Transfer of Credit & Experiential Equivalent Credit Policies

1. For InterNACHI's Associate Degree Programs, InterNACHI has the responsibility for the evaluation and awarding of transfer credits according to university transfer policies.
2. Credit transfer may not be denied solely on the source of accreditation of the sending institution.
   
3. Credit will be accepted if the following requirements are met.
   • Students have earned a grade of C- or better for transfer courses to be accepted for credit at InterNACHI University.
   • Types of course that will be considered, including any courses offered outside of an institutional setting, such as those offered by the military, in the workplace, through apprenticeship and/or training programs, or other such programs recognized by the American Council on Education’s Center for Adult Learning and Education Credentials programs.
   • Earning credit through examinations such as the ACT Proficiency Examination Program (PEP), the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) program and College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) Subject Standardized Testing (DSST), widely accepted industry certification, or institution-developed tests.
   • Transcripts from non-U.S. institutions must be evaluated by an appropriate third party and translated into English.
   • The program content must be comparable to the program in which the student will enroll.
   • Documentation that is required, including transcript, catalog, syllabi, or course outlines, is submitted to InterNACHI for review.
   • Transfer credit toward a degree may be awarded for postsecondary courses completed by the student at other institutions if such courses are found to meet the standards of the accepting institution and the requirements of the specific program.
   • Transfer credit must be from an appropriately accredited institution. 
4. Collegiate-level semester hours may be transferred to InterNACHI University. However, only a limited number of developmental, remedial, physical education activity, vocational-technical, music ensemble and English as a Second Language semester hours are acceptable.
5. All membership requirements as outlined in the current InterNACHI Catalog must still be met by student who wish to transfer work to InterNACHI.
6. No coursework completed at other institutions (transfer work) is included in the calculation of the InterNACHI University GPA.
7. There are no fees for testing, evaluation, or granting transfer of credit.

Procedure:

1. Official transcripts are required and must be received directly from all accredited and non-accredited secondary and post-secondary institutions.
2. A maximum of 16 semester hours of vocational-technical course work will be accepted as elective credit, if needed.
3. A maximum of 6 semester hours of physical education activities, including a maximum of 2 semester hours of intercollegiate sports, will be accepted.
4. A maximum of 8 semester hours of music ensemble credit will be accepted.
5. A maximum of 8 semester hours of English as a Second Language will be accepted.
6. A maximum of 6 semester hours of developmental or remedial coursework will be accepted.
7. Credit can be accepted according to the American Council on Education (ACE) Guide to Educational Credit by Examination. Score reports must be sent directly from the testing center to InterNACHI University for evaluation.
8. Credit for proficiency examinations taken at previous post-secondary institutions is not awarded.
9. Credit does not become obsolete, but application of some credit to a specific program at InterNACHI may be subject to review by InterNACHI.
10. InterNACHI’s course number, as listed in the current catalog, is assigned to equivalent transfer courses.
11. An elective course number is assigned to non-equivalent transfer courses.
12. Course titles and semester hours assigned by the sending institution are generally retained on the InterNACHI record.
13. Quarter hours are converted to semester hours; one quarter hour equals 2/3 of a semester hour.
14. Courses accepted for transfer are accepted as credit only and are recorded with a transfer grade of “TA, TB, TC, TD, or TF” in place of a letter grade. The transfer grades do not carry grade points.
15. All work transferred from two-year institutions will be considered.
16. Coursework in which the student has earned a passing grade of less than a C- (D+, D, or D-) can be transferred to InterNACHI University if the work was included as part of an earned Associates or Bachelors Degree.
17. Credit for military programs and training is transferable. 
18. Credit is not be awarded for post-secondary education completed at colleges and/or universities in foreign countries.
19. Department faculty may be consulted for advice. Undergraduate students may petition the university to request variance in program requirements in light of previous background.

1. Credit or its equivalent should be awarded only for learning, and not for experience.
2. Assessment should be based on standards and criteria for the level of acceptable learning that are both agreed upon and made public.
3. Assessment should be treated as an integral part of learning, not separate from it, and should be based on an understanding of learning processes.
4. The determination of credit awards and competence levels must be made by appropriate subject matter and academic or credentialing experts.
5. Credit or other credentialing should be appropriate to the context in which it is awarded and accepted.
6. If awards are for credit, transcript entries should clearly describe what learning is being recognized and should be monitored to avoid giving credit twice for the same learning.
7. Policies, procedures, and criteria applied to assessment, including provision for appeal, should be fully disclosed and prominently available to all parties involved in the assessment process.
8. Fees charged for assessment should be based on the services performed in the process and not determined by the amount of credit awarded.
9. All personnel involved in the assessment of learning should pursue and receive adequate training and continuing professional development for the functions they perform.
10. Assessment programs should be regularly monitored, reviewed, evaluated, and revised as needed to reflect changes in the needs being served, the purposes being met, and the state of the assessment arts.