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Credit transferred from an accredited junior college may be counted only as a
part of the first 93 term hours earned toward a baccalaureate degree.
No advanced standing is granted at entrance for work done in nonaccredited
collegiate institutions. However, after three terms of satisfactory work in the University,
an undergraduate student transferring from a nonaccredited institution
may, on petition, receive credit in University of Oregon courses to which courses
taken at the unaccredited institution are approximately equivalent; validating examinations
may be required. Petitions for such credit may be based only on regularly
organized college-level courses.
Transfer students are required to file with the Office of Admissions: (1) complete
official records of all school work beyond the eighth grade; and (2) a certified
score on the College Entrance Examination Board Scholastic Aptitude Test.
College records must be certified by the registrar of the institution providing the
record; if the student's high-school record is adequately shown on his college
transcript, he need not obtain another record direct from his high school. If a
student has taken the Scholastic Aptitude Test on a previous occasion, he need
not take it again, but may obtain and submit a transcript of his score from the
College Entrance Examination Board.
Admission to Major Programs. Several University schools and departments
have special requirements fOJ' the admission of transfer students as majors and
for the granting of transfer maj or credit-in addition to the general requirements
of the University. These requirements are frequently set in accordance
with the standards of national professional accrediting organizations. Where there
are such special requirements, they are stated in school and department sections in
this Catalog.
Admission of Special Students
Students qualified by maturity and ability to do satisfactory University work.
but who fail in some respect to meet the requirements for regular standing, may
apply for admission as special students. Requirements for special-student admission
include a satisfactory score in the College Entrance Examination Board
Scholastic Aptitude Test and the joint approval of the Director of Admissions and
the dean of the college or school in which the applicant wishes to study. Specialstudent
status is not granted to upper-division students with less than a 2.00 GPA.
A special student should qualify for regular standing as soon as possible, by
satisfactory University work and by the removal of any entrance deficiencies; if
his grades when admitted were below a C average, he must raise his cumulative
average to that level before being granted regular standing. A student may not
continue for more than 45 term hours of University work under special-student
classification without explicit permission (which is seldom granted). A special
student may earn credits toward a degree; to qualify for a degree, however, he
must complete at least 45 term hours of work after he has been granted regular
standing. (In case a regular student changes to special status, work done while a
special student will not apply toward a degree.)
Admission to Graduate Standing
For requirements and procedures for admission to graduate study see GRADU­
ATE SCHOOL, pages 105 ff.
Entrance Examinations
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