transfer credit for ucol
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Presentation to academic advisors who work with international students.TRANSCRIPT
TRANSFERRING INTERNATIONAL CREDITS TO IUPUI
Jennifer Reed
Transfer credit evaluation is an
Not a science.
THREE TOPICS:
PHILOSOPHY:
“A YEAR IS A YEAR”
“A YEAR IS A YEAR”
OIA will award up to 30 credits per year
EXAMPLE: If a student attended a foreign university for two years and one semester:
maximum credits awarded = 75
Maximum credits awarded for a four-year bachelor’s degree = 120
“A YEAR IS A YEAR”
Remind students that it only takes 120 – 140 hours to graduate at IUPUI
TRANSFER CREDIT EVALUATION IS A THREE-STEP PROCESS
TRANSFER CREDIT EVALUATION IS A THREE-STEP PROCESS
Step One:
Apply EARLY and be admitted!
TRANSFER CREDIT EVALUATION IS A THREE-STEP PROCESS
Step Two: The Office of International Affairs (OIA) at IUPUI
will complete the initial evaluation of transfer credits
TRANSFER CREDIT EVALUATION IS A THREE-STEP PROCESS
Here’s the difference:
The Admission Center will ONLY accept official transcripts from students to complete their application.
OIA will accept copies Why?
TRANSFER CREDIT EVALUATION IS A THREE-STEP PROCESS
But this is the same:
The OIA WILL NOT post any transfer credit to SIS until we have official transcripts.
What can be done to help the student?
THE OIA WILL issue a “preliminary” evaluation
TRANSFER CREDIT EVALUATION IS A THREE-STEP PROCESS
What Transfers?
Accredited
100-Level +
“C” grade
Articulations
What does not transfer?
Unaccredited
English courses
Medical courses
We don’t offer it
TRANSFER CREDIT EVALUATION IS A THREE-STEP PROCESS
STEP TWO: INITIAL EVALUATION
1. Determine level of credential
2. Check accreditation
3. Verify authenticity, official
4. Units? Hours? Full time? Part time?
5. Credit Ratio
6. Grading Scale
I INITIAL EVALUATION
1. Level: University, 4 years
2. Accredited
3. Unofficial
4. Hours, full-time
5. Credit Ratio: X 0.039
6. Grading Scale(Bottom left)
“C” = 45%
TRANSFER CREDIT EVALUATION IS A THREE-STEP PROCESS
STEP THREE: DISTRIBUTION
WHAT INFORMATION DO STUDENTS GET?
WHAT INFORMATION DO STUDENTS GET?
WHAT INFORMATION DO STUDENTS GET?
Everything by email
Five-page instructional document explaining “undistributed” and “distributed”
The steps to take to get courses distributed
Examples of distributed courses
Distribution form
WHAT INFORMATION DO STUDENTS GET?
WHAT INFORMATION DO STUDENTS GET? February 1: Apply to IUPUI and submit unofficial transcripts and a complete application.
March 1: Receive admission letter.
March 15: Receive a preliminary transfer credit evaluation listing “undistributed” transfer credit(courses generally functioning only as electives)
August 15: Arrive in Indianapolis
August 16-20: During Orientation week:
Attend orientation at IUPUI Submit official academic documents to the OIA OIA will post undistributed transfer credit to student’s IUPUI academic record and it can be viewed
by student and academic advisor in the student’s Onestart account Student will meet with academic advisor who will suggest which undistributed courses to work on
getting distributed first (changed from undistributed credits to specific IUPUI courses). Register for classes based on information from placement tests and possible distributed transfer credit
Take Distribution Form, course descriptions, copies of transcripts and other materials to the corresponding academic departments.
August 23: Start classes
September 6: Academic departments return Distribution Forms to OIA
September 10:OIA posts distributed transfer credit to student’s IUPUI academic record and can be viewed in Onestart.
November 1: Register for second semester (Spring)
Philosophy: A Year is a Year
Transfer Credit Evaluation is a Three-Step Process
You can help your students by knowing what information they already have
Jennifer Reed
Office of International Affairs Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis