Transfer Credit Policy

  1. Transfer credit is awarded for courses comparable to those offered by CALUSA Institute.
  2. A minimum grade of B is required for transfer credits in the Master’s degree program.
  3. Students who have earned graduate level credits at another appropriately accredited institution may request to waive courses required by the degree program to which they are applying at CALUSA Institute subject to evaluation of an official transcript and review of the grades and courses taken. A course waiver applies only to courses that are required to complete a specific major of an undergraduate or graduate degree and do not apply to undergraduate general education courses. Only equivalent courses with a grade of 3.0 or “B” for graduate will be waived. Approved courses will then count as credit applied towards the total credit requirement of the degree.
  4. The Academic Dean will evaluate previous credits and reserves the right to accept or denyany of the credits for transfer.
  5. A qualified transferring course of three (3) units can be transferred into a four (4)-unit equivalent course with the condition that the student is required to perform additionalacademic work to fulfill the one (1) outstanding or missing unit and to pay the appropriate tuition. A form for satisfying this requirement shall be filled out by the student, approved by the Academic Dean, and submitted to the appropriate faculty for completion of this additional academic requirement. Upon completion, the faculty shall record a pass (P) or fail (F) grade of the student’s work on the form and submit it to the Registrar no later than the Add/Drop deadline of the following quarter. The Registrar shall place °TC” for the appropriate course on the student’s transcript only upon receiving a pass grade for thisone (1) unit requirement.
  6. The Registrar will advise students of any award of transfer credits in writing. The Registrar will also maintain records of transfer credits granted in individual student’s transcript and academic file.
  7. Transfer credit evaluation shall be completed within the quarter term that the officialtranscript and TC evaluation request form was received.
  8. Transfer credits will be counted towards the maximum program length. Eight (8) quartercredits for the Master’s degree program shall constitute one (1) quarter term to be used in thedetermination of time limitations for graduation.
  9. Transfer credit appears on a student’s academic record, and the hours are included in the student’s cumulative earned hours.
  10. Up to sixteen (16) quarter credits may be awarded for transfer credits in the Master’s degree program.
  11. CALUSA Institute does not award credit for experimental learning.
  12. CALUSA Institute does not collect any fees for transfer credit evaluation.

NOTICE CONCERNING TRANSFERABILITY OF CREDITS AND CREDENTIALS EARNED AT OUR INSTITUTION

The transferability of credits you earn at CALUSA Institute is at the complete discretion of an institution to which you may seek to transfer. Acceptance of the degree you earn in the educational program is also at the complete discretion of the institution to which you may seek to transfer. If the credits or degree that you earn at this institution are not accepted at the institution to which you seek to transfer, you may be required to repeat some or all of your coursework at that institution. For this reason you should make certain that your attendance at this institution will meet your educational goals. This may include contacting an institution to which you may seek to transfer after attending CALUSA Institute to determine if your credits or degree will transfer.

For example, if you entered the Institution as a freshman, you may still be a freshman if you enter another college or university at some time in the future, even though you earned credits here at the Institution. In addition, if you earn a degree in our Master of Science in Computer Information Systems program, it may not serve as a basis for acceptance to an advanced degree program at another college or university. Transferability of credit always rests with the receiving institution. It is the responsibility of the student to confirm whether or not credits will be accepted by another school.

CALUSA Institute does not imply, promise, or guarantee transferability of its credits to any other institution. This statement is provided in accordance with California Bureau for Private Postsecondary (BPPE) and Vocational Education Reform Act Section 94816(b), January 1, 1998.