Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
Policy
statement
Graduate courses completed at other
appropriately accredited academic institutions or at an academic institution
with high academic standards, to also include military schools (e.g.: United
States army war college, United States naval war college, marine corps war
college, the air war college) deemed appropriate and acceptable by the academic
department, academic college, and the college of graduate studies may be
offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduate degrees at the
university of Toledo ("UT") subject to the limits and approvals established in
this policy.
(B)
Purpose of policy
This policy defines conditions that
must be met in order to transfer credit towards a university of Toledo graduate
degree.
(C)
Scope
This policy applies to all graduate
students. Academic colleges and/or programs and departments may have more
restrictive policies with regard to the number of transferable credits or
eligibility of specific courses. Transfer credit will only be considered by the
college of graduate studies if it has been reviewed and approved through the
required channels of the student's academic department and
college.
(D)
Procedure
The following conditions must be met in
order to transfer credit towards a university of Toledo graduate
degree:
(1)
All graduate credits requested for transfer must carry
a grade of A, A-, B+ or B. Credit for an S grade may be transferred only if the
grading institution verifies that the S translates into a grade of B or higher.
Research hours earned at another university are not transferable towards
research hours for a project, thesis, or dissertation. Courses taken for
professional development cannot be transferred for graduate
credit.
(2)
The student must have been admitted and enrolled as a
graduate student at the institution where the graduate credit was
completed.
(3)
Courses requested for transfer from a non-United States
institution will be evaluated on an individual basis. To be considered, the
credits to be transferred must have been earned in a program judged by the
university graduate program to be comparable to a graduate degree program of a
regionally accredited institution in the U.S. and appropriate documentation
must accompany the request.
(4)
The credit
requested for transfer must not have been applied in whole or in part toward
any other degree or certificate from another university. Requests for transfer
of credits, applied in whole or in part toward a graduate certificate from
another university, will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. The final
determination will be made by the graduate dean.
(5)
The student is
actively pursuing a graduate degree program at UT.
(6)
Provisionally
admitted students must meet the terms of their admission to achieve regular
admission status before requesting transfer of credit. By definition, transfer
of credit is not appropriate for graduate, non-degree students as they have no
graduate degree program toward which credit can be transferred. If a graduate
non-degree student becomes regularly admitted to a graduate degree program,
transfer of credit can then be requested. (Graduate courses completed at UT in
non-degree status and later applied toward degree requirements are not
considered as transfer credit from outside the university.)
(7)
The amount of
credit transferred does not exceed one-third of the hours required for the
graduate degree. Requests for exceptions to this requirement will only be
considered with supporting documentation and would only be approved in unusual
circumstances.
(8)
Credit applied towards the master's degree and
education specialist degree must have been earned within the period of six
years immediately preceding the time the degree is awarded. Credit applied for
the doctoral degree must have been earned within seven years immediately
preceding the time the degree is awarded (combined M.D./Ph.D. program limit is
ten years). Credit applied towards a graduate certificate must have been
completed within the four years immediately preceding the time the certificate
is awarded. Transfer credit is reviewed again at the time of graduation to
ensure the course work falls within the time to degree limits. If the
previously approved transfer credit is beyond the time limitation for the
degree, it can no longer be used to fulfill degree requirements. Transfer
credits are not eligible for recertification.
(E)
Additional
restrictions:
(1)
The transfer of credit for purposes of consolidating
transcripts is not permitted.
(2)
A student may
substitute an acceptable alternative for a required course in the case where a
substantially similar course was completed as part of a previous degree. Such a
substitution requires the approval of the advisor, department chair or program
director, college associate dean and college of graduate studies and must not
decrease the number of course hours required by UT.
(3)
A maximum of nine
semester hours of post-master's credit may be transferred to a doctoral program
subject to all required approvals for the transfer of graduate credit. This is
in addition to the thirty credits that can transfer from a master's
program.
(4)
A maximum of twelve graduate course credits may be
counted in common between two UT master's degrees if the course work is
appropriate for the student's program and has received all required
approvals.
(5)
Requests to apply up to twelve credits from an awarded
UT graduate or advanced degree to another UT graduate degree will be evaluated
on an individual basis subject to all required approvals.
(6)
In all cases,
unless a specific exception has been approved, the total amount of credit
transferred and/or applied in common between UT graduate degrees may not exceed
one-third of the hours required for the graduate degree.
