Webster University

The Office of the Registrar in St. Louis conducts the transfer-of-credit-hour evaluation. Once all of your documents have been provided to us here in Leiden, we send them to St. Louis for evaluation. This process can take several weeks, but your academic advisor can give you an estimate of how your transfer credit might be evaluated.

Transfer credit normally includes:

1. College-level work completed at accredited institutions. The University accepts as transfer credit college-level work satisfactorily completed with a grade of C or better. Courses completed with a grade of D have severe transfer restrictions and generally are not applicable toward graduation requirements at Webster.

2. Standardized tests conducted external to Webster. These include ACT-PEP; Excelsior College Examinations; CLEP; DANTES; GED College Level; and USAFI. Because this credit is normally designated lower division, no more than 64 credit hours are transferable. Academic departments approve area exams, establish possible course equivalencies, determine acceptable test scores, and determine the amount and level of credit.

3. Extra-institutional credit. The University awards transfer credit for selected military and corporate training programs that have been reviewed by the American Council on Education (ACE). For information, see this section below.

4. Associate's degrees. The University always attempts to provide full transfer of successfully completed associate's degrees from regionally accredited institutions. When part of a completed associate's degree, transfer credit may include pass/fail courses, advanced placement, credit by examination, dual credit, and experiential learning credits. The integrity of the associate's degree will not be invalidated by these components, and transfer credit will be provided according to existing academic policies.

The University accepts as transfer credit college-level work completed with a grade of C or better, subject to the maximum transferable credit hours. Courses completed with a grade of D have severe transfer restrictions and generally are not applicable toward graduation requirements at Webster.

If a student has more than the maximum transferable credit hours, 64 credit hours from a community college (a two-year school) and 98 credit hours from a senior college (a four-year school) or more than 98 credit hours from any combination of postsecondary schools, the first courses accepted toward the Webster degree will be those with grades of A, B, C, or P. Only then will courses completed with a D grade be considered for transfer. No D grades will transfer if the student has the maximum allowable credits, or more, available with grades of C or above. Students should be aware that severe restrictions apply on the use of D-graded courses toward graduation requirements. These restrictions include general education requirements as well as requirements in the major.

Individual departments reserve the right to limit the number of courses completed with a grade of D toward fulfilling the specific course requirements of the major.

Webster University maintains policies and guidelines that promote and facilitate student transfer to the University, including transfer coursework applicable to general education requirements. Students who have completed an approved associate of arts degree will have satisfied Webster University's general education requirement. Students who have completed an approved general education program in Missouri (the"CBHE Model 39-credit-hour general education program"), or the equivalent in other states where Webster University holds articulation agreements, will have satisfied Webster University's general education requirement. Completion of the general education program must be verified or documented on the sending institution's official transcript. Students transferring to Webster University without completion of an associate of arts degree will have their previous college-level coursework evaluated on a course-by-course basis for equivalency with Webster University's general education requirement.

The associate of arts degree is designed as a transfer degree into a four-year baccalaureate program. The University provides full transfer of all coursework successfully completed as part of an associate of arts degree awarded by a regionally accredited institution. While students with associate's degrees typically transfer 64 credit hours- approximately the first two years of the baccalaureate educational experience-no limit exists on the maximum number of credit hours which may be transferred as part of the completed associate of arts degree. Transfer of additional lower-division credit beyond the associate's degree is restricted. Transfer students must meet the University's minimum residency programmatic and graduation requirements. For students with multiple associate's degrees, the University will use the first degree received as the basis for transfer credit evaluation.

Enrolled freshmen who have taken advanced placement, accelerated, or honors courses may qualify for college-level credit from the University. This also applies to students with a Dutch VWO diploma. Students who wish such work to be considered for first year (freshman) lower-division transfer credit should submit official documentation for evaluation, including test scores and/or college transcripts.

Final credit is determined according to departmental guidelines for credit by exam.

Webster University grants credit in the appropriate academic department for scores of 3 or above on the advanced placement tests (AP exams) from the College Board. Exams are available in the following subject areas: art, biology, calculus, chemistry, computer science, economics, English literature and composition, French, German, government and politics, history, Latin, music, physics, and Spanish.

Webster University recognizes the International Baccalaureate (IB) as a preparation for university studies. The University awards first year (freshman) lower-division transfer credit to enrolled students upon receipt of an official transcript of results obtained.

IB Diploma -Students who successfully complete the IB Diploma may receive University transfer credit for both higher level subjects and subsidiary level subjects. Credit hours are awarded as follows:

Higher Level Subjects: 8 credit hours for each subject completed with a grade of 6 or 7
Higher Level Subjects: 6 credit hours for each subject completed with a grade of 4 or 5
Subsidiary Level Subjects: 3 credit hours for each subject completed with a grade of 4,5,6 or 7

Higher Level Subjects Only -Credit is awarded for higher level subjects completed without earning the full IB Diploma based upon the policy above.

Subsidiary Level Subjects -No credit is awarded for subsidiary level subjects unless the full IB Diploma is achieved.