PS-03.A.10 - Acceptance of Transfer Credit

3.1.3.A. WECM SCHs may count toward an educational credential degree . However, these courses cannot be recorded or transcripted as equivalent to existing academic credit courses. WECM SCHs may be applied only toward lower-level credit requirements.

3.1.3.B. WECM SCHs apply only to the degree, certificate, or other educational credential for which they were approved; there is no obligation for the WECM SCHs to apply to any other program into which the student may transfer unless reviewed and accepted by the new program faculty.

3.1.3.C. WECM SCHs accepted for any program must be offered by an accredited institution as recognized by UHD and the THECB.

3.1.3.D. WECM SCHs applied to a program plan for a degree, certificate, or other educational credential will require approval by the University Curriculum Committee. Applicability to the program plan should be established using a compelling rationale based on comparable programs.

3.1.5.A. SCHs earned through Study Abroad require official transcripts from an accredited institution or equivalent.

3.1.8.A. The determination of which courses are substantially equivalent will be made by the department which houses the relevant disciplinary courses. The UHD Registrar will maintain an inventory of approved course equivalents, which is reviewed in consultation with relevant academic units periodically or upon request by a department.

3.1.8.B. For courses in which an approved equivalent does not exist, the determination of substantial equivalence will be made by the faculty in the department which houses the relevant disciplinary courses and expertise. The faculty reviewer(s) may request syllabus or other course material in making their determination.

3.1.8.C. Once an equivalence is established for a specific course from a specific institution, the equivalence will be valid in all cases until such time as it is revisited or updated by the faculty.

3.1.8.D. Protocols for this process will be maintained and distributed by the Registrar in consultation with the Office of the Provost, including timeline for review and updating of equivalencies.

3.1.8.E. Courses that meet academic and credentialing requirements but are not substantially equivalent to existing UHD courses will be articulated under the UHD subject equivalent and at the level at which they were offered at the originating institution. If UHD does not have a subject equivalent, SCHs will be granted as general elective at the level at which they were offered at the originating institution. Lower division transfer SCHs will not be articulated as upper level UHD credit.

3.1.10.A. THECB requires that all students must complete 42 SCHs of the Texas Common Core.

3.1.10.B. Core areas transferred as complete will be accepted as UHD core area complete.

3.1.10.C. Transfer students earning an associate of arts (AA), associate of science (AS), or associate of applied science (AAS), who do not have 42 SCHs of the Texas Common Core, must enroll in appropriate Texas Common Core course(s) at UHD.

3.1.10.D. In the case that the number of transferred SCHs for a course is less than the number of SCHs required by UHD in any given area of the degree plan, the missing SCHs must be fulfilled under the electives area of the degree plan.

3.3.1.A. UHD will award no more than 12 SCHs for military training to a student. In order to apply SCHs for prior military service, a veteran must have (a) graduated from public or private high school accredited by generally recognized accrediting organization or from a high school operated by the United States Department of defense and (b) honorably discharged from U.S. armed forces after (i) completed at least two years of services in the armed forces or (ii) being discharged due to disability.

3.3.1.B. For Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degrees, the maximum number of SCHs awarded for military service should not exceed Six (6).