ACADEMIC REGULATIONS AND DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

TRANSFER CREDIT AND ADVANCED STANDING

Evaluation of transfer credits, advanced standing, CLEP, APP, and IB are coordinated through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Prospective students who desire further information about policies and procedures for awarding credit should contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office.

UNC Charlotte will accept appropriate undergraduate credits earned through APP, IB, CLEP, correspondence courses, extension courses, armed forces service schools, and college-level courses completed prior to graduation from high school. In addition, UNC Charlotte will accept or transfer appropriate undergraduate and graduate credits earned at another accredited institution or through credit by examination. Credit toward a degree is not awarded for Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Advanced Placement Course Credit (APP). The University will accept appropriate undergraduate credits earned through Advanced Placement Program Tests completed prior to graduation from high school. Students must request that official Advanced Placement test results be sent directly to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions for evaluation (UNC Charlotte code-5105). Prospective students who desire further information about policies and procedures for awarding credit should contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

International Baccalaureate Program (IB The University will award credit for subjects in which students scored 5 or more on the IB examinations. Contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions for further information.

College Level Examination Program (CLEP) General Examinatio An undergraduate student may receive up to 23 semester hours of elective credit.

Subject Matter Examination Credit may be awarded for subject matter examinations listed below at the levels recommended in the current edition of CLEP Scores: Interpretation and Use:

CLEP credit will be awarded according to UNC Charlotte policy in place at the time of evaluation.

The amount of CLEP credit which is applicable to a specific degree program is determined by the department offering the program.

Transfer Credit from Other Institutions. Transcripts are evaluated in the Admissions Office and the results are provided to the applicant and to the major department/ college. Determining the applicability of transferred credits to major or program requirements is the responsibility of the department chairperson or program director. General rules governing transfer credit:

  1. Only courses taken at a regionally accredited institution will be considered for transfer credit.
  2. Provisional transfer credit may be granted for study at foreign institutions or U.S. institutions which are not regionally accredited, but must be validated by 30 semester hours of successful performance in residence at UNC Charlotte.
  3. Courses for which credit is accepted must be appropriate for approved University programs and curricula in which the student is enrolled.
  4. Any course from an accredited institution which transfers as a course on the General Education list carrying the "IR" (initiation date retroactive indefinitely) notation will satisfy the goals for which the UNC Charlotte course is applicable. All restrictions that apply to UNC Charlotte courses apply to transfer courses.
  5. No credit below C level will be accepted; grade points and averages do not transfer.
  6. Transfer credit is awarded only upon receipt in the UNC Charlotte Admissions Office of an official transcript from the institution where the credit was earned.
Credit for Military Training. The University will approve academic credit for military training equivalent to UNC Charlotte courses required for the students' major, minor or general education requirements and up to three hours of elective credit. The military training credit must be part of the student's first 30 hours at UNC Charlotte and must be approved by the student's major department chair, college dean and the department that offers the course. Documentation of the training, such as a certificate of completion or notation on the student's DD Form 214, is required. The same requirements apply to transfer or military training credit approved by another institution. Contact the Registrar's Office for further information.

Correspondence and Extension Courses. A limited number of correspondence and/or extension courses may be transferred.

Credit from Two-Year Institutions. The University accepts a maximum of 64 semester hours of credit from two-year institutions for undergraduate students.

Transient Study. Courses undertaken by UNC Charlotte undergraduate degree students at other accredited institutions may be transferred to the University subject to the following regulations:

  1. The University is not obligated to accept any credit from another institution unless the student has obtained the prior approval of the dean of the college in which he/she is enrolled. A Permit for Transient Study form should be completed and filed in the UNC Charlotte Registrar's Office prior to enrollment at another institution.
  2. No credit will be accepted for courses below C level for undergraduate students or below B level for graduate students.
  3. The student must request that an official transcript be mailed to the Registrar's Office upon completion of the course. A form for this purpose is available in the Registrar's Office.
Credit by Examination. A student currently enrolled at UNC Charlotte may pass a specially-prepared challenge examination and receive credit for a University course without having to do the normal coursework. The student contacts the chair of the department in which credit is sought to request administration of an examination. Since it may not be appropriate to award credit by examination for some courses, the decision to offer an examination is that of the department. If the chair authorizes an examination, the student is instructed to pay the required fee for credit by examination and to bring the receipt of payment to the examination. Hours earned through credit by examination will be indicated on the transcript, but no grade points will be awarded. Hours attempted will be assigned equal to the hours earned. Failure on such an examination will incur no grade point penalty or hours attempted. A department may allow a student to take examinations for courses not offered at UNC Charlotte, if it deems it appropriate to do so. No student may challenge a course for which either a passing or failing grade has been received at UNC Charlotte.
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