SECTION 400 – STUDENT AFFAIRS
POLICY 402.0107 TRANSFER ADMISSIONS ACCEPTANCE OF
TRANSFER CREDIT
The following are is the Georgia Perimeter College procedures policy for accepting credit by transfer:
A.
Georgia Perimeter College accepts will review college credits
from regionally accredited institutions for transfer.
B.
Ordinarily, credit will may be given for equivalent lower division collegiate courses with passing grades unless
otherwise noted.
C. Transferred credits must be “C” or better in ENGL 1101 – 1102 and MATH 1101, 1111, and 1113.
D.
Students completing an area of the core curriculum at other University System
of Georgia institutions will receive full credit for that area upon
transfer to another system institutionGeorgia Perimeter College
within the same major. In area A,
students will receive credit for courses taken regardless of whether the area
is completed.
E. Quarter hour credits are equated to semester hour credits by applying the formula, 1 quarter hour=0.67 semester hour.
F Credit hours assigned to transferred courses are the same as the credit hours awarded at the sending institution when credit hours do not exceed the number of credit hours assigned to equivalent courses at Georgia Perimeter College.
G. A maximum of eight semester hours of courses
not offered at Georgia Perimeter College and not included in Item D may be accepted.
H. In
accordance with BOR Policy, Georgia Perimeter College accepts will review only 190
level and above courses from COC accredited DTAE institutions for transfer.
I. Transfer
credit from a college or university outside the United States may be reviewed
only when the transcript is accompanied by a professional evaluation from a professional
credential evaluation agency approved by Georgia Perimeter College.
Revised by Admissions Policy Review
Committee 6/17/04
Reviewed by Student
Affairs Advisory Council: 2/2/05
Approved by Student Affairs
Advisory Council: 3/14/05
Approved by President’s
Advisory Board: 4/27/05