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TRANSFER POLICY

Transfer courses are approved if they have been taken at an institution that has been accredited by any one of the 21 accrediting organizations listed in Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education; including state-based, career-related, and faith-related accrediting organizations.

TRANSFER CREDIT CRITERIA


Students who wish to have credits earned at other institutions applied toward fulfillment of their course of study at Hilbert upon acceptance should check with the Admissions Office for an evaluation of these credentials. Current students should consult with their academic division.

  • Students may transfer a maximum of 90 credit hours for a bachelor degree program

  • Students may transfer a maximum of 45 credits for an associate degree program

  • Students must earn a minimum grade of C- at the transfer institution in order to receive transfer credit at Hilbert College.

  • In certain instances, College policy regarding an acceptable passing grade in a required and/or prerequisite course may necessitate that a student repeat a course in order to meet the minimum standard required of all Hilbert students

    • Lab sciences C- or better

    • Accounting C or better

  • Remedial courses are not accepted as transfer credits

  • All transfer students must submit a high school transcript and all transcripts signifying completion of courses for college credit.

  • If a student is intending to follow a pre-health track, they may be required to take all lab sciences at the college level. Please contact Dr. Habib Bakht (hbakht@hilbert.edu) to discuss these requirements further.

  • Transcripts must be submitted directly from the organization in which students completed their coursework.

    • If a student took college credit through a high school program, the transcript must come directly from the college that sponsored the course.

  • All final official transcripts must be received by Student Records by the final withdrawal date of the student’s first semester at Hilbert. If official transcripts are not received by the set deadline, a registration hold will be put on the student’s record.

  • The division chair, in consultation with appropriate division faculty, will determine the acceptance of transfer credit for a major specific course that is over 10 years old. If the course is not accepted, the student has the option to appeal one time through their academic division with additional/supporting documentation.

  • Only credit is transferrable; grades, quality points and cumulative averages do not transfer

  • Pass/Fail grades will only be considered for transfer if the credit granting institution has a written policy stating that to receive a “P” grade, the student must receive a C- or better. Hilbert College recognizes that many schools put policies for pass/fail in place in the Spring 2020 semester to address the COVID-19 pandemic and will waive the above for courses that received a “P” during Spring 2020 only.

TRANSFER CREDIT EVALUATIONS


A trained evaluator reviews all transfer credits after a preliminary review is performed by Admissions. Transfer courses that may be equivalent to required course work are reviewed by an evaluator; if the evaluator is unable to determine course work equivalency from the course description, it will be sent to the appropriate chair for review and equivalency evaluation.

General Education Requirements

  • If the student has earned 60 credits or more from an accredited college or university, liberal arts courses may fulfill any outstanding general education requirements without meeting direct equivalency; a course-by-course review is not required

  • If the student does not have 60 or more credits, courses will be reviewed on a course-by-course basis and given an equivalent course acceptance.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT/CREDIT BY EXAMINATION


Hilbert College recognizes college-level work completed in high school under the Advanced Placement Program of the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB). Student work that receives a rating of 3 to 5 on the advanced placement (AP) examination will be considered for college credit and/or advanced placement status. Hilbert College also participates in the New York State College Proficiency Examination Program (CPEP) and the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) established by the College Entrance Examination Board Determination of appropriateness of test and level of performance as applicable to credit are determined by the College.

CREDIT BY EXAM


Hilbert College students may apply a maximum of 9 credit hours earned through examination options listed below toward the total credits required for graduation. Advanced Placement (AP) credits are not subject to the 9 credit hour limitation and may be applied in accordance with institutional AP credit guidelines. Additional examination scores beyond those resulting in the 9 credit hours may be used for placement purposes or to satisfy general education, major, or minor requirements upon review and approval by the appropriate academic division.

Students pursuing pre-health tracks may not apply credit earned through examination toward laboratory science course requirements. Due to course sequencing and program requirements, students enrolled in Biology or Forensic Science programs may be restricted from applying examination credit toward laboratory science courses. Determinations will be made in consultation with the appropriate academic division.

A student may not receive credit by examination for a college course in which a failing grade was earned, for course work in which college credit has already been awarded, or in a repeat attempt to receive credit. Certain divisions may decline to accept credit by exam for subjects in lower level course work if acceptable credit has already been earned for more advanced work in the discipline, or in specific major required courses. Matriculated students must consult with their division to ensure that the exam credit will be accepted prior to completion.

Credit earned exam is treated as transfer work. The credit is recorded on a student’s transcript, but neither grades nor quality points are given; therefore, these credits do not affect a student's grade point average.

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB)


Hilbert College recognizes Higher Level exams only in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program. The following list includes appropriate IB subject exams and scores approved by the academic division concerned to receive credit for the following equivalent courses or requirements. Official test results must be sent directly from the IB organization to Hilbert College before credit may be applied towards a program of study.

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COLLEGE LEVEL EXAMINATION PROGRAM (CLEP)


CLEP is administered by the College Board and offers recognized exams that are designed for students to demonstrate mastery of subject at the college level. A minimum CLEP score of 50 demonstrates course mastery for each exam discipline and is their recommended credit-granting score for the computerized testing format. The divisions which have approved accepting CLEP subject exams with the minimum score of 50 are listed below. The exam scores must be sent directly from the College Board to Hilbert College for evaluation (college code 2334).

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DANTES SUBJECT STANDARDIZED TESTS (DSST)


DSST examinations are nationally recognized credit by examination options that allow students to demonstrate college level knowledge acquired through prior coursework, independent study, work experience, military training, or other nontraditional learning experiences. Hilbert College may award credit for approved DSST examinations as determined by the academic division concerned and in accordance with established score requirements and course equivalencies. Students have the option to take tests through a National Test Center or through a remotely proctored exam. Official score reports must be sent to Hilbert College through the DSST/Prometric reporting process before credit may be applied toward a student’s program of study.

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INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER CREDITS


Students who attend colleges outside of the United States are required to provide a transcript from a professional foreign credential evaluation service. For consistency in foreign evaluators, Hilbert recommends World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc.. If, however, it is not possible to obtain an evaluation from either of these evaluation services or if the student has had their credits evaluated by another foreign evaluation service, we will give transfer credit as long as said service is a member of The National Association of Credential Evaluator Services (NACES).