Students
requesting transfer credit for courses already taken must first request
an official transcript from the originating institution be sent to the
Office of the Registrar. Transfer credit may be accepted, subject to the
following conditions and restrictions.
The course(s)
offered for transfer must be comparable in academic quality to Hendrix
courses, have originated at an accredited institution, and have a
recorded grade of C or better. Credit or Pass grades will not be
accepted in transfer. For incoming transfer students, one credit will be
awarded for every four semester-hours of accepted transfer work,
rounding to the nearest whole credit. Once a student has matriculated at
Hendrix, one credit will be awarded for every accepted transfer course,
provided the transfer course carries at least three semester-hours of
academic weight.
Transfer credit must originate from
courses taken at an accredited institution and those courses must appear
on the student’s transcript from the originating institution. No
transfer credit is awarded for courses that have been applied toward an
earned baccalaureate degree.
Current students are
strongly urged to seek transfer approval from their adviser and the
Registrar prior to enrollment in any course for which transfer approval
might be sought. A form for this purpose may be obtained from the
Office of the Registrar. The number of transfer courses that can be
used to fulfill graduation requirements is determined by the residency
requirement in item VI of the Program for the Bachelor of Arts Degree.
If
a course is accepted for transfer credit, the grade from the
originating institution will not appear on the Hendrix transcript unless
the originating institution has a direct, formal institutional exchange
agreement with Hendrix. Transfer grades from institutions that are in
direct, formal institutional exchange agreements with Hendrix (such as
programs sponsored by the Associated Colleges of the South, Graz, ISEP,
and Heilongjiang University) will be recorded but not calculated
in the Hendrix grade point average. Transfer grades will be recorded and
included in the Hendrix grade point average if Hendrix is the
originating institution (such as the Accademia dell’ Arte,
Hendrix-in-London, and Costa Rica programs). A course transferred in as a
repeat course may not be used to replace a grade earned in the original
Hendrix course.
Note: Credit Based on Departmental Placement Policy
The
Departments of Foreign Languages, Music, and Mathematics and Computer
Science have placement policies that may result in a course credit being
awarded after completion of a higher level course. The total number of
additional credits in each discipline that can be obtained by a student
under these policies is limited to one credit.