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2. Application – In order to apply for validation or transfer, during the enrollment period, thestudent must notify the Registrar Department that s/he is a graduate of a diploma program fromIBC (in the case of a transfer) or present an official academic transcript dispatched by anotherauthorized institution. In the case of a validation from another institution, the student mustprovide the CATALOG and, if requested, the syllabus for the courses to be validated.3. The Academic Director will decide whether or not the requested credits will be accepted.4. Students may request to transfer up to 80% of the credits of other IBC programs in order tocomplete their program of studies of an associate degree and up to 50% in the case of validationsfrom other institutions. Credits previously taken at IBC or other eligible institutions do not expirefor the purposes of a validation or transfer.5. Courses taken at IBC and transferred to an Associate Degree Program will be considered at thesame grade obtained in the diploma program and will be considered for the calculation of thecumulative grade point average. Validations from other institutions will be considered with thedenomination (Y) in the academic record and will have no effect in the calculation of thecumulative grade point average.6. Resolution criteriaa) For studies completed in universities in Puerto Rico and the United States of America,courses with consistent content may be validated, as long as the academic load is not lower inhours.b) For studies completed in a foreign university, the validation will be resolved by using theprevious criteria. The validation of an authorized agency will be required in order to validatecourses taken abroad.II – Credits by Examination1. Definition – Students who understand that they possess the knowledge or the professionalexperience that is taught in a course may challenge it via an examination.2. Application – Students will request to challenge a course when it appears in their program ofstudy. In such cases, during the enrollment process, students will request to challenge the courseby presenting an Application for Credits by Examination form before the Registrar’s Department.3. The tuition for challenged courses will be differed until the student takes the exam and obtains thecorresponding results. In most cases, this will occur in the first week of the term. The cost foreach exam will be $50.00 per credit.4. If the exam is not approved, the course must be taken.5. No more than two courses may be challenged for each academic term.6. The transcript of credits will indicate “YR” for challenged courses. The course(s) will not beconsidered for the calculation of the cumulative grade point average (GPA).[50]