Academic Catalog 2023-2024

Academic Catalog 2023 - 2024

Official transcripts will be evaluated by Department faculty and transfer credits will be approved on a course-by-course basis. Beacon College participates in an articulation agreement with Florida community colleges. Students who transfer from a regionally accredited Florida community college with an Associate degree are admitted at the junior level. Official transcripts required for transfer of credit must be submitted prior to the last day of the transfer student’s first academic term. The Transfer Credit Practices of Designated Educational Institutions (TCP) is used for assessing and documenting equivalent learning and qualified faculty from other institutions. Students may also be requested to present catalog course descriptions or a syllabus for a course. Beacon College will consider for transfer credit: • college-level courses completed at regionally accredited organizations, namely  Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) Western Association of Schools and Colleges  Higher Learning Commission (HLC)  Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)  New England Association of Schools and Colleges – Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (NEASC-CIHE)  Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)  WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) • college-level courses completed at institutions accredited by organizations recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) Beacon College is generally unable to accept credits from institutions not accredited by either of the above. However, for certain Florida colleges, courses approved for academic transfer by the Florida Department of Education on its Statewide Course Numbering System (SCNS) website will be considered for transfer to Beacon College. Students must have earned at least a C grade in a course that can be applied to Beacon College degree program requirements. Beacon College awards semester credit only. Transfer credit measured in quarter hours upon acceptance will be awarded as follows: three (3) credit hours as the equivalent of 4.5 quarter hours. Transfer credits cannot exceed 30 credits for the A.A./A.S. degree or up to 90 credits for the B.A./B.S.. degree. Therefore, at least 31 credits for the A.A./A.S. degree and 30 credits for the B.A./B.S. degree must be earned through Beacon College coursework. For the B.A./B.S. degree, an additional two (2) upper level courses within the major will be required and also completion of the College’s Career Development course sequence namely COE 2606: Career Exploration , COE 3606 Career Planning, and COE 4606: Career Development . Beacon College accepts the College Level Examination Policy (CLEP) for general education courses offered by the Institution in accordance with established policy. The College will accept a score of 50 on a scale of 20-80 to award credit for all CLEP General and Subject Area tests. CLEP scores must be received directly from Educational Testing Services (ETS). No more than three (3) CLEP course substitutions will be accepted into any degree program. A $100.00 CLEP processing fee is charged per CLEP course substitution. Students seeking to transfer credit based on military and service school or passing scores on the Dantes examination will have such credit considered on an individual basis following the guidelines above.

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