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Transfer Credit Policy for Master's Degree Program
Transfer students must meet the admission requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and must comply with the same procedures as mentioned above. Upon admission, academic credits earned at other institutions will be assessed by the Academic office and transfer credit will be granted based on course content and instructional hours equivalency to courses offered at SBU.
Evaluation and acceptance of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine transfer credit will only be offered for courses taken at institutions approved by the California Acupuncture Board and/or accredited by ACAOM. Other courses accepted for transfer credit must be from institutions with regional or professional accreditation. These courses must be similar to SBU courses in course content and hours of instruction. Credit cannot be given for courses with a grade lower than "C". Students may take challenge/placement exams for course credit when it is appropriate. An administrative fee of 50% of the course tuition fee is charged for each challenge/placement exam.
Evaluation of Transfer Credits (TC) shall be made by the Academic Office upon receipt of the following:
- Official transcripts from the transferee's previous colleges or universities;
- Completed the Transfer Credit Evaluation Request Form.
Any credit which is used to meet the admissions requirements shall not be used again for credit toward the AOM program of the University.
Equivalency and comparability of Transfer Credits (TC) is based on the nature, contents, quality, level, and units/hours in the course-by-course evaluation process.
Equivalency and comparability of Transfer Credits (TC) is based on the nature, contents, quality, level, and units/hours in the course-by-course evaluation process. Credit may be granted to an applicant who has taken professional work in an accredited Medical, Dental, Osteopathic, Chiropractic, or an AOM university/college for Western Medicine courses for example. Credits earned by students from foreign universities/colleges must be evaluated by a Credential Evaluation organization, such as WES and IERF prior to their award. If equivalency cannot be documented, students will be required to take and pass (grade of 70% or above) challenge / placement exam(s) in order to receive transfer credits. An administrative fee of 50% of the course tuition fee is required for each challenge/placement exam. No transfer credit shall be allowed for courses with a grade below ?" (on a 4.0 scale.) Transfer credits for AOM courses from a nationally accredited AOM university/college that is approved by the California Acupuncture Board can be fully accepted if equivalent to the University's courses. AOM courses taken from a foreign university/college that is not approved by the California Acupuncture Board will only be accepted to the 50% maximum.
A qualified transferring course of three (3) units can be transferred into a four (4)-unit equivalent course at the University with a condition that the student is required to perform additional academic work to fulfill the one (1) outstanding or missing unit and to pay the appropriate tuition. A form for satisfying this requirement shall be filled out by the student, approved by the Academic Dean, and submitted to the appropriate faculty for completion of this additional academic requirement. Upon completion, the faculty shall record a pass (P) or fail (F) grade of the student's work on the form and submit it to the Registrar no later than the Add/Drop deadline of the following quarter. The Registrar shall place "C" for the appropriate course on the student's transcript only upon receiving a pass grade for this one (1) unit requirement.
No more than one (1) outstanding or missing unit can be granted for each group of subjects (Anatomy & Physiology, Pathology, Clinical Sciences, Herbology, Acupuncture, Herbal Prescriptions, etc.). When dealing with two (2) missing units within the same group of subjects, the student may be required to take a course of that same group of subjects at the University and to pay only half tuition for that course. This will safeguard the student's knowledge in that course. An evaluation form for this requirement shall be filled out by the student and approved by the appropriate Program Student Advisor or Academic Dean.
The Registrar will advise students of any award of transfer credits in writing. The Registrar will also maintain records of transfer credits granted in individual student's transcript and academic file.
Transfer credit evaluation shall be completed within the quarter that the official transcript and TC evaluation request form was received.
Transferring students must comply with Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirement. Transfer credits will be counted towards the maximal length of study at the University. Fifteen (15) quarter units shall constitute one (1) quarter to be used in the determination of time limitations for graduation.
A forty-five (45) quarter unit minimum residency at SBU is required of each transferring student. The initial transfer credit evaluation granted at the time of admission to the AOM program is free of charge. However, succeeding TC evaluations by the Academic Office will require a $50 processing fee.
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Transfer Credit Policy for Doctorate Program
Upon admissions, the academic work earned elsewhere, but equivalent to the SBU doctoral program, will be evaluated for similar content so that appropriate transfer credits may be granted.
Transfer quarter credits for courses with a grade of 'B' or better completed at the accredited doctoral level program or through the challenge exam may be given to students enrolled in the Doctoral program.
The total of transfer credits should not exceed thirty two (32) quarter units.
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