School of Health & Environment Transfer Policies

Qualified students may transfer from other colleges in the University into specified degree programs of the School of Health and Environment, on a space available basis, provided they meet the requirements as stated. Irrespective of any previous recognition by the Office of Admissions or by other colleges of the University, a student transferring from another college of the University to the School of Health and Environment must meet prerequisites and academic criteria for admission to programs of the School. Students who contemplate transferring to one of the health professions majors are advised that admission to the School is competitive and requires, as a minimum, the achievement of a cumulative grade-point average of 2.50 on a 4.00 scale for all previous course work attempted. In addition, applicants for exercise physiology, medical technology, and nursing, are also required to have achieved a minimum of 2.50 in their science courses. Exercise Physiology and Nursing may require cumulative grade point average of over 3.0 for admission. Students who meet School requirements, but do not meet departmental requirements may obtain undeclared health status as they wait for acceptance into the major.

Transfer from Other Institutions

Transfer Policies for Certified Laboratory Technicians

Repetition of Transfer Courses

Intercollegiate Transfer to SHE

Transfer from Other Institutions

Courses transferred from other institutions are initially evaluated by the Office of Admissions in terms of general university requirements. When students are admitted to the University, they are also evaluated by the professional department in terms of School and program requirements. Courses transferred to the University which are not equivalent to those of the School of Health and Environment or are determined to be unrestricted elective courses will be listed on students’ transcripts but may not apply to the minimum degree requirements. All previously completed courses, including transferred courses from the compact institution, will be re-evaluated in terms of their applicability to degree requirements of the School of Health and Environment. Decision regarding admission to the department is made by the Chairperson of the department. All students must satisfy all general education, prerequisite and co-requisite requirements, plus all courses in the major to be eligible for the Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Health and Environment.

The applicability of grades earned in transferred courses for the determination of the grade-point average of students’ majors at the University is determined by policies of each of the colleges. The policy of the School of Health and Environment is to count such grades for required science courses for the purpose of determining the students’ science grade-point average in their professional majors. These course grades will not be counted in overall grade point average. Students who retake required science courses to improve science cumulative average will have the highest grade earned considered when that cumulative average is calculated. All undeclared students must declare a major by the completion of 60 credits. Transfer students may request exception to this rule to have the opportunity to have “undeclared health status” while attempting to declare exercise physiology. These students will be allowed two semesters in Undeclared Health.

Transfer Policies for Certified Laboratory Technicians

Current practitioners in the field including associate degree graduates with MLT (ASCP) certification may seek entry to the Department of Clinical Labortory & Nutitional Sciences through transfer of credits acceptable to the University. Comparable didactic courses are available for challenge in the clinical practice and upper division courses.

Repetition of Transferred Courses

Students who have been granted transfer credit, and, on this basis, have been assigned to advanced courses for which the transferred course is a prerequisite, may be advised to repeat such transferred work at the University or to take a more elementary course than that which has been transferred when the competence of the student has been demonstrably inadequate. Permission to repeat a transferred course is granted by filing an academic petition form through the Office of the Dean. Since credit may not be granted more than once for the completion of any course, a condition for filing such a petition is the simultaneous filing of a request to revoke recognition of the previously transferred course.

Intercollegiate Transfer to the School of Health and Environment

Students wishing to transfer from another college of the University, or from baccalaureate continuing education programs of the University, must file a petition, together with a current transcript, with the appropriate chairperson and the Dean of the School of Health and Environment. Students should refer to University policies concerning intercollegiate transfer Academic Policies: Change of Major with Intercollegiate Transfer for further procedural details.