Transfer—Acceptance of Credit at Community Colleges
At all community colleges, degree credit shall be granted for credit courses completed at all institutions within the Connecticut state system of higher education and at all other accredited collegiate institutions in accordance with the following:
Degree credit shall be granted for all credit courses which are applicable to the objectives of, or equivalent to the course requirements of, the curriculum in which the transferring student enrolls. Credit work which is not applicable or equivalent to curriculum requirements shall be accepted for credit at the discretion of the college. Degree credit shall also be granted on the basis of performance on examinations in accordance with standards and limits approved by the Board of Trustees.
Credit courses completed with a grade of “Pass” (P) shall be accepted only for degree credit; the “Pass” grade assigned by other institutions shall not be included in computation of student grade point averages.
Degree credit shall be granted for credit course completed with a passing letter grade of “C” or better. Such credit courses shall be accepted only for credit, and letter grades assigned by other institutions shall not be recorded or included in computation of student grade point averages.
At the option of a transfer student, degree credit shall be granted for credit courses completed at other institutions with a grade of “D,” subject the following conditions:
If the student’s grade point average at the time of transfer is at least 2.0, the student shall be considered in good academic standing, and letter grades assigned by other institutions to courses for which credit is granted by the community college shall not be recorded nor included in computations of the student’s grade point average at the community college.
If the student’s grade point average at the time of transfer is less than 2.0, the letter grade off “D” assigned by another institution to each course for which credit is granted by the community college shall be recorded on the student’s transcript and included in computations of student’s grade point average, and the student’s academic standing at the community college shall be determined accordingly.
Notwithstanding the number of degree credits which shall be granted in accordance with the foregoing, the student must complete at least twenty-five percent of the minimum credit requirements for the degree through coursework at the college awarding the degree.
When a student seeks transfer credit for technical specialty courses into an ABET-accredited program, such technical specialty credits should be ABET-accredited programs. In the case of a request for transfer credit for technical specialty courses from a non-ABET-accredited program, the college shall provide appropriate means for the validation of the student’s competency in the technical specialty course areas.