equivalencies for
unique courses may be changed. In subsequent evaluations,
grades
previously recorded cannot be changed.
E. The university-specific degree requirements determine if the courses
transferred are applicable to the student’s degree program
at that university
and if they meet the minimum grade criteria.
F. Orientation, Life Experience, General Educational Development Tests, and
high school level courses are not recorded as transfer
credit nor are they
granted equivalent credit.
G. High school courses for which students received college credit will not be
entered as transfer credit, or given equivalent credit,
unless validated by and
Advanced Placement or CLEP score that meets Board of
Regents guidelines
for acceptance of credit or the college credit is granted
by a university with
which the Board has a dual credit agreement. This
requirement is effective
for high school courses taken after Spring term 2002.
4.
Transfer Courses Received from Accredited Postsecondary Technical Institutes
A. South Dakota Technical Institutes
1) Transfer of courses from South Dakota postsecondary
technical
institutes is governed by BOR policies 2:25,
2:26, 2:27 and 2:28.
2) Transfer grades not existing in the Regental grading
scheme will be
equated to the Regental grading system.
3) In any subsequent evaluation, equivalencies for system
common courses
and system general education courses will not be
changed.
Equivalencies for unique courses may be changed.
B. Other Technical Institutes
1) Courses considered for transfer are subject to
all BOR policies and any
conditions for validation that may be prescribed
by the accepting
institution.
2) When the courses are accepted for transfer,
equivalent courses are
recorded on the transcript but the grade
earned at the technical institute
is not recorded or calculated into the
grade point averages.
3) In any subsequent
evaluation, equivalencies for system common courses
and system general education
courses will not be changed.
Equivalencies for unique
courses may be changed, re-evaluated, or
nactivated. Additional
equivalencies may be added and evaluated.
4) The university-specific degree requirements determine if
the courses
transferred are applicable to the student’s
degree program at that
university and if they meet the minimum grade
criteria.
5. Undergraduate and graduate credits received from United States colleges
or
universities which are not accredited by a United States
regional accrediting
association
A. Courses considered for transfer are subject to all BOR
policies and any
conditions for validation that may be prescribed
by the accepting
institution.
B. When the courses are accepted for transfer, equivalent
courses are
recorded on the transcript but the grade earned at
the non-accredited
institution is not recorded or calculated into the
grade point averages.
C. In any subsequent evaluation, equivalencies for system
common courses
and system general education courses will not be
changed.
Equivalencies for unique courses may be changed,
re-evaluated, or
inactivated. Additional equivalencies may be
added and evaluated.
D. The university-specific degree requirements determine if
the courses
transferred are applicable to the student’s degree
program at the
university and if they meet the minimum grade
criteria.
6. Courses submitted in transfer from postsecondary technical institutes
that
are not accredited by a United States regional
accrediting agency will not be
accepted.
7. Undergraduate and Graduate Courses from Postsecondary Institutions
outside the United States
A. Courses considered for transfer are subject to all BOR
policies and any
conditions for validation that may be prescribed
by the accepting
institution.
B. When the courses are accepted for transfer, equivalent
courses are
recorded on the transcript but the grade earned
at the sending institution
is not recorded or calculated into the grade
point averages.
C. In any subsequent evaluation, equivalencies for system
common courses
and system general education courses will not be
changed.
Equivalencies for unique courses may be changed,
re-evaluated, or
inactivated. Additional equivalencies may be
added and evaluated.
D. The university-specific degree requirements determine if
the courses
transferred are applicable to the student’s degree
program at that
university and if they meet the minimum grade
criteria.
8. Credit Received Through Validation Methods
A. Credit earned through validation methods other than
nationally
recognized examinations is limited to a maximum
of 32 hours of credit
for baccalaureate degrees and 16 hours of credit
for associate degrees.
1) Validation of Military credit is limited to an
additional 32 hours of
credit for baccalaureate degrees and an
additional 16 hours of
credit for associate degrees.
B. Credit for college level courses granted through
nationally recognized
examinations such as CLEP, AP, DANTES, etc., will
be evaluated and
accepted for transfer if equivalent to Regental
courses and the scores
are consistent with Regental policies.
C. When validation credits are accepted, equivalent courses
are recorded
on the transcript but are not calculated into the
grade point averages.
D. In any subsequent evaluation, equivalencies for system
common courses
and system general education courses will not be
changed.
Equivalencies for unique courses may be changed,
re-evaluated, or
inactivated. Additional equivalencies may be
added and evaluated.
E. The university-specific degree requirements determine if
the validation
credits accepted also are applicable to the
student’s degree program at
that university.
9. When a course has been repeated for credit, all attempts will be entered
on
the transcript but the last grade earned will be used in
the calculation of the
grade point averages.
10. Total transfer credit for work at a junior, community college (2 year),
and/or
two-year technical college may not exceed one-half of the
hours required for
completion of the baccalaureate degree at the accepting
institution. Students
who have completed more than the acceptable semester
hours of junior,
community or technical college work may apply completed,
transferable
courses to specific course requirements and thereby may
not be required to
repeat the courses. The semester hours of credit for
those additional courses
may not be applied toward the minimum credit hours
required for the
degree.
11. System general education requirements successfully completed at the
sending South Dakota Regental institution will be accepted
towards meeting
these requirements at the accepting South Dakota Regental
institution. In
any subsequent evaluation of any transfer or noncourse
work, equivalencies
for system general education courses will not be changed.
12. Evaluations of courses will be made by the appropriate institutional
officials
at the time of admission by comparing descriptions,
content, and level of
courses completed with those at the accepting institution.
13. Each institution will develop and maintain a procedure for the appeal of
transfer credit decisions. |
