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Graduate-level Applicants
A limited number of graduate-level applicants may be accepted on a probationary basis if they have received an accredited
baccalaureate degree but do not meet the academic requirements for the desired degree program. Students who have not met
the minimum GPA/GRE requirements for the program may be granted probationary acceptance on a case-by-case basis. After
one regular semester of study (9 hours), the work of students who were admitted on probation is evaluated to determine
whether the probationary status should be removed or whether enrollment should be terminated.
When mitigating circumstances warrant, qualified applicants who have not completed an accredited baccalaureate degree may
be accepted provisionally into designated Ministry Leadership degree programs.
Transfer Students
Undergraduate Applicants
Undergraduate students transferring to CIU with no less than 24 semester credits over at least two semesters of enrollment
may be evaluated for admission based on college cumulative GPA rather than a standardized test score and high school
cumulative GPA. Students transferring from another accredited institution of higher education should have a cumulative GPA
of 2.0 or above for regular admission. Any student transferring under this provision with less than a 2.0 cumulative GPA may
be admitted on probation subject to the approval of the Admissions Review Committee after careful review of the candidate’s
complete file.
Applicants who have completed work at another accredited institution of higher education may receive transfer credit in
courses in which they received a grade of 2.0 (“C”) or above. Transfer credit may apply to a student’s program at CIU in one of
the following ways:
a) Courses that are parallel to required courses in the core curriculum or the student’s major or minor program of
studies at CIU may be received as meeting the requirement.
b) Courses that do not parallel any required course may be received as elective credit up to the limit of electives for the
particular program in which the student enrolls at CIU. (CIU is a member of the Higher Education Transfer Alliance
(HETA) sponsored by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).)
Applicants who have attended non-accredited Bible institutes, training schools, and discipleship programs designed as
postsecondary should submit their transcripts and copies of the academic catalogs for credit evaluation. Programs will be
evaluated based on ABHE compatible criteria and/or any formal relationship with CIU and/or status with ABHE. Any
unaccredited academic credit will be accepted on a case-by-case basis with a standard of two-thirds credit for any comparable
course, provided the student receives an average 2.0 (“C”) grade or above. No more than 31 credits from an unaccredited
school can be transferred into an undergraduate CIU degree program. The faculty reserves the right to grant limited credit for
unaccredited study by means of direct CIU faculty assessment of a student portfolio combined with a faculty examination of
content and/or skill upon authorization of the academic dean. To obtain an estimate of transfer credit, applicants must submit
official transcripts for all postsecondary study to the Admissions office, along with their application for admission and a
request for an estimate of transfer credit. In some cases, applicants may be asked to send a catalog or prospectus from colleges
or other postsecondary institutions attended. The Admissions office will give an evaluation of such work, but a final evaluation
will not necessarily be completed until the end of the student’s first semester of study at CIU. A copy of the transfer credit
policy is available upon request from the Admissions office. Please contact the transcript facilitator in the Office of the
University Registrar for further assistance.
Graduate-level Applicants
Graduate transfer credit hours must meet the following criteria:
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Earned from an accredited institution
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A grade of 2.0 (“C”) or above must have been earned.
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College of Education, College of Intercultural Studies, and College of Counseling students seeking to transfer credit
must seek prior permission through academic petition.
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Seminary & School of Ministry students may apply transfer credit to the free elective category of a degree only if a
comparable course is offered at CIU at the graduate level. Coursework taken at another school may be credited up to
one-half of a graduate-level degree in the SSM if not used previously for the award of the same degree or its
equivalent.
CIU Graduates
Undergraduate CIU graduates wishing to apply for a graduate program will be eligible to complete an abbreviated application
process. Please contact Admissions for details
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