Credit Policies
Cooperative Education Credit | Correspondence Credit | Credit by Examination | Independent Study | No Credit | ROTC Credit | Special Sources of Credit | Study Abroad Credit | Transfer Credit
In order for the student to receive credit, all courses must be listed on the student's official transcript. For more information about official transcripts, please visit the University of Colorado at Boulder's Office of the Registrar web site:
http://registrar.colorado.edu/
One Admissions has determined whether the credit is admissable toCU, then all accepted credit will be posted. Credit is then evaluated by the Leeds School of Business to determine degree acceptability. In many cases, CU will accept more credit than may actually be applied toward your Leeds degree. See an Academic Advisor for more information.
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Cooperative Education Credit
No credit is given for work experience or cooperative education programs.
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Correspondence Credit
All correspondence courses must have prior approval and be evaluated to determine their acceptability.
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Credit by Examination
Advanced Placement (College Board)
- For students who earn scores of 3, 4, or 5 on advanced placement exams, school credit will be given where appropriate. See the CU Admissions office for a comprehensive chart on AP credit.
College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)
- School credit for approved CLEP subject examinations may be considered, providing the scores are at the 67th percentile or above. Specific information is available in the Office of Undergraduate Student Services.
- CLEP credit is only appropriate for pre-business requirements and non-business electives.
- A maximum of 6 hours of credit in any given course area is allowed.
- CLEP may not be used in course areas in which credit has already been allowed.
- General examinations are not acceptable.
- Before a CLEP examination can be taken students must have approval in writing by the Office of Undergraduate Student Services.
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Independent Study and Non-Traditional Credit
Up to 12 hours of non-traditional credit will be accepted toward the degree. Non-traditional credit includes independent study, hands-on classes such as art, music, and dance, and also certain teacher education classes, most practicum classes, ROTC and President's Leadership classes.
- A maximum of 6 hours of this type of credit may be taken in any one semester.
- A maximum of 6 hours of such classes as music, band, choir, or other hands-on art classes or dance classes may be taken in any one category (for example, you may take 6 hours of dance and 6 hours of piano). Exception: You may use all 12 hours of your non-traditional credit in President's Leadership or ROTC classes.
- To receive credit for independent study and experimental studies courses, students must obtain approval prior to registering for the courses. See the Office Of Undergraduate Student Services for paperwork.
Further information and forms are available in the Leeds School of Business Office of Undergraduate Student Services, Koelbel 115.
- The Leeds school do not grant credit for general internships.
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No Credit
Because of enrollment limitations business classes may not be taken on a no-credit basis.
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ROTC Credit
- Students who are enrolled in and complete the ROTC program may apply a maximum of 12 semester hours of ROTC credit toward non-business elective requirements and toward the 120-semester-hour total degree requirement for the B.S. degree in business administration.
- Students must be enrolled as official ROTC students in order to receive degree credit for ROTC courses.
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Special Sources of Credit
The school reserves the right to accept or reject all special sources of credit that do not have prior approval of the dean. A maximum of 6 hours of theory courses in kinesiology, physical education or dance can be accepted toward graduation.
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Study Abroad Credit
Transfer credit from study abroad programs is applied as business or nonbusiness elective credit. Students planning to attend study abroad programs must meet with an undergraduate advisor and have their course selections approved before leaving campus.
More specific information about these opportunities is available from the Office of International Education.
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Transfer Credit
The school reserves the right to disallow any credit that it deems inappropriate degree credit. Credits in business subjects transferred from other institutions will be limited to the number of credit hours given for equivalent work in the regular offerings of the university.
- Only work from regionally accredited institutions will transfer to the school.
- A maximum of 60 semester hours of credit may be accepted from a two-year school.
- Actual equivalent courses may be substituted for required courses. Students must submit a carefully checked catalog description and course syllabus for course equivalency determination, since a course given at another institution may have the same name and same textbook as a required business course and still be taught with a non-business emphasis or other variations that give it little value for business.
- Business students desiring to apply course work from another institution or University of Colorado campus toward the B.S. degree in business administration must have prior approval of the Leeds School of Business. Only courses that fulfill non-business requirements or elective credits are acceptable in transfer from other institutions once the student has enrolled in the school. All courses in the area of emphasis must be taken at the University of Colorado at Boulder unless the associate dean of undergraduate studies gives written approval.
- Transfer students must take a minimum of 30 hours of business courses, including the area of emphasis, in residence after admission to the school.
- For more information on transfer of credit policies, see Transfer of College-Level Credit in the Admission section in the Undergraduate Catalog.
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