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Contents
  • Introduction
  • Accreditation
  • Trident Learning Outcomes
  • Admission and Transfer Policies
    • Admission Requirements and Required Documents
    • Admission is Not Guaranteed
    • Readmission
    • Additional Degrees and Concentrations
    • First Session Enrollment in a Degree Program
    • Transfer of Credits
      • General Conditions and Procedures
      • Transfer and Articulation Agreements
      • Authorization to Close File
      • Credit for Prior Learning
  • Bachelor to Master Dual Credit Options
  • Tuition, Fees, and Financing
  • Student Information and Procedures
  • Registration and Enrollment
  • Course and Grading Policies
  • Graduation Requirements
  • General Policies
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  • Teach-Out
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  • Teach-Out - Programs, Certificates, and Courses
  • Appendix of Changes
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General Conditions and Procedures

Undergraduate Students:

  • Professional Diploma or Certificate students are required to provide official transcripts of all prior academic work from institutionally accredited institutions that they wish to be considered for transfer evaluation.
  • Undergraduate degree-level students are required to provide official transcripts of all prior academic work from institutionally accredited institutions.
    • Undergraduate students with conferred Associate’s degrees are required to provide official transcripts from all sources with credits that applied to their Associate’s degree.
  • All eligible college-level coursework will be posted to the undergraduate student’s permanent record with the following exceptions:
    • failed coursework (grades of D- or lower are considered failing).
    • withdrawn courses.
    • direct equivalents that have been repeated.
    • repeated courses unless the transfer institution indicates the course is repeatable.
  • Undergraduate students must have earned a grade of “C-” or higher to meet the following requirements:
    • General Education Mathematics
    • General Education English
    • Program Core
    • Upper Division Requirements
  • At the undergraduate level, a student may transfer in academically transferable credit no matter the date of completion; except where the content of a course is deemed outdated or no longer equivalent or relevant by the college. The credits for that course will transfer as general elective credits only.
    • Credit that is used to satisfy cybersecurity, computer science and information technology management courses may only be considered for transfer if the course was completed within five years. Exceptions to this restriction are possible if a student has current work experience directly related to the aged course. Exceptions must be approved by the Dean.
    • Credit that is used in a Trident stackable program (bachelors to masters) varies by when you graduated.

Non-Traditional Credit

  • Active and former military undergraduate students must submit official military transcripts for any service schools or occupational specialties held.
  • Additional forms of non-traditional credit will be posted to the undergraduate student’s permanent record only if applied to meet degree requirements.

Graduate and Doctoral Students:

  • Master’s and Doctoral students are required to provide official transcripts of any prior academic work that they wish to be considered for transfer evaluation.
  • Master’s and doctoral coursework completed within the previous ten years is transferable unless the content is deemed outdated by the college. o Ed.D. Degree Completion: completed within the previous 10 – 15 years may be accepted by exception with Dean approval
  • Master’s students must have earned a grade of “B-” or higher to meet any degree requirement.
  • Credit that is used in a Trident stackable program (masters to doctoral) varies by graduation date.
  • Doctoral students must have earned a grade of “B” or higher to meet any degree requirement.
    • Credit that is used to satisfy cybersecurity, computer science and information technology management courses may only be considered for transfer if the course was completed within five years. Exceptions to this restriction are possible if a student has current work experience directly related to the aged course. Exceptions must be approved by the Dean.
    • Credit that is used in a Trident stackable program (masters to doctoral) varies by graduation date.

Conferred Associates Degrees

Students who have earned an Associate of Science or Associate of Arts degree from an institutionally accredited college, have successfully completed a college level mathematics, and have successfully completed a college level English Composition course will satisfy all General Education requirements at Trident.

Healthcare Specialty

Applicants who have obtained military training in a health care specialty or hold a current license/certificate in a health-related field of practice may be eligible to satisfy 8 semester hours of program elective units through transfer. All credit transfer must comply with Trident’s published policies, including Professional, Technical, and Vocational transfer maximums.

Professional, Technical, and Vocational Credit

Professional, Technical, and Vocational (PROTEC) credits earned with passing grades may be transferred and applied as undergraduate general elective credit up to a maximum of 28 semester hours. Transfer credits earned at a nationally accredited institution that are not directly articulated to a course or general education competency or have not been transferred as part of a Conferred Associate Degree will be considered PROTEC credit.

International Transfer

Trident will record and apply international credits for transfer with appropriate international credential evaluation by a recognized agency. Students may refer to www.naces.org or http://aice-eval.org/ to select an evaluation agency. (For more information, see International Transcripts.)

International credit will be posted to the undergraduate student’s permanent record only if applied to meet degree requirements.

Notice Concerning Transferability of Credits and Credentials Earned at our Institution

The transferability of credits you earn at Trident is at the complete discretion of an institution to which you may seek to transfer. Acceptance of the degree, diploma, or certificate you earn at Trident is also at the complete discretion of the institution to which you may seek to transfer. If the credits or degree, diploma, or certificate that you earn at this institution are not accepted at the institution to which you seek to transfer, you may be required to repeat some or all of your coursework at that institution. For this reason, you should make certain that your attendance at this institution will meet your educational goals. This may include contacting an institution to which you may seek to transfer after attending Trident to determine if your credits, degree, diploma, or certificate will transfer.