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General Information
Policies on Credit by Transfer and Other Means
If you already have completed some post-secondary
studies, your credits will transfer to St.
Ambrose University according to the following
policies:
As long as you meet the residency requirements,
you can earn up to 60 credits at two year
colleges. Students may take courses at a two year
college regardless of academic standing , e.g., a
senior could take a lower level course at a community
college. Credits for which a grade of
“1.00–1.99” on a 4.00 system was earned may
be transferred provided a person has, at the time
of transfer, a cumulative grade-point average of
at least 2.00 on the 4.00 system at the institution
at which any “1.00–1.99” grades were earned.
If you have earned 60 semester credits from a
two year college, you may still take additional
courses to complete a lower level general education
requirement, but the hours will not count
toward your degree. Transfer credits to be
applied toward General Education must meet the
requirements listed in the catalog under General
Education Degree Requirements.
If you have graduated from a two-year college
with a 2.00 grade average, your Associate in Arts
Degree or Associate in Science Degree will be
accepted at St. Ambrose University as fulfilling
60 semester credits of baccalaureate requirements,
and you will be given two year status.
You are still required to meet degree and residency
requirements The residency requirement is
“the last 30 hours or 45 out of the last 60 credits
to be taken at SAU.”
A maximum of 90 semester credits from
senior colleges, universities, two year colleges,
and community colleges combined may be
accepted in transfer and be applied to a bachelor’s
degree from St. Ambrose University.
Credits from some non-accredited colleges
may be transferable in whole or in part, but they
are not validated or posted to the permanent
record until after the completion of 15 semester
credits at St. Ambrose.
Registered nurses who have successfully completed
a three-year Hospital Diploma Program
ordinarily are awarded 90 semester equivalency
credits which are applicable to a Bachelor of Arts
in Special Studies degree without a major. Those
who have completed a two-year Hospital
Diploma Program ordinarily are awarded 60
semester equivalency credits applicable to the
degree.
Credits attached to courses successfully completed
through the United States Armed Forces
Institute (USAFI) are transferable and applicable
to a bachelor’s degree at St. Ambrose University.
Accelerating Progress Toward a Second
Bachelors Degree
Post-baccalaureate students seeking a second
degree, whether they graduated from St. Ambrose
or another institution, will have all of their transcripts
evaluated (including those from junior colleges)
regardless of the order of attendance. A
possible total of 90 semester credits can be transferred
in using a “pool” of all credits earned.
Students may be able to reduce the amount of
time ordinarily required to earn a bachelor’s
degree in one or more of the following ways:
1. Achieving sufficiently high scores on examinations
through the College-Level Examination
Program (CLEP) of the College Board. (For
further information, see College-Level
Examination Program, in this section.)
2. Obtaining equivalency credits through the
Advanced Placement Examinations (AP) of the
College Entrance Examination Board.
3. Performing satisfactorily on some Subject
Standardized Tests of the United States Armed
Forces Institute (USAFI) and/or the Defense
Activity for Non-Traditional Education
Support (DANTES).
4. Receiving recognition for studies completed
with certain non-collegiate organizations and
companies.
5. Establishing the acquisition of certain Military
Occupational Specialties (MOS’s), or even
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