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Evaluation of Credit
After all transcripts are received by the Office of
Admissions and your file is complete, you will receive
an acceptance letter. Approximately 4-6 weeks after
admission, you will be provided with a copy of your
transfer evaluation.
An official evaluation from your advisor will list
the requirements satisfied by transfer work. The
evaluation will indicate areas needing to be completed,
including a listing of courses that meet degree
completion requirements. A copy of the form will be sent
to you and a copy will be kept on file on campus.
Transfer Credit
Credit is accepted by CSU-Pueblo from institutions
accredited by the
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools or similar regional accrediting bodies. For
credit toward degree requirements, CSU-Pueblo accepts a
maximum of 60 semester hours from
community or junior colleges and/or a
maximum of 90 semester hours from
four-year institutions.
Transfer grades and credits are not computed within the
cumulative grade point average earned at CSU-Pueblo.
Courses completed with a grade of C- or beter are
accepted in transfer.
CSU-Pueblo may accept the AA or AS degree from other
states as fulfilling the university’s general education
requirements.
Transcripts will be reviewed on request by the Office
of Admissions and Records to determine if general
education requirements are satisfied.
Credit from an institution without regional
accreditation may be accepted by
petition for transfer after the student has
completed at least 24 semester hours at CSU-Pueblo with
a C (2.000) average or better.
The university accepts up to eight semester hours of
cooperative education courses in transfer.
Cooperative education course work, to be acceptable,
must include a clearly defined academic element, such as
a study plan or reading assignments.
Acceptance of credit does not necessarily mean that a
specific department will accept the same credit toward
its major requirements. Each department evaluates
transfer courses to determine applicability to major and
minor requirements.
All application materials for applicants who decide not
to enroll for the term for which they applied will be
kept on file in the Office of Admissions and Records for
one year.
Military service credit
Military service credit is evaluated when official
copies of certificates are received at CSU-Pueblo.
Courses are evaluated according to the American Council
on Education (ACE) Guidelines.
A
maximum of 20 semester hours of credit is counted
toward a baccalaureate degree. Credit is not given for
military service work experience.
Credit by Examination
A student may earn a maximum of 30 hours of
credit by examination toward the minimum semester hours
required for graduation regardless of the source type,
(i.e., CLEP/DANTES, International Baccalaureate,
advanced placement, and/or in-house departmental exams).
For more information, please refer to the university
catalog, p 43-45.
Credit for Life Experience
Some students may seek academic credit for previous
out-of-school work experiences in which the job
responsibilities were similar to experiences offered in
university-sponsored internships and other programs.
Credit for such experiences may be given
if the following conditions are met:
- The experience must be directly similar to the
content of internships, field courses and/or
laboratory courses in the regular curriculum;
- The student must describe in writing the nature of
the experience and what he or she learned through
it;
- The experience and learning must also be
documented by the student’s on-the-job supervisor.
Documentation must include a detailed account of the
nature, frequency and duration of the duties; and
- A paper integrating the experiences with
subsequent or concurrent classroom instruction must
be submitted and approved.
The maximum number of credit hours allowed for life
experiences is
six. Any amount over six must be approved and
justified by the appropriate dean to the provost. Credit
for life experiences is granted only for experience
gained
within 12 years from the date the degree is
expected to be awarded. Credit for life experiences is
subject to the approval of the department chair and the
dean of the college in which credit is requested.
Time Limitation on Credit
Any college credit earned more than 10 years before
the date of admission or readmission is not
applicable toward the degree desired unless it is
approved by the appropriate department chair. |
