Transfer Students

Undergraduate Transfer Credit

A student who has attended whatsoever regionally accredited college or university and has earned 12 or more semester hours of transferable college credit since receiving a standard loftier schoolhouse diploma or its equivalent is considered a transfer student upon admission to Florida A&M University (FAMU).

ane.            Transfer students are required to have submitted complete official academic transcripts from previous institutions on file in the Admissions Role prior to evaluation.

2.            Each transcript;

a.            Shall list all courses for which the student was enrolled each term, the grades for each course at the cease of the term, and credits awarded,

b.            Shall comprise a statement explaining the grading policy of the previous institution.

c.            Should too specify any higher credits the student earned through accelerated mechanisms.

three.            Transfer students are required to be in skilful standing and eligible to return to the terminal postsecondary establishment attended as a degree-seeking student and have a grade point average of at least 2.00 on a 4.00 scale on all college-level academic courses attempted.

4.            To meet graduation requirements for the baccalaureate degree, a transfer educatee must earn at least 25 per centum of the number of credit hours required to graduate in the major at FAMU.


5.            Credits are transferred based on the following:

  1. The institution from which the student wishes to transfer is regionally accredited. (credit tin can
    be transferred from a non-regionally accredited institution that participates in the Florida Statewide Class Numbering System, per Florida Statute)
  2. The overall class point average is at least ii.00 on a four.00 calibration on the transfer transcript.

iii.           The grades of individual courses to be transferred are "C" or better, or "S" or "P."

  1. Higher credits earned by high school or college students on the basis of the College Entrance Examination Board's College Level Exam Program (CLEP) subject examination, Higher Board Advanced Placement Program examination (AP), Advanced International Document of Teaching examination (AICE), International Baccalaureate examination (IB), and other examinations shall be accustomed for transfer provided the scores attained by the educatee on these examinations see the standards determined by the Articulation Coordinating Committee (ACC) Credit-By-Exam Equivalencies as adopted past the Board of Governors (www.fldoe.org/articulation ). FAMU volition laurels credit for specific courses for which competency has been demonstrated by successful scores on any of the examinations listed above unless the award of credit duplicates credit already awarded. Students may be exempt from courses based on the award of credit if competencies take been and so demonstrated.
  2. The University subscribes to the Joint Understanding as outlined in (1007.23 F.S.) Under this agreement, graduates of Florida Higher System institutions who received the Acquaintance of Arts (AA) degree shall be awarded
  3. At to the lowest degree sixty (threescore)semester hours of academic work exclusive of occupational courses and courses not accepted in FAMU; to include
  4. Canonical general education core curriculum semester credit hours in advice, mathematics, social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences equally determined in section 1007.25 f.south.
  5. Transfer students are required to have completed ii units of one strange linguistic communication in high school or the equivalent at the postsecondary level. Transfer students not coming together this foreign language requirement upon admission must fulfill the strange language requirement prior to completion of the baccalaureate degree (BOG Regulation 6.004).

A student who received an Associate in Arts caste prior to September 1, 1989, or who enrolled in a program of studies leading to an Associate caste from a Florida College System institution prior to Baronial ane, 1989, and maintains continuous enrollment shall exist exempt from this admissions requirement. Any other Acquaintance in Arts degree graduate admitted without coming together the foreign language requirement must earn 8 credit hours of ane strange language course prior to graduation from FAMU.

Get-go with students initially inbound a Florida College System institution or state university in 2014-2015 and thereafter, coursework for an associate in arts degree shall include demonstration of competency in a foreign language pursuant to s. 1007.262.

  1. Courses within an acquaintance in applied science degree program may be accustomed toward a baccalaureate degree
  2. Any transfer student with a inability shall be eligible for reasonable substitution or modification as provided by BOG Regulation 6.018.


Transient Students

A Transient student is a currently enrolled student who registers for canonical course(southward) at another institution temporarily. There are two types of transient students - outgoing and incoming.

Outgoing: An Approachable Transient educatee is a currently enrolled FAMU pupil who registers for grade(s) at another institution for i term with the intention of applying the credit toward his/her degree program at Florida A&1000 University. Transient students must receive approval from their academic advisors before taking a grade at any other institution. Completing and submitting an approved transient form, lets the other college or university know that yous are a caste-seeking pupil at FAMU. Information technology also helps you make up one's mind, with your advisor, what courses can exist taken that will be accustomed with your current degree track at another institution.

