Transfer Credit
Course work transferred or accepted for credit toward a degree, diploma, or certificate must represent collegiate course work relevant to the credential with course content and level of instruction resulting in student competencies at least equivalent to those of students enrolled in the college’s undergraduate degree program. Any such earned credit must meet the minimum college academic standards of a grade of “C” or better and must parallel the content of similar courses offered. Transfer credit will not be awarded for courses in which a student has received a grade for credit by exam or has been granted credit for proficiency placement exams. The maximum amount of credit allowed to be transferred is seventy five percent (75%) of the college’s curriculum. Any course taken at a North Carolina Community College System institution will be accepted for the equivalent course except as specified herein.
For all others, the following criteria will be considered in determining the acceptability of the transfer course work:
1. Accreditation of the school by a regional or national accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education. Accreditation does not guarantee
acceptance of transfer credit.
2. Equivalency of course descriptions, outcomes and analysis of course level, content, quality, comparability, and degree program relevance. It shall be the
student’s responsibility to provide documentation of this equivalency, which may include, but is not limited to, syllabi, course catalogs, course outcomes, etc.
3. Use of recognized guides, such as those published by the American council on Education, the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions
Officers and the National Association of Foreign Student Affairs.
4. For skills-based courses, particularly those in the advanced technology programs, demonstration of student skills may be a component of the evaluation process.
Once a course is approved for transfer from a particular school, the course will be entered on a master list maintained by Student Services. Courses will be re-
evaluated at least once every two years. Decisions related to acceptance of credit will be made by the appropriate faculty member(s) and dean, in consultation with
the vice president of instruction.
The responsibility for determining transfer credit from other colleges and universities rests with the registrar and program director or coordinator. When there is doubt
about the appropriateness of transfer credit or when a student wishes to appeal a transfer credit decision, the transcript will be referred to the vice president of
instruction or designee, whose decision will be final.