Transient Credit from Other Institutions

A continuing student at the University must apply for permission to take courses at another institution accredited by an institutional accreditor recognized by UT.  The list of institutional accreditors can be found in the following policy: Resident transfer credit. Forms for this purpose can be obtained from http://www.ut.edu/academicforms. Students are strongly encouraged to review the course equivalency table regarding course transfer credit found at http://www.ut.edu/transfer/credits/ AND consult their academic advisor regarding transient course work PRIOR to enrolling in courses at other institutions.

To be granted credit taken on a transient basis at another institution, the following provisions must be satisfied:

1. The Transient Form must receive a final review signature from the Registrar’s Office. Once the official transcript is received from the transient institution, transfer credit will be evaluated if the transient form has received final approval signatures. It is strongly recommended that the student complete the process before enrolling in a course elsewhere.
2. The student must be eligible to return to the University.
3. The student must meet the University residency requirements.
   1. Once an undergraduate student has earned 90 credit hours (residential and transfer credit combined) a maximum of 4 credit hours may be granted to be taken on a transient basis. Any additional credit requests will require permission via the Academic Appeals process.
   2. An exception of up to 12 credit hours of education abroad courses taken through a University of Tampa sponsored education abroad program is allowed.
   3. UT students enrolled in Naval ROTC or Air Force ROTC will follow the respective Collaborative Agreements between UT and the University of South Florida.
4. The student may only transfer a total of 64 credit hours from a community or junior college.
5. The student must earn a grade of “C” (2.0 quality points) or higher in any undergraduate course. Pass/Fail or S/U grades will not be accepted.
6. Non-repeatable courses with an earned grade of ‘CD’ or lower may be re-taken at another institution to satisfy a UT prerequisite requirement. The associated credit hours will be “waived”, not earned.
7. The credit hours awarded by the transfer institution is the number of credits that will transfer, regardless of UT’s course equivalent. All credit will be converted to U.S. semester hours.
8. The grade point average at the University is not affected by grades earned at other institutions.
9. Please note that students may not take courses outside the University for writing-intensive credit. Only those courses designated as writing intensive at UT count in this program.

Approved transient credit may be earned concurrently with UT credit. No more than 4 credit hours from credit earned at another institution (non-resident credit) may be applied toward a student’s University of Tampa degree requirements in any spring or fall semester in which the student is enrolled and taking a full course load (12 credit hours or more) at the University.

Graduate students should refer to the graduate catalog for additional policies that may apply.