Incoming: An Incoming Transient educatee is a student currently enrolled at another institution who wishes to register for class(s) at Florida A&M University for 1 term. Incoming Transient students from any Florida Public Establishment (Land Academy

System (SUS) and Florida College Organization (FCS)) should receive blessing from their home institution before registering for a course at Florida A&1000 University.

Students who attend other institutions without permission course their academic area may non have their credits accepted. Transient requests are approved based on the following:

  • The establishment the student wishes to attend is regionally accredited or includes requirements as stipulated above
  • Student is in good standing at FAMU (G.P.A. 2.00 or better; not administratively suspended)
  • Student has no financial obligation to the university (non on cashier's hold)
  • Transient awarding is processed prior to term for which the student is applying
  • Pre-approved transient course a pupil completes with a form of "C" or better will be accepted past FAMU

Outgoing and Incoming transient students as divers higher up will begin their request for approval online at www.flvc.org. for all Florida Public Institutions. A transient student form completed on the FLVC site is automatically routed to your counselor, Department Chairperson, Dean, and to the Part of the University Registrar within three to 7 business days for processing.

Instructions

  1. Before applying online, you MUST come across your advisor prior to submitting your awarding through the Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC) Website.
  2. Select your College/Schoolhouse (Example: College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Education)
  3. Select Major (Uncomplicated Education, Music Educational activity, Math, Criminal Justice, etc.)
  4. Select Classification (Freshman, Sophomore, Inferior, Senior, Graduate, and Professional). Note: Classification is based on earned hours for undergraduate students. (Case: 0-29 freshmen, xxx-59 sophomores, 60-89 Inferior, ninety-120 Senior.)
  5. Enter Student ID or SS# (if requested)
  6. Select Institution you will be attention (Instance: Daytona Embankment State College)
  7. Review information entered for accuracy
  8. You MUST exist in skillful continuing at FAMU (no Judicial Hold or No outstanding Financial Obligation)
  9. You MUST accept an 2.0 overall GPA
  10. Pupil must be enrolled in a degree program and is eligible to re-enroll
  11. Student must accept a Pupil Health form on file indicating the required Measles and Rubella immunities.
  12. Know your residency classification for tuition purposes (Florida or Non-Florida)
  13. Know the prefix, course number, hours, course title, and FAMU course equivalent when selecting a class to take from some other institution.

For boosted data, please contact the Registrar's office at registrar@famu.edu or 850-599-3115

NOTE: Applicability of transferred credits toward a degree program volition be determined by the individual schoolhouse or college


Credit for Online Courses Prior to Initial Enrollment (BOG 6.020)

Undergraduate students who completed online higher level courses and are admitted to Florida A&Chiliad University may request that the university evaluate that work to determine if credit might exist awarded. These may include, but are not limited to, massive open online courses (MOOCs). Beginning autumn 2015 this request must be made prior to the student's initial term of enrollment in undergraduate didactics.

  1. Online coursework completed prior to the initial term of enrollment must exist reviewed to decide whether the online class fulfills a general education or major course or caste program requirement and, if deemed equivalent, may exist applied as such. Students wishing to accept such online coursework evaluated for the purpose of receiving credit should inform the Office of Admissions every bit before long as possible only prior to enrolling in classes at FAMU.

Award of credit for such work must see the following conditions:

  1. FAMU kinesthesia in the specified subject surface area have adamant the online course content and learning outcomes to be comparable to a class offered at the establishment;
  2. The online courses meet the quality and accreditation standards intended for a transfer grade pursuant to Florida Statute 1007.24; and
  3. The discipline kinesthesia at FAMU take determined that the online class is relevant to the student's intended programme of study.
  4. Completed evaluation is sent to the Registrar's Function past the FAMU discipline kinesthesia.
  1. If credit for the online coursework was awarded by another regionally accredited institution of higher educational activity the student must submit an official transcript reflecting the honor of credit and the transferability of that work will be determined with the same processes and criteria for other transferred courses.
  2. If the online college coursework did not result in credit awarded by the institution offering the online grade the student must provide the following information for evaluation by qualified faculty at FAMU:
  3. A syllabus for the course;
  4. Credentials of the faculty teaching the online course;
  5. Course objectives and learning outcomes for the grade; and
  6. Other information requested by the FAMU field of study area kinesthesia in order to determine demonstrated mastery of course learning outcomes

Students will be notified if the credit sought has been approved. Students may entreatment the decision of the faculty by completing the academic appeals form and forwarding it to their academic dean's role.

