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Chapter 4 Master's Degree Requirements - Transfer of Credit Chapter 4 Master's Degree Requirements

TRANSFER OF CREDIT

Limitations

Quantity

Ordinarily all work for the master’s degree must be done at UTSA. Transfer credit of usually not more than 6 semester credit hours may be allowed for graduate coursework completed at another accredited institution upon the approval of the appropriate graduate program committee in which the major area is located. Upon petition by the student, recommendation of the appropriate graduate program committee, and approval by the Dean of Graduate Studies, a maximum of one-third of the semester credit hours of coursework (exclusive of thesis) required for a degree at UTSA may be accepted as transfer credit for the degree.

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Time Limitation

All credit applied to a master’s degree must be earned within the six years immediately preceding the date the degree is awarded. Outdated UTSA credits may be accepted upon approval of the appropriate graduate program committee and the Dean of Graduate Studies. An examination may be required as a condition for validating this credit.

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Evaluation of Courses

The Office of Admissions evaluates transcripts and designates which graduate courses are acceptable under the above provisions for transfer toward a master’s degree at UTSA. Whether or not a course is transferable as graduate coursework is determined by the course number assigned by the institution awarding the credit. To be transferable to UTSA, courses must be defined as graduate courses at the institution where credit was earned. Courses that are defined as undergraduate upper division by their course numbers, but that can be applied to a graduate degree at the institution awarding the credit, are not accepted for transfer toward a master’s degree at UTSA. All work submitted for transfer credit must have been completed with grades of "A" or "B" and must have been completed no more than six years before the degree was awarded.

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Transfers within The University of Texas System

It is the policy of The University of Texas System that all academic institutions within the System may accept graduate credit from each other, and the regular requirements for residency are adjusted accordingly. The applicability of specific courses from other University of Texas institutions to a student’s graduate degree program at UTSA, however, must be approved by the appropriate graduate program committee.

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Course Types and Acceptability

Accepted on a Limited Basis

UTSA Undergraduate Courses. With the approval of the appropriate graduate program committee, the department chair, and the dean of the college in which the student expects to earn his or her degree, a candidate for the master’s degree may apply a maximum of 6 semester hours of unduplicated credit for undergraduate upper-division (junior or senior) courses completed at UTSA with the grades of "A" or "B" to a master’s degree; no course below the upper-division level or with other grades may be applied to the degree.

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Not Accepted

Correspondence and Extension Courses. Courses completed by correspondence or extension may not be applied to a graduate degree program.

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Courses Counted for Another Degree. No courses counted toward another degree may be applied to a graduate degree, either directly or by substitution. The only exception is that candidates holding a Master of Arts degree in Art from another institution seeking admission to the Master of Fine Arts degree program may have up to 24 semester credit hours applied toward the M.F.A. degree exclusive of the thesis and/or degree project, upon recommendation of the department graduate program committee and approval of the Dean of Graduate Studies. Work done for the master’s degree may be included in the work for the doctoral degree, when it is offered, provided it is acceptable to the candidate’s supervising committee, the appropriate graduate program committee, and the Dean of Graduate Studies.

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Credit by Examination. Credit by examination at UTSA is intended to enable undergraduate students to receive credit for courses leading to a bachelor’s degree in which they may already have achieved the objectives. Credit cannot be earned by CEEB examination or by UT Challenge Examination for any courses used to meet minimum requirements for a graduate degree or graduate teacher certification program. Graduate degree-seeking students in the College of Business may challenge by examination any UTSA graduate-level "professional" or "background" course that is required in addition to minimum degree requirements. (See the UTSA Credit by Examination brochure.)

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