Academic Calendar 2011-2012 - Chesapeake College

aDmissions anD PlacementArticulation AgreementsARTSYS, at http://artweb.usmd.edu, s an onlne data nformatonsystem created to help students from Maryland communtycolleges transfer to the Unversty System of Maryland and otherpartcpatng four-year nsttutons. Through ARTSYS, ChesapeakeCollege mantans transfer agreements wth the followng collegesand unverstes:• Bowe State Unversty• Captol College• College of Notre Dame of Maryland• Coppn State Unversty• Frostburg State Unversty• Goucher College• Hood College• Johns Hopkns Unversty, School of Professonal Studes• McDanel College• Morgan State Unversty• Mount Sant Mary’s Unversty• Sant Mary’s College of Maryland• Salsbury Unversty• Stevenson Unversty• Towson Unversty• Unversty of Baltmore• Unversty of Maryland Baltmore• Unversty of Maryland Baltmore County• Unversty of Maryland College Park• Unversty of Maryland Eastern Shore• Unversty of Maryland Unversty College• Washngton College• Wlmngton UnverstyFor State polces regardng transfer see Addendum, Appendx1 of ths Catalog. It has been agreed that all General Educatoncourses wll transfer as general educaton to any of our MarylandState colleges and unverstes.Other Articulation AgreementsStudents wth an Assocate’s Degree may be elgble to completea Bachelor’s Degree at the Eastern Shore Hgher Educaton Centerthrough the followng unverstes:• Bachelor’s Degree n Socal Work – Salsbury Unversty• Bachelor’s Degree n Elementary Educaton – SalsburyUnversty• Bachelor’s Degree n Crmnal Justce - Unversty ofMaryland Unversty College• Bachelor’s Degree n Busness Admnstraton – Unversty ofMaryland Unversty College.Transfer of CreditStudents must complete all admssons procedures and submtorgnal transcrpts from all nsttutons prevously attendedbefore transfer credts from other nsttutons wll be evaluated.Transcrpts for students n non-degree seekng majors wll beevaluated when a major s declared.Transfer credt documents go through the Records and Regstratonoffice, which reviews courses on an individual basis, based onthe declared major. When evaluatng transcrpts, Chesapeakeconsders the nsttuton where the course was taken, the datecompleted, department number course ttle and grade n decdngwhether credt wll transfer and f the course wll be desgnated asa specific Chesapeake equivalency or an elective. In some cases,the official course description will need to be reviewed. Uponrequest, the student will need to provide the official college catalogfrom prevously attended nsttutons or course nformaton fromthat institution. Only those courses/credits that fulfill programrequrements or prerequstes wll be transferred.Credt may transfer from nsttutons that are regonally accredtedby a commsson on hgher educaton. To verfy accredtaton,Chesapeake uses ‘Transfer Credt Practces of DesgnatedEducatonal Insttutons’ publshed by the Amercan Assocatonof Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. Chesapeakerecognzes the followng regonal accredtaton assocatons:• Mddle State Assocaton of Colleges and Schools (MS)• New England Assocaton of Colleges and Schools (NE)• North Central Assocaton of Colleges and Schools (NC)• Northwest Assocaton of Colleges and Schools (NW)• Southern Assocaton of Colleges and Schools (SA)• Western Assocaton of Colleges and Schools (WA)Credt may not be accepted from schools that are canddates forregonal accredtaton and not fully accredted. Ths ncludesnsttutons regonally accredted by a commsson on occupatonaleducaton.Addtonally, credts may transfer from artculated programswth regonal hgh schools, busness or ndustry. Artculatonagreements specfy award of credt for meetng certan crtera andpresentaton of certan documents. Chesapeake wll only acceptcredts for sgned artculaton agreements between ChesapeakeCollege and the transferrng agency. Artculaton wth othercolleges cannot be honored.Credt may transfer f the nsttuton s legally authorzed to grantstandard college degrees and s accredted by an accredtngagency recognzed by the Unted States Department of Educaton.The College may award credt based upon course equvalences,expected learnng outcomes and applcablty to the College’scurrcula, standards and course offerngs. The College’s TransferCredt Polcy s n complance wth COMAR 13B.02.02.16.Courses revewed and recommended by the Amercan Counclof Educaton may also transfer. For more nformaton, seeAddendum, Appendx 1, Student Transfer Polces, Transfer ofNon-tradtonal Credts.9