Credit awarded for online coursework completed prior to the initial term of enrollment shall exist noted on the educatee's transcript.


Acceleration Programs

Florida A&Thou University encourages students to take advantage of opportunities to reduce the usual length of fourth dimension it takes to complete a caste program. The university has established several avenues which permit a reduction in the normal amount of time required to complete the requirements for a baccalaureate degree. Each baccalaureate caste program is and then designed that students are afforded an opportunity to complete a minimum of twenty-five percent of degree requirements through acceleration mechanisms. These programs include dual enrollment, credit by test, early on admission to the academy, the twelvemonth-around calendar, and any combinations of the higher up acceleration mechanism.

These opportunities include the following:

  1. Dual Enrollment

The dual enrollment program is the enrollment of an eligible secondary student or dwelling house instruction student in a FAMU grade creditable toward high school completion and an associate or baccalaureate degree (F.S. 1007.271). See additional information elsewhere in the itemize

  1. Credit by Test

Students who are enrolled or plan to enroll at FAMU may earn credit for certain introductory courses through the post-obit credit by examination programs:

  • Advanced Placement Program (AP)
  • College Level Exam Program (CLEP)
  • International Baccalaureate Programme (IB)
  • DANTES
  • Section Examinations and Dean Waivers
  • Armed forces Service School
  • Excelsior

Credit-Past-Examination List (AP, CLEP, IB, DSST, Excelsior)

Avant-garde Placement Exam

Passing Score

FAMU Equivalent

Min. # Credit Hrs. Acc.

Art History

3

ARH 2000

3

four or v

ARH 2050/ ARH 2051

6

Biology

three

BSC 1005C or BSC 1005/1005L

4

four

BSC 1010C or BSC 1010/1010L

4

5

BSC 1010C or BSC 1010/1010L &

eight

BSC 1011C or BSC 1011/1011L

Calculus (AB)

3 or higher

MAC 2311

4

Calculus (BC)

3

MAC 2311

4

4 or higher

MAC 2311 & MAC 2312

8

Chemistry

iii

CHM 1025

4

4

CHM 1045C or CHM 1045/1045L

iv

v

CHM 1045C or CHM 1045/1045L

eight

& CHM 1046C or CHM 1046/1046L

Chinese Language and Culture

three

CHI 1120

iii

4 or higher

CHI 1120 and 1121

half-dozen

Computer science (A)

3

CGS 2060

3

Information science (AB)

3 or college

CGS 2060

3

Economics: Macro

three or higher

ECO 2013

iii

Economics: Micro

3 or college

ECO 2023

iii

English Language & Composition

iii

ENC 1101

three

4 or college

ENC 1101 & 1102

award 3 credits if ENC 1101 is already satisfied

6

English Literature & Composition

3

ENC 1101 or LIT 2110 or

3

ENL 2023 or AML 2010

4 or higher

ENC 1101 & 1102 or LIT 2110
if ENC 1101 is already satisfied

6

Environmental Scientific discipline

3 or higher

EVR 1001

iii

European History

three

EUH 3100

3

iv or higher

EUH 3100 & 3120

6

French Language

3

FRE 1120

3

4 or higher

FRE 1120 & 1121

6

French Literature (Discontinued 2011)

3

FRW 3100

3

4 or higher

FRW 3100 & 3101

6

German Language and Civilisation ((Discontinued 2011)

3

GER 1120

3

four or higher

GER 1120 & 1121

6

Regime & Politics: Comparative

3 or higher

CPO 2002

 3

Authorities & Politics: United States

three or higher

POS 2041

3

Homo Geography

3 or higher

GEO 1200 or 2400

three

Italian Language & Literature

3

ITA 1120

three

4 or college

 ITA 1120 & 1121

six

Japanese Language & Literature

iii

JPN 1120

iii

iv or higher

JPN 1120 & 1121

half dozen

Latin: Literature (Discontinued 2012)

3 or higher

LAT 1120

3

Latin: Vergil (combined with Latin 2012)

3 or higher

LAT 1120

3

Music Theory

3 or higher

MUT 1001

3

MUT 1241 & 1242

If aural and non-audible sub scores three or higher

iii

Physics 1

3 or college

PHY 2053C or PHY 2053/2053L

4

Physics 2

3 or college

PHY 2054C or PHY 2054/2054L

4

Physics B (Discontinued 2014)

