COURSES TAKEN AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS

Enrolled Students

A Shepherd student must apply for transfer approval to take a non-Shepherd University course prior to enrollment at another institution. To apply for transfer approval, the student must be in good academic standing (institutional and overall GPA of 2.0 or above). No course that a student has attempted at another institution while on suspension shall be accepted by Shepherd University as part of the 128 hours minimum necessary for graduation. A student who previously enrolled in a Shepherd University course may not petition to retake that course at another institution. Courses fulfilling major, minor, or teaching field requirements are rarely approved for off-campus enrollment.

To receive credit for a non-Shepherd course, a permission/approval form ( green form) must be obtained from the Registrar's Office. The student will follow all procedures enumerated on that form including signatures of approval from the department chair of the discipline where the equivalent Shepherd course is offered and the student's faculty advisor. After obtaining the appropriate signatures, the student submits the completed form to the Registrar's Office.

Should any of the signatures not be secured, the completed green form, along with the student's written justification for seeking the course elsewhere, may be submitted to the registrar for presentation to the Admissions and Credits Committee for final action.

Articulation course agreements do not apply to any repeated Shepherd University course in which a student has received a grade of D or F. No Shepherd University D or F grade can be replaced by an equivalent transfer course.

Prospective Students

First , you must have an official transcript sent to Shepherd by your previous school. If you applied for admission six months before enrolling, you would know which courses would transfer by the time you first registered. If you applied only 2-3 months before first enrolling, then you may not get your evaluation until the middle of the semester.

Second , you must declare a major because different majors impose special restrictions.

Third , after receiving your evaluation from the Admissions Office, you may believe that some courses which were not accepted are very much like Shepherd's courses. Take a copy of your transcript, a catalog description of your course, or a course outline, and go to the chairperson of the department which offers the comparable course at Shepherd. Explain the course and be prepared to answer questions about what you learned. If the chairperson decides that it is a satisfactory substitute for the Shepherd course, he or she will send the appropriate form to the Registrar's Office.

The chair of the department offering your program may be able to give you some preliminary and unofficial information too. You can see department names and send e-mail to chairs HERE.