Transfer Credit Appeal for Non-Regionally Accredited Institutions
If a transfer student attended a school that is not regionally accredited, the student will need to follow the guidelines below in order for Gardner-Webb to consider the courses individually for transfer.
All courses reviewed for transfer must be related to General Education or the major subject area chosen by the student. There are currently two ways in which these specific courses can be reviewed:
- If any course(s) has a recommendation from an agency listed below, that recommendation will be used to aid in the evaluation. In the event the recommendation is vague or unsatisfactory, the Gardner-Webb faculty department chair or school dean for the subject area of the course being evaluated will be contacted for aid in determining the full appropriate credit to be granted. The agencies from which we accept recommendations are: American Council on Education, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, and NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
- For coursework that does not have recommendations from the guides listed above, the student must complete the following procedural steps for each course he or she wishes to have transferred.
- Produce a syllabus for the course requested for transfer.
- Request the academic institution previously attended to submit a record of credentials for the teaching faculty member(s) of each course requested for transfer (a catalog showing degrees earned, faculty vita, or a letter from the academic dean indicating graduate-level work and area of graduate work for the faculty member[s]).
These credentials will be reviewed by the applicable Associate Provost’s Office for authenticity and credibility. Once the credentials are approved, the Associate Provost’s Office will contact Registrar Services to permit review of the course syllabi for possible transfer of courses.