3

PHY 2053C or PHY 2053/2053L

iv

iv or higher

PHY 2053C or PHY 2053/

viii

2053L and PHY 2054C or PHY 2054/2054L

Physics C: Electricity / Magnetism

iii

PHY 2054C or PHY 2054/2054L

4

iv or higher

PHY 2049C or PHY 2049/2049L

4

Physics C: Mechanics

3

PHY 2053C or PHY 2053/2053L

iv

4 or higher

PHY 2048C or PHY 2048/2048L

4

Psychology

3 or higher

PSY 2012

3

Spanish Language

iii

SPN 1120

3

4 or college

SPN 1120 & 1121

6

Spanish Literature

3

SPW 3100

3

4 or higher

SPW 3100 & 3101

6

Statistics

3 or higher

STA 2023

3

Studio Art: Drawing Portfolio

3 or higher

Art 2300

3

Studio Art: 2-D Design Portfolio

3 or college

ART 1201C

3

Studio Art: 3-D Design Portfolio

3 or higher

ART 1202C

3

United states of america History

3

AMH 2010

3

4 or higher

AMH 2010 & 2020

six

World History

3 or higher

WOH 1012

three

College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)

Passing Score

FAMU Equivalent

Min. # Credit Hrs.

Accounting, General (Replaced with Financial Accounting)

50

ACG 2021

3

Algebra, College

50

MAC 1105

3

Algebra-Trigonometry, College or Pre-calculus (as of 2006)

fifty

MAC1147 or 1114

4

American Government

50

POS 2041

iii

American Literature

50

AML 2010

three

Analyzing and Interpreting Literature

50

No direct equivalent (AML or ENL suggested)

three

Biology, Full general

fifty

BSC 1005 (No lab credit)

3

Business Law, Introduction to

l

BUL 2241

3

Calculus

l

MAC 2233

3

Chemistry, Full general

50

CHM 1025 or 1030 (no lab credit)

three

College Limerick

50

ENC 1101 & 1102

vi

College Composition Modular (with essay)

50

ENC 1101 & 1102

6

Educational Psychology, Introduction to

50

EDP 2002

iii

English Composition w/ Essay

fifty

ENC 1101

3

English Literature

50

ENL 2023

3

Financial Bookkeeping

fifty

ACG 2021

3

French Linguistic communication (Level 1)

50

FRE 1120

3

 French Language (Level 2)

59

FRE 1121 & 1121

6

Freshman Composition

50

No direct equivalent. Replaced past College composition modular

German Language

l - 59

GER 1120

3

 German language Language (Level two)

60

GER 1120 & 1121

6

History of the U.Due south. I: Early Colonization to 1877

50

AMH 2010

3

History of the U.Southward. II: 1865 to Present

fifty

AMH 2020

3

Man Growth and Evolution

50

DEP 2004

iii

Humanities

50

HUM 2210

3

Info. Systems & Computer Applications

50

CGS 2060 or 2120

three

Macroeconomics, Prin.

50

ECO 2013

3

Management, Prin. of

50

MAN 3025

three

Marketing, Principles of

50

MAR. 3023

iii

Mathematics, College

50

MGF 1106 or 1107

iii

Microeconomics, Prin. of

50

ECO 2023

3

Natural Science

50

No direct equivalent

Pre-calculus

50

MAC 1147

4

Psychology, Introductory

fifty

PSY 2012

iii

Social Science and History

l

No directly equivalent

Sociology, Introductory

fifty

SYG 2000

three

Spanish Language

50 - 62

SPN 1120

3

 Castilian Language (Level 2)

63

SPN 1120 & 1121

6

Trigonometry (Replaced with Pre-Calculus 2006)

50

MAC 1114

3

Western Civilization I: Ancient Nearly E to 1648

50

EUH 3100

3

Western Civilization 2: 1648 to Present

50

EUH 3120

iii

International Baccalaureate

Passing Score

FAMU Equivalent

Min. # Credit Hrs.

