Transfer credit is evaluated by the office of Records and Advising. All transfer credit is subject to validation by the academic departments. The validation may include an evaluation of the course itself and competency testing of the student, or a request for additional documentation such as a course syllabus or catalog description. Courses in some academic disciplines taken prior to specified dates may be unacceptable as transfer credit because of substantial developments in certain disciplines. Academic departments determine which transfer courses have an equivalent course at SXU.
The following transfer policy should be noted:
- Courses acceptable for transfer credit must carry a grade of D or better. A grade of C or better is required where grades of C or better are required at Saint Xavier University.
- Grade points are not transferred.
- SXU will accept a maximum of 70 semester-hours from community colleges and 90 semester-hours from a baccalaureate college/university to be counted toward the 120 semester-hour requirement for a bachelor's degree. No more than 90 semester-hours total may be transferred to Saint Xavier.
- SXU will accept up to 12 semester-hours of transfer credit in academic fields not in the University curriculum.
- Saint Xavier University is a participant in the Illinois Articulation Initiative, explained in detail elsewhere in this catalog.
- All documents submitted for transfer analysis become the property of the University and cannot be returned or copied.
Saint Xavier University 2009-2010 Catalog
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