| How
will I find out how many of my previous college credits will transfer
in to DBU? |
By
reviewing your previous college transcripts, your Professional Studies counselor can
give you an unofficial evaluation. An official evaluation, or Transcript
Evaluation Form, will be completed and mailed to you by the Registrar
once all your previous college transcripts have been received by the
Office of Admissions and your admissions file is complete.
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| How
personal should I get with my autobiography? |
| This is your
autobiography, so you should feel free to include personal aspects
of your life. (Do not feel obligated to discuss sensitive issues.)
However, keep in mind that the primary purpose of the portfolio
autobiography is to support your course petitions.
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| Can
I petition for ENGL 1301? |
| No,
you cannot petition for general studies courses.
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| I
have not received my Transfer Equivalency Report (TRER) yet. What
can I do?
|
| Make sure
you have requested transcripts from each college you have previously
attended. Call the DBU Office of Admissions to verify that they
have arrived and that your admissions file is complete.
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| I
have taken classes at a community college which DBU offers as junior
and senior level classes. Are these going to transfer as junior
and senior level classes? |
| Any course
that transfers in from a junior college will only come in as a LL
course, but may still be equivalent to a specific UL course in every
other way. For example, DCCCD's course MGMT 1370 Principles of Management
is the equivalent of DBU's MANA 3301, but comes in as a LL and does
not help toward the 42 UL hour requirement. This is where earning UL
electives through the portfolio will be helpful.
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| Do
CLEP tests count as residency hours? |
| No, CLEP
and other departmental tests do not count toward the DBU 32-hour
residency requirement...but they don't count against you in the
"30 of the last 36" rule as being taken somewhere else.
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| Is
it possible to obtain approval to take correspondence or online
courses from another accredited institution in order to satisfy
these general requirements? |
| Yes, but
you will need to fillout a request form to do so. Your Professional Studies counselor
will need to sign the form before it is submitted to the Registrar.
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| Will
all persons involved in reading our portfolios have agreed to keep
the information confidential? |
| Yes, all
Professional Studies instructors and evaluators are committed to keeping your portfolio
and its contents confidential.
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| Should
I return my assignments to my instructor after making the suggested
corrections & revisions? |
| Individual
instructors may have their own policy, but in most cases returning
revised assignments is not necessary unless you're unsure about
what you've done. Normally a student will just make the changes
and move on to the next task, but instructors will most likely look
at revisions if requested.
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| How
do petitioned courses show up on my transcript? |
| Petitioned
courses show up on your transcript as CR (credit)...no grade or grade
point average.
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| Will
credit earned through the portfolio be accepted in transfer by other
colleges? |
| As far as
petitioned courses transferring into another college, technically
that's up to the other college's policies. In most cases these courses
will not transfer, although exceptions might be found in institutions that
have similar programs. Once you complete your degree, you should
be well qualified to enter a graduate program...depending, of course,
on a given program's requirements.
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