Biological science

iv

BSC1005C or BSC 1005/1005L

four

5 or college

BSC 1005C & 1010C or

8

BSC 1005/1005L & BSC 1010/1010L

Business concern and Management

4

GEB 1011 or MAN 3010

 3

5 or higher

GEB 1011 and MAN 3010

vi

Chemistry

4

CHM 1025

four

5 or higher

CHM 1025 & CHM 1045C or CHM 1045/1045L

8

Computer science

4

CGS 2060

3

Reckoner Science

5 or college

CGS 2060 & 2120

half-dozen

Design Applied science

4

ETI 2410

3

five or higher

ETI 2410 & 2411

half-dozen

Economic science

4

ECO2013

3

5 or higher

ECO 2013 & 2023

half dozen

Ecosystems and societies

four

EVR 1001

3

5 or college

EVR 1001 & 3017

6

English A1

four

ENC 1101

iii

five or higher

ENC 1101 & 1102 or LIT 2110

half-dozen

Ecology Systems

four

EVR 1001 or ISC 2050

3

five or college

EVR 1001 or ISC 2050 & 3051

half-dozen

Moving picture Studies

4

FIL 2001

3

five or higher

FIL 2001 and 2400

half dozen

French Language

4

FRE 1120

3

five or college

FRE 1120, 1121 & 2200

ix

Farther Mathematics (Advanced Mathematics)

4

MHF 2202

iii

5 or higher

MHF 2202 & 2209

6

Geography

4

GEO 1200

3

Geography

v or college

GEO 1200 and 1400

6

German

4

GER 1120

3

5 or higher

GER 1120, 1122 & 3300

9

History

4

WOH 1012

3

five or higher

WOH 1012 & 1022

half-dozen

Information and Engineering for a Global Order

four

No Direct Equivalence

3

5 or higher

No Direct Equivalence

six

Islamic History

four

No Direct Equivalence

3

5 or higher

No Direct Equivalence

6

Italian

four

ITA 1120

iii

v or college

ITA 1120, 1121 & 2300

nine

Latin

iv

LAT 1120

iii

five or higher

LAT 1120 & 1121

half dozen

Marine Science

iv

BSC 3312 or OCB Elective

3

5 or higher

BSC 3312 and BSC or OCB Constituent

6

Math Methods

iv

MAC 1105

three

5 or higher

MAC 1105 & 1140 or MAC 1140 & 2233

6

Math Studies

four

MAT 1033

3

5 or higher

MAT 1033 & MGF 1106

6

Mathematics

iv

MAC 1147

four

5 or higher

MAC 1147 & 2233

7

or MAC 2233 & 2311

Music

iv

MUL 2010

3

5 or higher

MUL 2010 & MUT 1001

6

Philosophy

4

PHI 2010

3

five or college

PHI 2010 & 2101

6

Physics

4

PHY 1020C or 1020/2020L

4

five or higher

PHY 2053C & 2054 or

8

PHY 2053/2053L & PHY 2054/2054L

Psychology

4

PSY 2012

iii

5 or college

PSY 2012 & DEP 2004

six

Social and Cultural Anthropology

4

ANT 2410

3

5 or college

Pismire 2000 & 2410

6

Spanish

4

SPN 1120

3

five or higher

SPN 1120, SPN 1121 & SPN 2220

nine

Theatre Arts

4

THE 2000

iii

5 or higher

THE 2000 & 3112

6

Visual Arts

4

ART 2300C

3

5 or higher

ART 2300C & 2301C

6

Cambridge AICE (British) AS-Level and A-Level Passing Score

Passing Score of "A", "B", "C", "D", "E"

FAMU Equivalent

Min. #  Credit Hrs.

Accounting

Every bit-Level

ACG 2021

iii

A-Level

ACG 2021 & 2022

6

Applied Information Communication Technology (ICT)

Equally-Level

CGS 2060

3

A-Level

CGS 2060 & 2120

six

Fine art and Design

As-Level

ART 1201C

3

A-Level

ART 1201C & 1202C

6

Biology

AS-Level

BSC1005C or BSC 1005/1005L

iv

A-Level

BSC 1005C & 1010C or BSC 1005/1005L

8

& BSC 1010/1010L

Business organization Studies

Every bit-Level

GEB 1011

3

A-Level

GEB 1440 & 1441

6

Chemistry

As-Level

CHM 1025 or 1020/1020L

iv

A-Level

CHM 1025 & CHM 1045C or CHM 1045/1045L

8

Classical Studies

Equally-Level

LIT 3115

3

Computing

As-Level

CGS 2060

3

A-Level

CGS 2060 & 2120

6

Design Technology

As-Level

ETI 2410

3

A-Level

ETI 2410 & 2411

half dozen

Economics

AS-Level

ECO2013

iii

A-Level

ECO 2013 & 2023

6

English language Language or Language & Literature in English

As-Level

ENC 1101

iii

English

A-Level

ENC 1101 & 1102 or LIT 2110

6

English - Literature in English

As-Level

ENC 1101 or 1102

3

A-Level

ENC 1101 & 1102 or LIT 2110

Or ENC 1102 and LIT 2110

half-dozen

Environmental Management

As-Level

EVR 1001

iii

French Language

Equally-Level

FRE 1120

3

French Literature

Every bit-Level

FRW 3100

3

French

A-Level

FRE 2200 & 2201

half dozen

Further Mathematics (Advanced Mathematics)

