The Registrar’s Office provides information and services to meet the needs of current and prospective students. Our service includes AUM transcripts, enrollment verifications, transfer resources, and more. It is our goal to provide information in a timely, accurate, and supportive manner.
AUM Graduate Studies will accept credit from regionally accredited institutions. The transfer work must be pertinent to the student’s plan of study and be within the seven-year time limit. Student must have been admitted to a graduate degree program in the institution at which the work was taken. Specific programs may request professional accreditation, (e.g., NCATE, AACSB).
Transfer credit will not be accepted until the student has successfully completed nine (9) hours of work in the graduate program at AUM. No more than twelve (12) semester hours may be transferred.
Transfer credit may not be used to bring the AUM grade point average up to B (3.00). Transfer credit will not be allowed whenever the grade point average on the transcript of concern is less than B (3.00).
Graduate Program Transfer within AUM
Current AUM graduate students who decide to change their graduate program of study may transfer up to 12 semester hours from that program to another AUM graduate program. Graduate Program Transfer credit must be approved by the student’s advisor, dean, and the Associate Provost for Graduate Studies.
Graduate Transient Policy
A student enrolled in an AUM graduate program who wishes to take course work at another accredited university may do so with permission. The student must be in good academic standing. The work taken at another institution must not exceed 6 semester hours. Transient work taken after admission to a program and transfer work taken prior to admission to a program should not, when combined, exceed 12 semester hours. Transient course credit taken at another university will be brought into the AUM system via the Graduate Transfer Credit Form (External Institution).
AUM Students – Registration Information: Meet with your AUM academic advisor to obtain a transient approval letter prior to enrolling at another institution.
Students Visiting AUM – Registration Information: To register, navigate here and select the “Transient Student Seeking Degree At Another Institution” link
Graduate Grade Repeat-to-Replace Policy
Candidates for graduate degrees are required to maintain a grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) on all graduate work taken in their program. No grade of D or below will be accepted for graduate credit. Any required course carrying graduate credit in which a grade of D or below is earned must be repeated or substituted with a course of similar content for a student to receive credit.
Repeats and substitutes will be managed as follows:
Grade replacement policy: When a course is repeated, if the grade for the repeated course is higher than the original grade, only the repeated course will be used in the calculation of the GPA. That is to say, a grade signals a level of mastery. The highest level of mastery achieved by the student will be used to calculate the GPA, although both the first attempt and later attempts will remain recorded on the transcript. A substitute course cannot be used to replace a grade earned in a different course.
course limitation policy. A student may take no more than three additional courses beyond the required course of study in their specific graduate program to acquire a 3.0 GPA. Whether a previous course is repeated or a different course with similar content is taken, the student is limited to three attempts only in the degree plan.
The replacement of grades is only available to regularly admitted graduate students and is not available to former students or recent graduates.
Grades of F earned for academic violations cannot be replaced.
Graduate sooner – Double count graduate classes toward both undergraduate and graduate degrees
Save money – Pay undergraduate tuition rates for approved classes taken in the accelerated program
Reduce Stress – Successfully complete each graduate course with a grade of B or higher and be guaranteed admission without additional requirements (e.g. standardized tests, letters of reference, etc.)
Official Rules:
Undergraduate seniors (eighty-eight or more earned hours) are eligible to participate in the accelerated program. Students can apply during the semester in which they will earn eighty-eight hours.
An overall G.P.A. of 3.0 or higher is required to participate. Eligibility will be determined at the graduate department or program level and may include a higher G.P.A. and/or additional admission requirements.
Students can take between one and three approved courses as determined by the graduate program offering the courses.
In addition to their undergraduate advisors, approved students must meet with a graduate advisor to select the appropriate graduate-level courses. Only courses taken at AUM and approved by the advisor are eligible.
Students are considered undergraduate students until all requirements for undergraduate degree are met.
Students earning less than a B in any graduate-level course will not be guaranteed admission to the associated graduate program.
Upon successful completion of the graduate course(s), students who apply to the associated graduate program are guaranteed admission without additional requirements. Once accepted, the graduate-level courses taken as an undergraduate student will be transferred into the graduate program. No grade of C or below will be transferred.
For the accelerated graduate-level courses to apply toward their respective graduate degrees, students must begin the graduate program within one year of earning their undergraduate degree.
Process
Step 1: Complete the Accelerated Master’s Degree Application (undergraduate students)
Step 2: Meet with your Academic Advisor, then register for the approved accelerated courses
Step 3: Graduate level credit will be added to your graduate transcript and degree audit during your first semester of Graduate Studies. Contact the Registrar’s Office if you have any questions about your graduate credit.
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