College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Catalog 2016

21 Readmission Students dismissed from the program may petition for readmission after one academic year and will need to reapply (repeat the application process) and have their records examined by the Program Office. Upon approval, the student will be readmitted to the program in effect at that time. Only those courses completed within the past 5 years with grades of "B" or higher will be applied toward the degree. Transfer of Credit Credit hours may be accepted for transfer into the Ph.D. and M.A./M.S. programs. These must be graduate courses taken at regionally accredited colleges or universities. All courses to be transferred must be substantially equivalent to courses taught in the program to which the student is applying. Each applicant’s submissions will be reviewed on an individual basis. There are no transfer credits given for electives except within the Department of Justice and Human Services. Transfer of credits need to be submitted upon admission to a program and prior to the development of degree plans. Requests for transfer of credit must be completed before the end of the student’s first term. Requests for transfer of credit received after the completion of the student’s first term will not be accepted. To be considered for transfer of credit, students must submit an Application for Transfer of Credit, available online for the program to which they are applying. The application must be supported with a catalog course description and the syllabus that document the content of each of the course(s). No more than two courses may be used to establish equivalence with a single NSU course. Approved transfer credit from a single course completed at a prior institution may be applied to only one NSU course; transfer credit from a single course may not be applied across multiple NSU courses. To be considered for transfer of credit, courses must have been completed less than 7 years (5 years for programs in the Department of Justice and Human Services) prior to the beginning of the student's first term. Also, course grades for any transfer of credit request must be a "B" or higher. Courses approved for transfer of credit are recorded on the student’s NSU transcript. Course work submitted from a foreign institution will be evaluated for equivalency in accordance with accreditation standards. The following is the maximum number of transfer credits accepted by each program:  Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution: 15 credits  Ph.D. in Criminal Justice: 6 credits  Ph.D. in Family Therapy: 21 credits  D.M.F.T. Doctorate in Family Therapy: Varies  M.H.S. in Child Protection: 6 credits  M.S. in College Student Affairs: 9 credits  M.S. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution: 9 credits  M.S. in Criminal Justice: 6 credits  M.A. in Cross-disciplinary Studies: 12 credits  M.S. in Development Disabilities: 6 credits  M.S. in Family Therapy: 9 credits  M.A. in Gerontology: 6 credits  M.S. in National Security Affairs: 6 credits  M.A. in Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media: 6 credits  Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Paralegal Studies :12 credits of “legal specialty” courses taken at an American Bar Association approved program