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         <td width="60%"><big>'''Undergraduate Transfer Credit Policy'''</big></td>
         <td width="60%"><big>'''Undergraduate Transfer Credit'''</big></td>
         <td width="40%"><big>Subsection: '''5.2.8'''</big></td>
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         <td valign="top" width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">Undergraduate Admission, Progression, Graduation and Scholarship/Grant Committee</div></td>
         <td valign="top" width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">Undergraduate Admission, Progression, Graduation and Scholarship/Grant Committee</div><br />Final Approving Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">General Faculty Organization</div> <br />Related Documents:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">5.2.3 Undergraduate Admission Requirements</div></td>
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                 <td>Revised: September 1987<br />Revised: [[CON Undergraduate Trasfer Credit Policy version March 2008|March 2008]]<br />Reviewed: [[CON Undergraduate Transfer Credit Policy version November 2012|November 2012]]<br />Reviewed: January 2018</td>
                 <td>Revised: September 1987<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/4327|March 2008]]<br />Reviewed: [[Special:PermanentLink/13625|November 2012]]<br />Reviewed: [[Special:PermanentLink/13627|January 2018]]<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/14312|May 2018]] <br />Revised: October 2023 ([[Special:Diff/14312/{{REVISIONID}}|changes]])</td>
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===Purpose===
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Establishes criteria by which transfer credit can be accepted. </p>
===Scope===
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">This policy applies to undergraduate applicants and students</p>
===Policy===
===Policy===
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">The College of Nursing may accept transfer credit earned in an accredited college. The College is the final authority on granting transfer credit and determining how transfer courses and credits apply toward a degree in nursing. Transfer credits are recorded with no grade or quality points assigned. Grades from transfer courses may be considered for admission purposes.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">The College of Nursing (CON) may accept transfer credit earned in an accredited college. The college is the final authority on granting transfer credit and determining how transfer courses and credits apply toward a degree in nursing. Transfer nursing credits are recorded with no grade or quality points assigned. Grades from transfer courses may be considered for admission purposes.</p>
 
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Transfer requests will be evaluated by the Director of Undergraduate Programs and Student Services coordinators utilizing the following criteria:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Transfer requests will be evaluated by the Director of Undergraduate Programs, Student Services Coordinators, and/or appropriate undergraduate course coordinators utilizing the following criteria:</p>
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Similarity of transfer courses to current course requirements.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Similarity of transfer courses to current course requirements, with transfer course evaluated for 80% consistency with selected college of nursing course.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The course grade must be a 2.0 on a 4.0 scale to be considered for transfer.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The course grade must be a 2.33 on a 4.0 scale to be considered for transfer.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Credit earned more than ten years prior to application for admission will be reviewed by the undergraduate student services office. Applicants may be required to repeat some courses. The Director of Undergraduate Programs may review these credits and act as the final authority for transfer credit.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Credit earned more than seven years prior (see Policy 5.2.3) to application for admission will be reviewed by the undergraduate student services office. Applicants may be required to repeat some courses. The Director of Undergraduate Programs may review these credits and act as the final authority for transfer credit.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Courses not considered applicable for transfer are those:
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Courses not considered applicable for transfer are those:
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             <li style="margin-top:15px;">Grade "I" (Incomplete), "W" (Withdrawal), or Audit.</li>
             <li style="margin-top:15px;">Graded as "I" (Incomplete), "W" (Withdrawal), or Audit.</li>
             <li>Completed but not given for credit.</li>
             <li>Completed but not given for credit.</li>
             <li>Remedial in nature.</li>
             <li>Designated as remedial in nature.</li>
            <li>Courses that require a lab when the course taken had no lab component (e.g., Microbiology, Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology).</li>
            <li>Courses outlined in Policy 5.2.3 that require a letter grade.</li>
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Undergraduate Transfer Credit Subsection: 5.2.8
Section 5.0 - Student Policies Originating Date: May 1982
Responsible Reviewing Agency:
Undergraduate Admission, Progression, Graduation and Scholarship/Grant Committee

Final Approving Agency:
General Faculty Organization

Related Documents:
5.2.3 Undergraduate Admission Requirements
Revised: September 1987
Revised: March 2008
Reviewed: November 2012
Reviewed: January 2018
Revised: May 2018
Revised: October 2023 (changes)


Purpose

Establishes criteria by which transfer credit can be accepted.

Scope

This policy applies to undergraduate applicants and students

Policy

The College of Nursing (CON) may accept transfer credit earned in an accredited college. The college is the final authority on granting transfer credit and determining how transfer courses and credits apply toward a degree in nursing. Transfer nursing credits are recorded with no grade or quality points assigned. Grades from transfer courses may be considered for admission purposes.

Transfer requests will be evaluated by the Director of Undergraduate Programs and Student Services coordinators utilizing the following criteria:

  1. Similarity of transfer courses to current course requirements, with transfer course evaluated for 80% consistency with selected college of nursing course.
  2. The course grade must be a 2.33 on a 4.0 scale to be considered for transfer.
  3. Credit earned more than seven years prior (see Policy 5.2.3) to application for admission will be reviewed by the undergraduate student services office. Applicants may be required to repeat some courses. The Director of Undergraduate Programs may review these credits and act as the final authority for transfer credit.
  4. Courses not considered applicable for transfer are those:
    1. Graded as "I" (Incomplete), "W" (Withdrawal), or Audit.
    2. Completed but not given for credit.
    3. Designated as remedial in nature.
    4. Courses that require a lab when the course taken had no lab component (e.g., Microbiology, Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology).
    5. Courses outlined in Policy 5.2.3 that require a letter grade.