CATALOG - University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than (note that the DOE does notnecessarily think the word amount is quantifiable):1. One hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction (academic engagement) and a minimum oftwo hours of out of class preparation each week for approximately 15 weeks for one semester ortrimester of credit, or.. at least an equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time;2. Or at least an equivalent amount of work for other academic activities established by theinstitution including laboratory work, internships, practice, studio work, and other academic workleading to the award of credit hours.Example: one credit hour is 15 hours of academic engagement and 30 hours of preparation per a15 week term/trimester.Per the above, the University of St. Augustine further academic engagement to include direct orindirect faculty instruction. Academic engagement may include but is not limited to, submittingan academic assignment, listening to class lectures or webinars (synchronous or asynchronous),taking an exam, tutorials, computer-assisted instruction, formal study groups, internships orlaboratory work. Preparation is typically homework, reading, study time, completingassignments and projects and papers and can include laboratory practice as well.All student work must be documented in the curriculum/syllabi, including a reasonableapproximation of time required for the student to complete the course work as well as gradingcriteria for determination of final grade for that course.Transfer CreditsTransfer of graduate credits previously earned from another accredited degree granting institution islimited to 15% of the total number of academic credits for the degree. Transfer of credits within theUniversity is determined on a case by case basis. Transfer credit will in most cases be approved forgraduate coursework awarded by schools, colleges or universities whose accrediting bodies haverecognition from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or the US Department ofEducation.Acceptance or rejection of transfer credit is subject to the following provisions: The course(s) should have been completed within five (5) years preceding admission to the program;the applicant may petition the Program Director for an exception to this time limit. The course should have been completed with a grade of B or better. Courses having a B- or belowwill not be transferred. The course must be listed on an official transcript sent directly to the Registrar by the issuinginstitution. The Program Director, in consultation with the appropriate course instructor(s), will review thetransfer course syllabus to verify that its contents match those of the program’s course. The ProgramDirector will then notify the Registrar of the decision. The course number and name of the course requested for transfer should reflect the content of thecourse it is replacing. Additionally, if the course requested for transfer will replace an elective, thecontent should be closely aligned with that of the curriculum and its potential electives. In cases where a course from a Master’s program is being requested for transfer into a doctoralprogram, consideration should be given to rigor and content and further documentation may berequested.The process for requesting transfer credits is as follows:29