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CC. Transfer of College Level Credit
1. Undergraduate Students: Official transfer credit evaluations are completed only after a student is admitted to Illinois Tech. Courses may be acceptable for transfer from accredited colleges and universities, provided they are comparable in nature, content and level to those offered at Illinois Tech. Credit may also be accepted, based on appropriate documentation, for Dantes, military experience, and CLEP. Illinois Tech does not grant credit for vocational courses or life/work experience. In addition, technology courses will not be accepted in any engineering program. Illinois Tech will accept college coursework taken while still in high school from other accredited universities and colleges.
All college transcripts are to be submitted as part of the application for admission to the Office of Undergraduate Admission, regardless of the transferability of credits. A maximum of 68 applicable semester hours of transfer credit is permitted from a two-year college. There is no maximum number of hours of transfer credit from a four-year college; however, the final 45 semester hours of any degree program must be completed at Illinois Tech. Transfer credit will be accepted for courses completed with the equivalent of a grade C or better. A grade of C- is not acceptable for transfer credit. Grades from transfer courses are not included in the Illinois Tech cumulative or major GPA. In certain instances, the academic department must approve transfer credit if a long period of time has elapsed since the course was completed.
2. Graduate Students:
Master's Transfer Credit
For master’s degree programs, a maximum of nine applicable credit hours earned prior to matriculation into an Illinois Institute of Technology graduate degree program, subject to the graduate studies rules and restrictions, may be considered for:
1. External transfer credit for graduate transfer credit use. Applicable course credit hours may not have been applied toward any earned degree.
2. Internal undergraduate transfer credit from Illinois Institute of Technology.
a. Shared applicable undergraduate program credit (accelerated master's program).
b. Excess, applicable undergraduate course credit that has not been applied toward any
previous degree program.
3. Shared co-terminal program credit (concurrent bachelor's and master's enrollment).
The combined limit of nine credit hours may not be exceeded for any master’s degree program. The credit hours must have been passed with grades of “B” or better, and are subject to the approval of the academic unit and the Office of Graduate Academic Affairs.
Doctoral Transfer Credit
Doctoral degree candidates may transfer previously completed graduate work not applied toward a prior earned degree up to a maximum of 42 credit hours beyond the baccalaureate degree (which may include up to 32 credit hours from a completed master’s degree) or 50 percent of their total Ph.D. program credit hour requirements, whichever is smaller. The work must be judged to be relevant to the current doctoral program, must have been completed with grades of ”B” or better, and must be acceptable for graduate credit at the institution where taken. The master’s degree must have been granted within the previous six years. Grades for transferred credits will not be included in the student’s GPA.
Consistent with its past practice, research credit may not be submitted for transfer credit consideration. Research credit requirements imply work that has been completed while enrolled in an Illinois Institute of Technology research course numbered 594 (master’s project research), 591 (master of science research), or 691 (doctoral research).
For more information on transfer credit policies, please consult the Illinois Tech Bulletin.
DD. Unit of Credit
Academic credit is recorded in credit hours. Each credit hour represents one 50-minute period per week for
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