Common use of Transfer of Credit for Special Populations Clause in Contracts

Transfer of Credit for Special Populations. 1. Transfer of general education core courses for non-graduates Upon admission to another public two-year institution or to a public university, students who have completed the general education core with the proper distribution of hours, but who have not completed the associate degree, will be considered to have fulfilled the institution-wide, lower-division general education requirements of the receiving institution. To be eligible for inclusion in this policy, a student must have an overall GPA of at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale at the time of transfer and a grade of "C" or better in all core courses. Upon transfer at the sophomore level, a non-graduate who has completed the general education core should be advised at the university to take pre-major or cognate courses based on his or her chosen major. Certification of completion of the general education core for non-graduates is the responsibility of the community college at which the core is completed. The transcripts of students who transfer before completing the general education core will be evaluated on a course-by-course basis by the receiving university. The transferring student who has not completed the core must meet the receiving institution's general education requirements.