TRANSFER OF CREDIT

“NOTICE CONCERNING TRANSFERABILITY OF CREDITS AND CREDENTIALS EARNED AT OUR INSTITUTION: The transferability of credits you earn at American University of Health Sciences (AUHS) is at the complete discretion of an institution to which you may seek to transfer. Acceptance of credits, degree, or certificate you earn at AUHS is also at the complete discretion of the institution to which you may seek to transfer. If the credits, degree, 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 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 AUHS to determine if your credits, degree or certificate will transfer.”

At present, we do not have an articulation agreement or transfer or credit agreement between any other institutions. However, we do accept transfer of credit, and this is detailed below.

Following the guidelines of transfer credit policy from American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, (AACRAO), the department head of the program as well as the Chief Academic Officer at AUHS will evaluate all previous college work in relation to the requirements of the program of study. Admissions Department convert semester units of credit transferred to the university to quarter units by multiplying semester-unit totals by one and a half (1½).

All undergraduate degree accepted students will be issued a transferred credit summary upon enrollment that serves as a basis for determining remaining requirements for the students’ specific objectives.

The student is held responsible for submission of one of the required documents below to Admissions Department for transfer credit verification and evaluation.
• school catalog showing that the institution where the credit was earned, or
• a copy of the course syllabus with a class content outline sufficient in length and content to determine the depth and scope of the course, and
• an official transcript containing the grade received for the course.