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Transfer Policies In addition to working with its partner sites to ensure suitable learning environments, Keuka works with its partner sites to develop and implement transfer policies that will facilitate the entry of transfer students into its programs. As noted in Chapter 5, transfer students join the traditional program, ASAP and overseas programs (all ASAP undergraduate and overseas students are transfer students). For students seeking to transfer into the traditional program from a regional community college, they may find up-to-date articulation agreements and credit transfer guidelines on the College website http://admissions.keuka.edu/transfers/credit-transferguides/. Transfer credits from regionally accredited post-secondary U.S. institutions, proprietary colleges, and other institutions are evaluated and accepted on a case-by-case basis. The complete transfer admissions process, including transcript evaluation procedures, is detailed in Appendix 6.18 Keuka College Transfer Admissions Process, and a transfer admissions counselor assists students throughout the process. After the transcript evaluation is complete, the registrar then sends the student a transcript evaluation showing the credits that will be accepted (Appendix 6.19 Transfer Evaluation examples ASAP & Traditional). The transcript evaluation also informs students of the Keuka College course equivalencies for the classes they have taken and the estimated credit hours they will have to complete in order to obtain a degree. Students who have obtained an associate’s degree, seeking admissions into the traditional or ASAP program, are not required to complete the general education curriculum at Keuka. However, all transfers must complete the general education course INS 301 Integrative Studies and a field period (or its equivalent in the ASAP program). Additionally, depending on their major program, students may need to complete prerequisites which are identified in the transcript evaluation. Credits taken at an institution over 5 years ago are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Students who have earned 25 or more credits, but do not have an associate’s degree, are not required to complete the entire general education curriculum as a freshman entering the institution would. In order for these students to have their general education requirements waived, they must demonstrate achievement of a similar breadth of knowledge and experience in the arts and sciences in three Breadth of Knowledge categories. Students transferring 25 or more credits can also submit a waiver for the required freshman English and wellness courses (Keuka College Record 2012-2013). Prospective ASAP students find information regarding Keuka’s transfer policies at http://asap.keuka.edu/become/ which also identifies the locations across New York State where they can complete their undergraduate degree or provides information regarding graduate level programs. Students studying in the graduate adult learning program can transfer a maximum of 9 credit hours of graduate courses. In order for credits to transfer, students must have earned a grade of B or higher at an accredited institution, and the credits must have been obtained in the last five years. Credits are transferred at the discretion of the Program Director. If students wish to take courses at another institution to complete their program requirements while at Keuka, they must obtain the permission of the Program Director and the Associate Vice President for Professional Studies (Accelerated Studies for Adults Program Graduate Handbook 2011-12, Academic Policies Section). Page 25 of 39 Chapter 6: Faculty, Ed Offerings & GenEd
Keuka enrolls international students in the traditional, on-campus programs in both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. In addition to the requirements listed above for traditional admissions or graduate admissions, international students are required to submit an official transcript from an official credential evaluation agency. Transfer credits earned at foreign institutions are evaluated and accepted on an individual basis (Keuka College Record 2012-2013). For international students entering the traditional program at Keuka College as first-year students, a high school transcript (or equivalent) is required. For international exchange students, who come to Keuka after studying for a period of time at one of our partner universities, transcripts from the partner school are required. Each partner school in China originally had a different format for transcripts; however, the Dean of the China Program worked with all the schools to create a common format in 2010. Transcripts are received in June or July by the Center for Global Education and are reviewed by the Registrar. Transcript evaluation is completed before transfer students arrive on campus, and faculty advisors work with students to enroll them in their campus coursework. Students in Keuka’s overseas programs, both China and Vietnam, complete an undergraduate business management program of 120 credit hours, with 90 credits provided by their home institution and transferred to Keuka, and the remaining 30 credits provided by Keuka. Students in these overseas programs take the same courses, both general education and business courses; the Registrar conducts a transfer credit evaluation of all courses taken at the home institution, making sure that students have passed the required courses and ensuring that they have completed all degree requirements (Interview with Linda Fleischman, Registrar, May 4, 2011). Documents listing transcript review policies and transfer credit are updated each year. The Registrar works closely with Admissions and Division Chairs to address courses that are not included in accreditation agreements or for which there is not an obvious match so as to make appropriate decisions, whether to deny credit or to award credit for equivalent courses. In addition, the College is in the process of setting up a committee to review the articulation agreements set up with each school to make sure the correct courses are still matched and to ensure that new courses are being accounted for. General Education A Keuka College education is based on the liberal arts as delivered primarily through our general education (Gen Ed) program. As noted in Chapter 4, “the general education program is the common educational experience of all traditional Keuka College students [and equivalent transfer classes for ASAP and overseas programs], providing them with breadth of knowledge, intellectual skills, and personal dispositions of an educated person.” The General Education requirements are based on a set of student learning goals which are organized in three categories: Foundational Skills, Breadth of Knowledge, and Dispositions (Appendix 4.22 General Education Learning Goals). Each Gen Ed course addresses one or more of these student learning goals. A substantial revamping of the General Education curriculum is at the forefront of the ongoing Long Range Strategic Planning initiatives, namely to create “a nationally recognized and distinctive General Education Program” (“Long Range Strategic Plan version 1.7 December 2012”). At its December 2012 Faculty Meeting, the faculty approved the formation of a working Page 26 of 39 Chapter 6: Faculty, Ed Offerings & GenEd
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The Student Code of Conduct, as pro
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