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Transfer Guide
Students transferring from one college to another are concerned about how
their courses will be accepted. The transfer evaluation team at Austin Peay State
University works hard to make the transition smooth and easy. This guide is designed to
answer most frequently asked transfer questions. Click here for an explanation sheet
of the Student Transfer Credit Evaluation.
Who receives a transfer evaluation?
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Students who apply, submit official transcripts, clear APSU admission criteria, and who
have declared a major. Students with post secondary work from foreign institutions must
submit a course by course evaluations from the Educational credentialing agency.
Who does not receive a transfer evaluation?
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Students who have earned a baccalaureate degree and are now seeking TEACHER
CERTIFICATION. Contact the Teacher Certification office at (931) 221-7553.
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Students who have earned a baccalaureate degree and are undecided as to a second degree.
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Transient students who have submitted an official transcript or letter of good standing
from their home institution.
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Students who are not interested in earning a degree from APSU. They may apply for
admission as a Special student by indicating with their application for admission. All
students are required to complete the assessment test unless they have prior credit in
English and mathematics. These students will be limited to a maximum of 24 semester hours
of APSU credit. Special students who later decide to seek a degree from APSU must submit
credentials for full admission.
What Non-traditional credit transfers to APSU?
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Students may earn college credit with grades of "P" for acceptable scores on:
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The total amount of credit earned by a non-traditional method, including correspondence
and extension credit, which is acceptable to apply toward a degree is limited to one-half
the total number of credits required for the degree sought. Students are to submit a
Coursework Approval form available from the reception area in the Ellington Student
Services Building or at APSU Center at Fort Campbell (Enrollment Services Student
Assistance Window, Building 202 Army Education Center) PRIOR to earning additional
credit.
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Official test scores must be sent from the testing center to APSU. Required
documentation for Military Service experience must be either a DD214 (member copy 4),
DD295, or an AARTS transcript.
What if I have an Associate Degree already?
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The completion of an Associate of Arts or Science in a university parallel (transfer)
program from a Tennessee Board of Regents two-year college, as stated in their
1988 or later bulletin, will satisfy the Liberal Arts core requirements for the BBA and BS
and all core requirements for the BA except for Humanities foreign language (6 hours).
This policy also applies to Hopkinsville Community College if six semester
hours of American History have been included and if their core has been met without
exception. An official transcript with the degree posted must be submitted to the
Office of Admissions.
How are my courses evaluated?
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After you have cleared the admissions process, your complete admissions file is
forwarded to the Office of the Registrar's transfer team for evaluation. Each file is
processed individually reviewing institutional catalogs using Microfiche, CDRom and
conferring with the Academic Departments for specific course equivalencies.
How will my grades transfer?
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All transfer Hours Attempted, Hours Earned, Quality Points, and Grade Point averages
earned at other colleges and universities are included in the APSU academic record.
Courses earned with grades of A, B, C, or D will be considered for applicability
toward the APSU degree; only grades of A, B, C, or P will be accepted for remedial and
developmental courses. Grades of F will be posted on the APSU academic record. A grade of
incomplete (I) will be treated as a grade of F until an updated official transcript is
received from the previous institution with a change of grade. Grades of WF, NC (No
Credit), UW (Unofficial Withdrawal), or any institutional amnesty grade will be posted as
a grade of F and calculated in the APSU GPA. Only FRESH START from other Tennessee Board
of Regents institutions will be honored in evaluating transfer credit and grades. Transfer
credit with a +/- notation or combination of grades will be truncated strictly to the
preceding letter grade.
If the previous institution uses a different symbol such as X or Y or any other alpha
character or symbol, but the meaning is the same as I, F, or WF at APSU, it is treated the
same and calculated in the GPA.
What if some or all of my grades were not good, is there any
recourse?
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Fresh Start
Students who have been out of higher education a minimum of four years and return
completing 15 semester hours credit with a GPA of at least 2.0 at APSU may remove the
calculation of all credit earned prior to their reentry into APSU. The courses and grades
will remain on the transcript, noted appropriately, but will not be used in the cumulative
GPA.
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Care Policy
Students who have been out of college a
minimum of two years may apply upon their
return to APSU through their academic dean for consideration of the CARE (Credentials
Analysis and Re-Evaluation) Policy. A maximum of 18 semester credits or equivalent
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"D" or "F", along with the grades and credit of all other courses
taken in no more than two consecutive terms at APSU or another
institution prior to the separation may be removed from the GPA
calculation. If the number of "D" and "F" credits exceeds 18 semester credits over the two consecutive terms,
the policy will then be limited to all coursework in a single term. The course and grades
will remain on the transcript, noted appropriately, and removed from the GPA calculation.
If a student earned an associate or baccalaureate degree, the CARE Policy cannot be
applied to those prior credits.
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Course Repetition
Students who are repeating a course with grades other than A or B for which they
enrolled at APSU prior to Fall 1979 or any transfer courses must complete and file with
the Office of the Registrar a Course Repeat Card. Cards are available in the
reception area in the Ellington Student Services Building. Students must file the
cards the first week of classes. Approval to repeat courses with grades of A or B may only
be done with approval of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
The last grade received in a repeated course will be used in the computation of the grade
point average. However, in cases where the course in attempted three times,
including transfer work, the third and all future grades for the course will be included
in the computation of the grade point average. Repeating a course already passed
will result in the last grade received and credits earned from the last grade.
What if a course is offered at the freshman or sophomore level
at my college and is similar to a senior level course at APSU and vice versa?
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A course may be equal in content but taken at a different level. An example of this
would be HIST 3015 World History I at APSU. It may be taught at your previous institution
at the freshman or sophomore level, but here it is at the Junior level. The course is
equal in content but cross level.
If a course is equal in content but cross level and is a Liberal Arts Core
requirement, a Core Substitution must be obtained from the Dean of the College in which
the student is majoring. The Dean's office will have the Liberal Arts Core Substitution
form.
If the course is cross level and in the Major/Minor area of study, the advisor
and Department Chair must sign a Major/Minor Substitution form. The Department secretary
will have the form.
Note: Substitution of a lower division (freshman or sophomore) course for
an upper division (junior or senior) course does not affect the number of upper division
hours required for graduation.
I am a transfer student, do I have to take the AAPP?
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Transfer students who have fewer than 60 semester hours of acceptable traditional
transferable credit, and who have not earned college level composition-based English or
algebra-based mathematics credits must undergo AAPP assessment in the appropriate area(s).
Transfer
students with fewer than 60 semester hours of acceptable traditional transferable credit
deficient in required high school English or mathematics units (regardless of ACT scores)
must complete these AAPP subject-area tests.
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