A-Level

MAC 2311 & 2312 or STA 2023

viii

Full general Paper

IDS 3040

three

Geography

AS-Level

GEA 2000

3

A-Level

GEO 1200 and 1400

vi

German language Linguistic communication

Every bit-Level

GER 1120

3

A-Level

GER 1120 & 1121

6

Global Perspectives ane

Equally-Level

ISS 2102

3

Global Perspectives Pre-U Contained Enquiry II

A-Level

ISS 2102 and ISS Elective

6

History - The History of the USA, c. 1840-1968

Every bit-Level

AMH 2010

3

History - Modernistic European History, 1789-1939

Equally-Level

EUH 3100

three

History - International History, 1945-1991

AS-Level

WOH 1012

three

Latin

AS-Level

LAT 1120

3

Marine Science

As-Level

OCE 1001

3

Marine Science

A-Level

OCE 1001 and OCB 2011

half-dozen

Or Elective in Marine Science

Mathematics

Equally-Level

MAC 1147 or 1140 or 1114

4

A-Level

MAC 2233 & 2311

7

Music

Equally-Level

MUH 2051

3

A-Level

MUH 2051 & 3211

6

Physics

As-Level

PHY 1020C or 1020/1020L

4

A-Level

PHY 2053C & 2054 or

8

PHY 2053/2053L & PHY 2054/2054

Psychology

Every bit-Level

PSY 2012

3

A-Level

PSY 2012 & DEP 2004

vi

Folklore

AS-Level

SYG 2000

3

A-Level

SYG 2000

iii

Spanish Language

As-Level

SPN 2220

3

Spanish Literature

A-Level

SPW 3100

3

Spanish

A-Level

SPN 2220 & 2221

6

Thinking Skills

As-Level

PHI 2010

3

A-Level

PHI 2010 & 2101

half-dozen

Travel and Tourism

Every bit-Level

HFT one thousand

3

A-Level

HFT 1000 & Homo 3010

6

DSST Examinations (DANTES Subject Standardized Test)

Score (New passing  Score = 400)

FAMU Equivalent

Min. # Credit Hrs

A History of the Vietnam War

44

AMH 2000

3

Art of the Western World

48

ARH 2000 or 2050

3

Astronomy

48

AST 1002

iii

Concern Ethics and Order

400

GEB 1440

3

Business Law 2

44

BUL 2241

3

Business organization Math

48

QMB 2100

3

Criminal Justice

49

CCJ 2010

3

Drug and Alcohol Abuse

49

No grade or credit recommendation consider

HSC 1100

three

Environment and Humanity

46

EVR 1001 or ISC 1001

3

Ethics in America

46

PHI 3601

three

Foundations of Education

46

EDF 1005

3

Fundamentals of College Algebra

47

MAT 1033

3

Fundamentals of Counseling

45

FAD 2230

3

General Anthropology

47

Pismire 2000

3

Hither'south to Your Health

48

HSC 1100

3

Man Resource Management

48

MAN 3010

3

Man /Cultural Geography

48

GEO 1200 or 2400

                3

Introduction to Business

46

GEB 1011

3

Introduction to Computing

45

CGS 2060

three

Introduction to Law Enforcement

45

CCJ 2010

3

Introduction to the Modern Eye East

47

ASH 3010

3

Introduction to Earth Religions

48

REL 2300

3

Lifespan Developmental Psychology

46

DEP 2004

three

Management Data Systems

 46

MAN 2812

3

Money and Banking

48

ECO 3213

three

Organizational Behavior

48

INP 2002

3

Personal Finance

46

FIN 3100

3

Physical Geology

46

GLY 2001

iii

Principles of Finance

49

FIN 3403

iii

Principles of Financial Accounting

49

ACG 2021

iii

Principles of Physical Science I

47

PSC 1121

three

Principles of Public Speaking

47

SPC 2600

three

Principles of Statistics

48

STA 2023

3

Principles of Supervision

46

MNA 2300

three

Rising and Autumn of the Soviet Spousal relationship

45

EUH 3571

3

Substance Abuse

49

HSC 1100

3

Technical Writing

46

ENC 2210

3

The Civil War and Reconstruction

47

AMH 2020

Western Europe Since 1945

45

No recommendation

Excelsior College Exam

Passing Score

FAMU Equivalent

Min. # Credit Hrs.

