Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3341 - Bowling Green State University › Chapter 3341-3 - Graduate and Under-Graduate Policies › Section 3341-3-05 - Credit transfer-graduate

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Policy statement and purpose
This policy describes criteria for credit transfer and
				restrictions on transfer or approval of credit.
(B) Policy
(1)
									Transfer of BGSU graduate credit taken
			 as an advanced undergraduate
Students who have been fully
				admitted into a graduate degree program or graduate certificate program may
				count  up to nine hours of graduate credit earned as a BGSU advanced
				undergraduate. Students must have earned a grade of A or B for this to be
				allowed. Specific graduate programs may have additional limitations on the
				number of credits that can be approved, and the specific courses which are
				eligible. Students should refer to specific graduate program descriptions for
				details of these limitations.
(2)
									Internal graduate
			 credit
If appropriate to both programs and
				within time-to-degree rules, courses may be applied to both a certificate and a
				master's program, or to both a certificate and a doctoral program.
(3) Transfer of external graduate credit
Students who have been fully admitted into a graduate degree
				program or graduate certificate program, and have satisfactorily completed
				eight hours of graduate work at Bowling Green state university may petition to
				transfer graduate credit from another regionally accredited graduate school.
				Fully documented petitions for acceptance of transfer credits from
				non-regionally accredited institutions may be submitted for review provided:
				the student initiates the petition, and provides all documentation to the
				academic department; the petition is endorsed by the department before being
				submitted to the graduate college for final approval.
				 An
				official transcript must be received by the graduate college before credit can
				be approved for transfer. Credit may be transferred only for courses in which
				the student received the grades of A or B (or the equivalent for courses not
				graded, as determined by the graduate coordinator). Credit for an S grade may
				be transferred only if the grade is regarded by the grading school as B or
				better. Courses taken for "professional development" cannot be transferred for
				graduate credit.
The transfer of credit received for such external courses to
				satisfy requirements of a degree program at BGSU depends upon the
				following:
(a) A formal, written
			 petition by the student is required for the transfer of credit. The petition is
			 submitted to the student's academic program for its consideration and
			 recommendation. The recommendation of the department is forwarded to the dean
			 designate of the graduate college for a decision via a TDP, a TDP addendum, or
			 an exception to the (DARS).
(b)
			 Documentation is required for courses that are "external" or "nonresident"
			 offerings of another university. The course must be listed and described in the
			 catalog offerings or other official publications of the institution. The
			 content of the course must satisfy a requirement in a graduate degree program
			 at the offering institution and be able to satisfy a degree requirement at
			 BGSU. An official transcript is required at BGSU.
(c) Petitions for acceptance of "summer tour"
			 or "travel" type courses* must be fully documented so that their academic
			 integrity can be judged. Promotional literature from a tour or travel agency or
			 institutional sponsor is not considered documentation of the academic character
			 of the course. Minimal documentation submitted by the student should include
			 the following:
(i) A photocopy of the course
			 description from the graduate catalog or other official literature of the
			 sponsoring institution;
(ii) A
			 statement in the institution's graduate catalog or signed by the dean designate
			 of the graduate school that specifies the graduate degree programs in which the
			 course satisfies degree requirements in the institution offering the course. A
			 viable alternative is a copy of an evaluative statement concerning the course
			 from the department(s) in which it is used to satisfy graduate degree
			 credit;
(iii) An official
			 transcript from the sponsoring institution following completion of the course.
			 Transcripts "issued to student" will not be accepted.
(d) It is necessary for a student to
			 petition, in writing, through the academic department for such transfer after
			 the course has been completed. Prior guarantees of any type that a course will
			 be transferable cannot be given. Any prior assurances given by faculty members
			 or staff of Bowling Green state university must be regarded as estimates or
			 opinions. They do not commit the university to a course of action.
*The minimal documentation on "tour courses" is necessary to
				evaluate the quality of the course and to determine its applicability to a
				student's degree program. Many accredited graduate schools offer courses for
				personal and professional development that carry graduate credit but are not
				applicable to their degree programs. Official assurance is required.
(4) Restrictions on transfer or approval of credit
Transfer of credit is not appropriate for graduate, non-degree
				students; by definition, they have no graduate degree program toward which
				credit is to be transferred. The transfer of credit for any graduate student
				for purposes of consolidating transcripts is not allowed. If a graduate
				non-degree student later becomes admitted to a graduate degree program,
				transfer of credit can be requested in consultation with the graduate
				coordinator of the program. Conditionally admitted students must achieve
				regular status before petitioning for transfer of credit. Final approval for
				transferred credit is granted only by the graduate dean designate.
The time limits for completion of a master's degree, a
				specialist degree and certificate program (six years), and for a doctoral
				degree (eight years) apply also to transfer credit. That is, all credits within
				a master's and specialist program must fall within the six-year period dating
				from the end of the earliest course used to fulfill degree requirements on the
				tentative degree program or degree audit; similarly, all credits within a
				doctoral program must fall within the eight-year period.
Once the request for transfer of credit has been approved by
				the academic program and the graduate college, and official transcripts are
				received, the credit hours-not grades-for the courses are transferred into the
				student's degree program. Because the grades are not officially recognized,
				they cannot be counted into a student's cumulative grade point average.
				Transfer credit is reviewed at the time of graduation to ensure the course work
				falls within the time to degree limits.
Courses equivalent to those at the university from another
				university cannot be transferred for credit and also taken for credit here
				(course duplication is not allowed). Only graduate level courses qualify for
				transfer to graduate degree programs. Courses that have already been applied in
				whole or in part in any way toward any other degree or certificate from another
				university may not be transferred.
A maximum of nine semester hours of graduate credit taken as a
				BGSU advanced undergraduate may be counted towards a master's program subject
				to the approval of the master's program.
One course, up to a maximum of four semester hours of
				post-baccalaureate credit may be transferred into a graduate
				certificate.
A maximum of nine semester hours of post-baccalaureate credit
				may be transferred into a master's program subject to approval of the program
				and the graduate college.
A maximum of nine semester hours of
				post-master's credit may be transferred into a doctoral program subject to
				approval of the program and the graduate college.
Exceptions to  listed
				in this paragraphthe
										maximum  pertain to approved joint and cooperative
				degree programs with another university (see joint and
				cooperative degrees policy).