Policies

College Board Advanced Placement Program (“AP”): College course credit will be granted to students who pass the APexaminations with a score of three, four or five.

Transfer of Credit and Transcript Evaluation Applicants to degree, diploma, or certificate programs who want credit for course work completed at other postsecondary institutions are responsible for having an official transcript from each institution mailed directly to the Enrollment Management Office. Every attempt will be made to evaluate transcripts for transfer credit prior to registration. Curriculum Deans are responsible for approving transfer credit within the major.

Transfer credit from other regionally accredited postsecondary institutions pertaining to related and general education coursework will be approved by the Dean of College Transfer, Natural Resources, and Professional Crafts. Students without an earned two-year degree or higher, with more than 29 hours of approved transfer credit from an outside institution will also be exempt from taking a student success course. However, College Transfer Students will be required to take ACA-122 College Student Success as part of their program of study. CLEP, Advanced Placement, and Armed Forces Training The College will accept or transfer appropriate credits earned through credit by examination, advanced placement, CLEP, armed forces service schools, and college-level courses completed prior to graduation from high school.

4. If transfer credits or placement scores will be used to waive the College’s placement test or a prerequisite, official transcripts from a regionally accredited institution must be received before registering for the course.

Any course taken at a North Carolina CommunityCollege 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. 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. Transcripts written in a language other than English must be A certified copy of the English translation and evaluation should be submitted with the transcript. C.The responsibility for determining transfer credit from other colleges and universities rests with the Curriculum Dean over the program of study in which the course resides. 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 Executive Vice President of Instruction and Student Services, whose decision will be final. 2. The counseling staff evaluates the transcript and credit is accepted in accordance with the College'sprogram offerings and the procedure stated No credit for a course with a grade lower than a “C” may be transferred. 4. The student continues with registration The College recognizes the following additional opportunities for awarding transfer credits: 1. College Board Advanced Placement Program (“AP”): College course credit will be granted to students who pass the APexaminations with a score of three, four or five. 4. Non-curriculum to Curriculum Transfer Credit: Non-curriculum course work from the College related to curriculum instruction may be transferred or accepted for credit towards curriculum courses in specific programs.

Any transfer credit awarded and applied to a program of study at the College must adhere to the standards set forth in Policy 5.1.2, and follow the Transfer of Credit and Transcript Evaluation procedures set forth in the College catalog.

To be eligible for the transfer credit under the AE to the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Articulation Agreement, community college graduates must obtain a grade of “C” or better in each course and an overall GPA of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale. Note: Calculus I is the lowest level math course that will be accepted by the Engineering programs for transfer as a math credit. This class will be on a WCU transcript and will be transferred to HCC to complete the Associate in Engineering degree at HCC.

To be eligible for the transfer credit under the AE to the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Articulation Agreement, community college graduates must obtain a grade of “C” or better in each course and an overall GPA of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale. Note: Calculus I is the lowest level math course that will be accepted by the Engineering programs for transfer as a math credit.