Aberrant Psychology

C or higher

CLP 4142

iii

Calculus*

C or higher

MAC 2311

4

Higher Writing*

C or higher

ENC 1101

3

Earth Science

C or higher

GLY 2001

iii

English Limerick

C or higher

ENC 1101 or 1102

3

Ethics: Theory and Practice

C or college

PHI 3601

three

Foundations of Gerontology

C or higher

GEY 2000

three

Human being Resources Management

C or higher

Homo 3010

iii

Introduction to Music

C or college

MUH 2051

iii

Labor Relations

C or higher

ECP 3203

3

Life Span Developmental Psychology

C or higher

DEP 2004

3

Managerial Accounting

C or higher

ACG 2071

iii

Microbiology

C or higher

MCB 3005

3

Principles of Marketing

C or higher

MAR. 3023

3

Psychology of Adulthood and Crumbling

C or higher

DEP 2401

3

Spanish Language*

C or higher

SPN 1120

iv

Workplace Advice with Computers

C or college

OST 2335

3

World Conflicts Since 1900

C or higher

WOH 1021

3

* Examination developed jointly by Excelsior and Pearson (UEXCEL)

** Changes as of Dec. 2014

Note: A maximum of 45 semester hours of credit past-examination may be transferred. Credits earned on similar courses taken at FAMU or other examinations (e.g., AP, CLEP, IB, DSST, or Excelsior) may not exist accustomed or duplicated.

Experiential Learning: Awarding Credit on a Not-Credit Footing -The Academy considers experiential learning as learning that occurs outside its own educational programs. Other than awarding credit through mechanisms such every bit nationally recognized credit by exams such as CLEP (encounter to a higher place) and departmental exams and the laurels of credit for attainment of National Lath Teacher Certification, FAMU does not award credit for experiential learning.

The only experiential learning for which the Academy grants credit is for formal learning experiences that are part of the curriculum of a degree plan, such as internships, clinical courses, cooperative education and practicum. These experiences are supervised past programme kinesthesia in collaboration with supervisors at the internship/clinical site and are evaluated if credit is to exist awarded.


Armed services Transfer Credit

Florida A&M Academy is a fellow member of SOC (Service members Opportunity Colleges). SOC members piece of work to get in easier for servicemen and women to transfer credits and reduce residency requirements.

Military machine Transfer Credit may exist awarded for undergraduate students who served in the The states War machine and who desire to have their military training and experience considered for transfer credit. These undergraduate courses may be used toward a caste program, if applicative. Students must submit official AARTS or SMART transcripts to the Office of the University Registrar Credence of Military Credit toward student'due south degree program may

  • Affect financial aid eligibility
  • Not be considered as backlog credit hours.

How to Get Your Military machine Transcript

ARMY - Soldiers may request their military transcript through the Army American Quango on Education Registry Transcript Arrangement (AARTS) at http://aarts.ground forces.mil. AARTS will send an official transcript to Florida A&M University. Information technology will not mail a transcript for personal records, simply yous can view and print your transcripts online anytime.

NAVY AND MARINE CORPS Sailors and Marines can access their transcript through the Sailor/Marine American Council on Teaching Registry Transcript (SMART) at www.navycollege.navy.mil/transcript.html. SMART will also include additional higher courses that you completed if you send transcripts to them. It's helpful because it keeps your instruction data all in one document.

SMART and AARTS transcripts contain only enlisted service training and education achieved on duty. Officers or warrant officers can request certain documents and work with their educational institution to receive college credit. The SMART/ AARTS services are free and servicemen/women may request every bit many copies as they want.

Additional Information for Veterans

Florida A&Grand University is approved for the education and grooming of veterans, disabled veterans, and dependents of deceased and disabled veterans.

A prospective student who may exist eligible for educational benefits under any Veterans Administration Program is urged to contact the Section of Veterans Diplomacy Atlanta Regional Function, P.O. Box 100022, Decatur, Georgia 30031-7022, at to the lowest degree 3 months before his or her enrollment at Florida A&M University. One time the Veterans Administration has approved the educational benefits, and the student has received a "Certificate of Eligibility," the pupil should then contact the Veterans Affairs function at FAMU prior to enrollment at FAMU.

