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A course by course match shall not be required.

Capacity limits and/or higher admissions standards may apply to

certain high demand academic programs.

Students transferring with an Associate of Arts or Associate of

Science degree to a System university must have a 2.0 minimum

cumulative grade point average (GPA) in all coursework presented

for transfer from each institution attended.

Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees recognized for

the Academic Passport must contain, as a minimum, 30 hours of

liberal arts among the following fields of study:

Composition/Communications, Humanities/Fine Art, Behavioral/

Social Sciences, Biological/Physical Sciences, and Mathematics

and Computer Science. Vocational, technical, and career courses

shall not be used to satisfy general education requirements.

Intra-System Transfer

Incumbent System university students who have attained a GPA of

2.0 or higher in a minimum of 12 credit hours of college level

coursework shall hold an Academic Passport enabling transfer to

any other System university.

System universities shall recognize and honor the Passport held by

incumbent students who apply within the established university

time frame by providing admission upon transfer and shall, consis-

tent with G.5 (Guiding Principles), apply credit toward graduation

for all college coursework completed at the sending university.

Up to a maximum of 45 general education credits and/or liberal arts

course credits earned at the sending university shall be used to meet

lower division university general education requirements, even if

the receiving university does not offer the specific course being

transferred or has not designated that course as general education.

A course by course match shall not be required.

Capacity limits and/or higher admissions standards may apply to

certain high demand academic programs.

Instruction Through Distance Learning: With the prior approval of

the student's home institution, System students holding the

Academic Passport shall be entitled to take any course offered

through distance learning and listed in the catalogue at any other

System university and have those credits and the grade earned

accepted by their home institution. The home institution retains the

right to determine the application of such credits toward the satis-

faction of specific degree or major requirements.

Students Transferring Without an Associate Degree

Pennsylvania community college students who have not completed

the AS or AA degree may also apply to and be accepted for admis-

sion to a System university. To facilitate the transfer of students

with a minimum of 12 credit hours of college level coursework, up

to a maximum of 45 credits in courses which have been designated

and credited as general education by an accredited Pennsylvania

community college shall be used to meet lower division university

general education requirements, even if the receiving university

does not offer the specific course being transferred or has not des-

ignated that course as general education. Students seeking to trans-

fer course credits without the completed AS or AA degree must

have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 or greater in all course-

work presented for transfer for each institution attended.

Transfer Students and Advanced Standing

A student who has attended other institutions of collegiate rank and who

wishes to enter Edinboro University will be expected to meet the fol-

lowing requirements:

Meet the regular admissions requirements.

Have on file an official transcript of the work done in all institutions

attended, together with the documents listed in Admissions

Procedure. The transcripts must indicate satisfactory achievement

and show honorable withdrawal. Official transcripts from other col-

leges and universities submitted for evaluation of transfer credit

must be received directly from the institution. Transcripts that are

marked "issued to student" or received from the student in sealed

envelopes are not official and cannot be accepted.

Complete at least one semester's work of satisfactory quality at

Edinboro University before being assigned to student teaching.

This requirement will be enforced even though students, at

entrance, have completed all of the work except student teaching.

No student may be assigned student teaching without having the

semester hours required in his/her first field of specialization and

without having taken professional courses required for certifica-

tion.

Transfer credit completed by correspondence is accepted from regional-

ly accredited institutions of higher education up to a maximum of 30

semester hours. Transfer credit is also awarded for coursework complet-

ed by correspondence for members of the Armed Forces of the United

States enrolled in an approved Department of Defense program. Transfer

credit is not awarded for the completion of non-academic credits such as

Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Credit to meet the degree requirements for a particular program will not

be given for: 1) courses which are not equivalent to those required or

approved in the curricula offered in this university; 2) courses complet-

ed at other colleges or universities in which grades below C- were

earned.

Courses from accredited institutions which are designated as transfer-

able may or may not be counted as part of the requirements for gradua-

tion. All credits of students who apply for admission with advanced

standing must be approved by the dean of the school in which they will

be majoring. Transfer credit from other colleges and universities will not

be granted for work pursued during a period a student must remain out

of the university because of academic or disciplinary action without the

prior approval of the appropriate academic dean.

Two Year Transfer (2 + 2 Agreements)

Edinboro University has transfer agreements called articulation agree-

ments with a number of community colleges in Pennsylvania. These

agreements permit a student with an associate degree designed on the

basis of a baccalaureate parallel program to enter Edinboro as a junior

and complete the baccalaureate in approximately two additional years.

While students can often transfer most courses from a community col-

lege without pursuing a parallel program, they cannot be assured that the

courses they have taken will fit the bachelor's program they wish to com-

plete. In addition, students who enter Edinboro under an articulation

agreement will receive the privileges of students who began at Edinboro

as freshmen.

Successful transfer arrangements depend on proper choice of courses at

the community college. The University, therefore, maintains close con-

tact with the transfer counselors of community colleges with which

Edinboro has agreements. Students who wish to attend a community col-

lege and then transfer, either before or after completing an associate

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