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Hardin-Simmons University 2018-2019
TRANSFER CREDIT EVALUATION PROCEDURES
Evaluation of college transcripts includes, but is not limited to,
the following procedures:
1. Evaluation of work:
a
. The Registrar’s Office will prepare a tentative course-by-
course evaluation of transfer work. If a student is transferring
from a college or university accredited by a regional
accreditation association (such as the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools), his/her work will be generally
accepted if it is equivalent to or parallel with course work
offered at HSU and satisfactory grades have been earned.
Final acceptance of transfer work is subject to the approval of
the Registrar, who is the Articulation Officer for Hardin-
Simmons University. HSU requires an official copy of all
transcripts.
b
. Students seeking to transfer from a regionally
unaccredited
college or university may be permitted to
transfer as many as 30 semester hours contingent upon: (1)
evaluation of the work to be transferred on a course-by-course
basis; (2) completion of at least 15 semester hours of HSU
work with a grade of “C” or better.
c
. Up to 15 semester hours of work unrelated to fields of study
offered at HSU may be accepted EN BLOC for elective credit
in the student’s degree program.
d
. All transferable work completed at an accredited two-year
college will be posted to a transferring student’s official
transcript. However,
no more than 66 of those semester
hours may be applied to any degree.
Therefore, if the
student earns more than 66 semester hours from a two-year
institution, it will be the responsibility of the student’s advisor
and/or major department to identify no more than 66 of those
hours to be applied toward an HSU degree.
Once a student
who has enrolled at HSU has completed a total of 66
semester hours, regardless of where those hours have
been earned, the remainder of the hours to be applied to
a degree must be completed at a four-year institution. No
community or junior college credit will be accepted after
the student has earned 66 total hours.
e.
Hardin-Simmons University does not grant credit for
experiential learning or professional certificates.
f.
Freshman or sophomore-level courses completed at
another institution will not transfer as upper-division credit.
Furthermore, such courses may not be substituted for upper-
level courses unless approved by the head of the department
in which the course is offered or by the dean of the appropriate
college or school. (See also Post-Enrollment Transfer Credit.)
g.
An Evaluation Form, which indicates the transfer status of
all courses attempted, will be provided to the applicant usually
within three weeks after the receipt of all official transcripts
and application credentials.
2. Grades:
Courses with a grade lower than C will not be
accepted in transfer. However, at the time of admission, a
student may petition to transfer no more than two courses with
grades of D, providing the resulting overall transfer GPA is
2.00 or higher.
After enrolling at HSU, no grade lower than
a C will be accepted for transfer credit.
Except for
approved Intercollege work taken subsequent to the student’s
admission to HSU, only work taken at HSU will be used in
calculating the grade point average for purposes of
graduation, honors, institutional scholarships, and general
academic standing.
3. Credit by Examination:
Course credit earned by
examination from another institution must be evaluated and
validated in accordance with regular HSU Credit by
Examination policies.
4. Residence Work:
A student transferring from a senior
college or university who wishes to complete a degree from
HSU must complete a minimum of 25% of the semester credit
hours (excluding Intercollege work) in residence at HSU. At
least 12 upper level hours in the major field and 6 upper level
hours in the minor field must be taken from HSU.
5. Transfer Work During the Senior Year:
A maximum of
nine semester hours may be transferred from another senior
institution during the senior year (last 30 hours), provided the
student has met the minimum residence requirement. See
also Post-Enrollment Transfer Credit.
6. Transfer Credit for Non-Collegiate Courses:
Transfer
credit is given for equivalent work done under the supervision
of the United States Armed Forces Institute and related
service schools in keeping with the recommendations of the
American Council on Education and the Commission on
Educational Credit. Credit for the satisfactory completion of
non-collegiate courses may also be awarded in subject fields
applicable to degrees at HSU, in keeping with stipulations in
the
Directory of the National Program on Non-Collegiate
Sponsored Institutions
published by the American Council on
Education. Credit may also be awarded for scores of 5, 6, or
7 in Higher Level courses offered through the International
Baccalaureate and approved by the appropriate department.
Final approval rests with the Registrar.
7. Post-Enrollment Transfer Credit:
An HSU student who
wishes to receive credit for courses taken concurrently or
during the summer term at another college or university must
obtain written permission documented by the submission of
an approved authorization form supplied by the Registrar’s
Office. Course work taken at HSU for which a grade has been
reported may not be repeated and transferred from another
institution.
8. Transfer of Chapel Credit
: Chapel credits from other
institutions are non-transferable. For each hour of course
work that transfers to Hardin-Simmons students will receive
.65 chapel credits up to 60. Transfer students must attend at
least 20 chapels to graduate.
9. Life Experience Credit:
Although some colleges and
universities may award “Life Experience Credit,” HSU does
not award or accept such credit.
10. Transfer Equivalencies:
Page 208 indicates some of the
transfer equivalencies of courses in the Texas common
course numbering system.
11. Correspondence Credit:
No more than 12 credits of
correspondence work may be accepted toward a
baccalaureate degree at HSU. Correspondence work will not
satisfy residence requirements.
NOTE: correspondence
courses and internet courses are NOT accepted for credit
in foreign languages.
Applicants with Disabilities
Only persons who meet the academic and technical
qualifications for admission established by Hardin-Simmons
University will be admitted into the programs offered by the
University. In assessing applications for admission, the
University will reasonably accommodate the disabilities of
applicants so long as those accommodations do not create an
undue hardship on the University or alter academic
requirements the University has established as essential to its
program of instruction.
DISTANCE EDUCATION FOR OUT-OF-STATE
ENROLLMENT
On October 29, 2010, the U.S. Department of Education
(USDOE) released new program integrity regulations. One of
the regulations focused on the need for an institution offering
distance education, including practicums, seminars, test
proctoring, online courses and degree studies, to acquire
authorization from any state in which it operates. This
authorization is required to maintain eligibility for students of
the state to receive federal financial aid.
From October 2010, HSU has demonstrated a “good faith”
effort to comply in each state in which it serves students.