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Transfer initiatives and resources

365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ has numerous transfer initiatives for both current students seeking to take courses over the summer as well as resources for new students seeking to transfer to 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@. 

Transfer coursework

To be transferable, courses taken at another institution need not be exactly comparable to courses offered at 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@, but should be in an academic program and at a level that is normally applicable to an 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ liberal arts degree. Only a summary of credits accepted from other institutions with a grade of C or higher will be noted on a student’s 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ transcript with the credits awarded, grades will not be noted. Please also see these helpful resources about transfer credits:

A stricter criterion of comparability may be applied for a course to fulfill a general graduation requirement or a requirement for a major. 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ does not accept coursework that is considered remedial in nature. 

Students may not pick and choose which courses are applied to their record. If transfer coursework was taken after initial enrollment with the college students are required to petition every course on their transcript for transfer before any work will be applied to the record. 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ students who wish to inquire about transferring credits to 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ after initial enrollment should complete the petition to transfer credit form. NOTE! The process to petition transfer coursework can take a week or more to process depending on the response time of the advisor and/or department chair (and during times when the college is closed), so students need to plan ahead and request approval many weeks before their coursework begins. Students may not transfer coursework if they have previously taken the courses at 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@. See Course Repeat and Replacement and Advanced Standing for the policies and how to request a repeat of an 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ course. 

Following completion of the pre-approved course, students should arrange to have the official transcripts sent directly to 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ from the other institution by mail or by official e-delivery. 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ does not accept hand-delivered transcripts at any time, including those sealed in an envelope. Please see the transcripts page for more information.

(Here is information for students interested in transferring to 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@.)

For complete policies on transfer work visit the 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ Catalog.

Acadeum consortial and transfer courses

365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ students have the option of enrolling in online summer courses from other colleges and universities through a course sharing platform called Acadeum. 

Courses taken through Acadeum are billed at the same rate as 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ online courses, which is $600 per credit for summer 2024 through spring 2025. 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ helps facilitate enrollment and billing; however, students enrolling through Acadeum become students at the partnering institution for the duration of the course and are subject to that institution's policies and procedures.

Two different types of courses are offered through Acadeum, Consortial and Transfer. They differ in important ways, and not every student is eligible for both types. 

1. Consortial Courses.  365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ students in good academic standing can take a summer online consortial course through Acadeum. A consortial course appears on the student's 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ transcript as an 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ course (though with a special section number to indicate that it was not actually taken at 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@), and the grade earned in a consortial course impacts the student's 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ GPA. Consortial courses cannot be counted among the minimum of 60 credits in-residence at 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ that are required for graduation, and they cannot be included among the last 12 credits applied to the degree.

2. Transfer Courses. Transfer courses are an option both for current students in good academic standing at 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ and for former students who are not currently enrolled but intend to return to 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ (e.g., students who are suspended for academic reasons, students taking a gap semester for personal reasons, etc.)  

  • As with other transfer courses, students need to complete the petition to transfer credit form before enrolling, and ideally weeks before the start of the course, to allow sufficient processing time. 
  • Students who wish to transfer coursework that falls in their final 12 credits toward the degree must also receive permission via a Petition to the Committee on Advanced Standing and Degrees. 
  • Once a transfer course is completed, the student must arrange to have the official transcript sent directly to 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ from the other institution according to the Office of the Registrar’s instructions for sending transcripts.

365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ in Acadeum? Take the following steps:

  1. Contact 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@'s Acadeum Initiatives Coordinator to discuss eligibility and course options.
  2. Explore pre-approved courses in the Acadeum Portal.
    • To find consortial courses, filter by "Financial Aid Eligible". Transfer courses are not "Financial Aid Eligible".
    • Do not request registration in the Acadeum Portal at this point, unless you are an eligible student requesting a summer consortial course. June 28 is 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@'s deadline to submit an enrollment request for a summer consortial course. After June 28, 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ allows summer Acadeum enrollment only in transfer courses, and you must follow the additional steps below before the add deadline for the course.
  3. Submit the Petition to Transfer Coursework and any required Petitions to the Committee on Academic Standing and Degrees (AS&D). 
  4. Forward your approved Petition(s) to acadeum-and-collegesource-initiatives@augustana.edu
  5. Return to the Acadeum Portal and request registration in the course(s) for which you have an approved Petition to Transfer Coursework.

Important!

  • If you are receiving federal financial aid for the summer term, it is vital to check with financial aid before dropping a course. Federal regulations could cause you to owe the college if you withdraw from a course or fail to begin a course for which you have registered.
  • 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ does not allow concurrent enrollment. Acadeum courses may not overlap with 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@'s fall or spring semester or with enrollment in an 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ summer course, except by approval of an AS&D petition.
  • Summer graduates: Any Acadeum courses must end in time for your transcript to be received by 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ and processed by August 16. 

Transferology/TES

TES is a cloud-based repository of college catalogs, which provides efficiency in evaluating transfer courses and determining equivalencies. Transferology is powered from TES data and provides a user-friendly, web-based tool to provide information to potential transfer students. Using Transferology, students can see how coursework completed at one institution will transfer to another institution. The majority of 4-year private institutions in Illinois participate in Transferology, and students looking to transfer to 4-year institutions in Illinois utilize Transferology at high rates. Building Transferology is an on-going process of developing course equivalencies. If you have questions about this tool, please contact the Transferology/TES coordinator at acadeum-and-collegesource-initiatives@augustana.edu. 

IAI - Transfer Agreement for Students that Complete Illinois Articulation Initiative

As a receiving institution within the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI), 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ will consider the six Learning Perspective (LP) requirements, the Quantitative (Q) requirement, and the first year sequence requirement (FYI 101 and 102) fulfilled when a student transfers to 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ having successfully completed the IAI’s General Education Package prior to initial enrollment at 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@. 

Graduation requirements not automatically fulfilled by the IAI General Education Package include:

? Diversity Suffixes (D, G);

? LSC-300;

? Reasoned Examination of Faith (REF);  

? Health and Physical Education (PEA) activity requirement; and

? Second Language

However, individual credits and courses for all transfer students are evaluated on a case by case basis, so qualifying transfer courses may also be applied to the college-wide graduation requirements listed above as well as major requirements as 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ policy allows.

While qualifying IAI students will have the above list of requirements noted as complete within their degree audit, courses that have earned a grade of “D” will not be placed on the student record as credit. Therefore, students should verify their classification (i.e. year in school as defined by credits) as they first enroll and determine how many credits they will need to earn while at 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ to complete their intended program and the degree. Students should also consult the college’s additional transfer credit policies.

Other transfer agreements 

365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ has several partnership agreements with community colleges. This option is only available to students who begin their studies at 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ as a transfer student. Please visit our Transfer Student and Policies webpage for more information. 

New transfer students

New transfer students who have questions should see Transferring to 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@. Students seeking information about transfer coursework should work directly with Rachel Gustafson, associate director of admissions and transfer enrollment.

Transfer equivalencies

Currently enrolled students who wish to transfer summer courses to 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ should complete the online Petition to Transfer Coursework form available in Arches.