TRANSFER OF CREDITS

Transfer credit will be based on a review of official transcripts from all institutions of higher education previously attended. Credits earned at other regionally accredited colleges or universities will be honored by Saint Joseph Seminary College for those courses in which a grade of C or above has been achieved and which are applicable toward its degree programs. Credits earned at Roman Catholic seminaries abroad will be honored by Saint Joseph Seminary College for those courses in which a grade of C or above has been achieved, as interpreted by transcript evaluation, and which are applicable toward its degree programs. Transferred credits carrying numerical grades will be interpreted according to the grading system in use at Saint Joseph Seminary College.

Students with international credit will be required to have their transcripts evaluated by the Office of International Educational Services of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO). These transcripts must receive a course by course evaluation, with the cost for this evaluation borne by the students. AACRAO may be contacted by telephone at (202) 296-3359 or by email to oies@aacrao.org. Students should request the referral form for the course by course evaluation.

Students transferring to Saint Joseph Seminary College in good standing with their prior institutions will be considered in good standing with the Seminary College during their first semester. Students transferring in probationary status from a prior institution will be subject to the academic probation and suspension policies of Saint Joseph Seminary College and may be required to carry a limited schedule of courses during their first year of enrollment.

All transfer students will receive notification, in writing, of credits accepted from other institutions no later than the end of their first semester at the Seminary College.

CREDIT AND PLACEMENT BY EXAMINATION

Saint Joseph Seminary College participates in the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) of The College Board and awards credit and/or placement for the subject examinations sponsored by this program. Registration forms for CLEP examination are available from the Academic Dean. The Saint Joseph Seminary College CLEP identification number is 6689.

Students of superior ability and preparation, and students who have already gained a fundamental knowledge of subjects offered at the college, may be permitted to take advanced standing examinations in specific courses which, if passed with satisfactory grades, will enable the students to receive degree credit and to advance to higher level courses. A student may take such an examination only once for each course. No more than 24 semester hours may be gained by a student through examinations. Credit given by examination is not used in the computation of the grade point average.

Advanced placement credits are awarded as follows; score of 5 is equal to a grade of A, a score of 4 is equal to B, and a score of 3 is equal to C.

All incoming students, freshman and transfer students, take an institutional English essay examination and have their ACT, SAT, or THEA scores examined to determine the level at which the students are functioning in academic written English. Based on the results of these measures, students may be placed in developmental English or assigned to tutorial sessions in the writing lab.