Policies

A student receiving credit through AP must achieve a course grade of A-or higher and an examination score of 4 or 5.

Graduation with Honors A candidate for the Bachelors degree will be graduated with honors as follows: cum laude for a grade point average 3.50–3.70 magna cum laude for a grade point average 3.71–3.90 summa cum laude for a grade point average 3.91–4.0 The grade point average is based on the student’s entire college program; and in computing the average, work accepted for transfer credit is considered at the same grade value as the institution where it was earned.

Transfer Credit Policy Because of Sattler College’s unique academic and discipleship emphases, only a limited number of college credits earned at other institutions may be transferred into an incoming student’s Sattler degree program, subject to the regulations below. Sattler grants credit for work done at another college or university on an individual basis after careful evaluation. The regulations governing the transfer of credits earned in other institutions are as follows: Sattler will consider credits earned through a college, university or other higher education institution for transfer, including collegiate-level online or distance-education courses. The accreditation status of the institution(s) offering the courses will be a factor in transfer credit decisions, but it will not be the sole or primary factor. Minimum scores accepted for individual examinations are posted by the College Board at the following webpage: https://clep.collegeboard.org/for-colleges/clep-scores/granting-credit-for-scores/b-level-credit-recommendations . A request for credits based on a CLEP examination score achieved after matriculation will be granted only if the examination subject corresponds to a course not offered by the college during the academic terms in which the requesting student is enrolled. Only those credits which carry a grade of at least C or its equivalent at the undergraduate level may be transferred (no grade of C-, D, F or P). Transfer work is not calculated into a student’s cumulative undergraduate grade point average (GPA) at Sattler. Moreover, the student must place in the course at the next level for the transfer credit to be recognized. Transfer credit may not exceed 60 semester credits. Only 12 transfer credits may apply to a student’s major at Sattler. Transfer Credit Procedures An applicant seeking to transfer credits to Sattler is responsible to ensure that transcripts of all previous college-level work are sent directly to Sattler from the institution. Once accepted, Sattler will evaluate the student’s transcripts for possible transfer credits. Transfer credits are accepted on a provisional basis; they do not become a part of the student’s permanent record at Sattler until the student has successfully completed one semester of resident study leading toward a degree from Sattler. An evaluation of each transfer student’s written English is required prior to registration and may result in an additional course requirement.

Courses taken at other institutions but that are precisely equivalent with courses included in the Sattler core will, upon verification of Sattler faculty and administrators, be considered as having fulfilled the appropriate component of the core curriculum.

Transfer credits may not be counted toward the requirements of more than one major, nor simultaneously toward the Core requirements and a major’s requirements.

Maximum Time Frame Entrustment applies to a student’s enrollment in no more than eight semester terms, except for dual-degree and double-major students whose combined programs require more than 128 credits to complete.A student receiving entrustment during a term is expected to maintain full-time enrollment status during that term. This includes all attempted credits, including transfer credits, and classes financed by the student and/or other aid sources.