All students receiving VA Educational Benefits are required to attend classes regularly, in accordance with the academy attendance policies. When a veteran is institute in violation of the grade omnipresence regulation, the veteran's affairs function will exist notified that the training period has been interrupted or discontinued. All students receiving veteran'due south benefits are required to take only those courses leading to a specific degree plan. Students are required to request certification for VA benefits, as this is not an automatic process. Veterans needing aid with fee payment should contact the FAMU Veterans Diplomacy Function during the registration period.

Any changes in the number of hours being carried (particularly any courses dropped) may affect the rate of educational allowance payable and must be reported in the month in which such changes occur. No benefits are paid for a "Westward" form. When a veteran completes, drops out, or interrupts his or her course of preparation, he or she is required to notify the Veterans Affairs Office. Failure to exercise so in a timely way could issue in a payback to the Veterans Administration considering of an overpayment.

P.50. 634 State of war Orphan Educational Help Act of 1956 - This police applies to those children whose parent(s) dies or is 100% disabled equally a outcome of service connected disability. Students should contact their local VA Office in society to brand application for access under Public Law 634.

Physical Education - Veterans who accept had basic training in the regular Armed forces may receive credit for physical instruction equally a required form. Application must be fabricated to the academy registrar. Sufficient evidence of having served in a co-operative of the service must be shown (DD-214 form).Veterans' preparation, conduct, and progress must at all times conform to the academy standards.

Standards of Academic Progress for Veteran Students

VA Undergraduate Students - All students receiving VA Educational Benefits are required to attend classes regularly, in accordance with the university omnipresence policies. All students receiving veteran'southward benefits are required to take only those courses leading to a specific degree. Students are to request certification for VA Benefits, every bit this is not an automatic process. Veterans needing help with fee payment should contact FAMU VA Office (FHAC 114) during the registration flow to apply for a VA Deferment. Delight call (850) 599-3853 if you demand boosted information.

VA benefits volition be subject to termination for those students who fail to maintain an overall ii.00 GPA. This also applies to VA students who have been placed on academic probation for two consecutive terms or break at the end of an academic term. Delight empathise that Academy policy will not permit yous to enroll if you are on academic probation until y'all have met with your academic advisor and devised an bookish plan; however, your VA benefits will exist subject to termination equally stated to a higher place.

VA Graduate Students - A pupil receiving veteran benefits must attain and maintain a minimum grade bespeak average (GPA) of non less than 3.00 "B" each semester of enrollment. A student who has not attained and maintained satisfactory progress (3.00 or to a higher place) at the end of any semester volition be placed on bookish probation for the next semester of enrollment. Should he or she not achieve satisfactory progress by the end of the next semester of enrollment, the educatee'south educational benefits volition exist terminated for unsatisfactory progress.

A educatee whose educational benefits take been terminated for unsatisfactory progress may petition the Office of Veteran Affairs to exist re-certified after one semester has elapsed. This function may re-certify the student for educational benefits only if there is a reasonable likelihood that he or she will be able to attain and maintain satisfactory progress for the remainder of the program.

Professional Certification/Departmental Exams/Deans Waiver

Bookish departments may offer students opportunities to receive credits through departmental course examinations. Private departments determine if and when a student tin can take advantage of this opportunity. Academic deans may determine if course/courses may be waived or if credit may be awarded for students based on professional certification and documented proficiency in an surface area of study. Such waiver and/or credit must exist approved past the academic Department Chair, Dean, Registrar and Provost. In the case of academic credit being awarded to students with National Board Teacher Certification, the department chair and dean of the College of Education must evaluate the certificate and portfolio for the National Board Teacher Certification. The Dean and Department Chair volition brand a formal recommendation to the Registrar who will award constituent credit in a specific academic area within the College of Educational activity. The recommendation from the College of Education must contain a statement that attests to the fact that the National Board Instructor Certification certificate and portfolio take been evaluated past appropriate officials within the College of Educational activity.

Graduate/Professional (Law) Students-FAMU besides accepts transfer credits for graduate students where the transfer of graduate level courses must be determined by the individual academic departments. A maximum of six graduate level credit hours with a grade of "B" or ameliorate may be accepted from a regionally accredited institution. Additionally, six credit hours of elective credits may be granted to students who are fully admitted to graduate degree status in the College of Educational activity for possession of National Lath Teacher Certification. A maximum of six semester hours of 4000 level courses may be included in the requirements for a graduate degree of Education. The higher up as well applies to students enrolled in the Specialists, Law and Doctoral Programs (excluding the PharmD).