Students learn to properly transfer credits
Whitney Roberts
Issue date: 4/29/09 Section: DSC News
Ronnie Williams, a sophomore business major from Kaysville, said before his LDS mission he took a couple of classes at Weber State University. After his mission he decided to come to DSC and had his credits transferred.
"All my credits transferred," he said. "But if I ever decide to retake those courses for a better grade I would have to do it through Weber to get the grade change."
However, when students are transferring into a four-year program offered at DSC or another institution they may have to meet
additional departmental requirements, according to the Web site.
Broad said some students may take a math class when they first get to college and then decide to switch their major.
Their new major may require a different math from their beginning major, causing students to have extra credits because the other math won't go toward their current degree requirements.
Carly Griffith, a senior nursing major from South Jordan, took many concurrent enrollment classes through Salt Lake Community College while she was in high school.
When she was applying for college she had SLCC send her transcripts to DSC to put the classes she took toward her nursing degree here. Griffith said she didn't have any trouble getting her credits to transfer.
"A lot of the classes I took went toward my generals and prerequisites for nursing," she said. "I took 26 credits through SLCC, and all of them went toward my degree."
Griffith said taking those classes benefited her in the long run because she started at DSC as a sophomore and had her associate degree in one year. It also helped her get started in the nursing program a lot sooner.
For most students there is a basic procedure for transferring credits from different institutions.
Any student transferring institutions must complete the regular application process and have transcripts from all previously attended institutions officially sent to the registrar's office, Admissions Specialist Darla Rollins said.
"We ask students to have their previous institutions send their transcripts so it is official," Rollins said. "We then take them and put them in the computer and match them to the admissions form the student has sent in, then we give the transcripts to Shannon [Broad] and she evaluates them and posts them on the student's DSC transcript under the courses they transferred for."
Transcripts that are faxed, marked or say "unofficial" on them will not be accepted by DSC for evaluation, Rollins said.
When it doubt students should meet with Broad to find out how their credits may transfer to and from different institutions. She can be reached at 435-652-7705 or by e-mail at broad@dixie.edu.
"All my credits transferred," he said. "But if I ever decide to retake those courses for a better grade I would have to do it through Weber to get the grade change."
However, when students are transferring into a four-year program offered at DSC or another institution they may have to meet
additional departmental requirements, according to the Web site.
Broad said some students may take a math class when they first get to college and then decide to switch their major.
Their new major may require a different math from their beginning major, causing students to have extra credits because the other math won't go toward their current degree requirements.
Carly Griffith, a senior nursing major from South Jordan, took many concurrent enrollment classes through Salt Lake Community College while she was in high school.
When she was applying for college she had SLCC send her transcripts to DSC to put the classes she took toward her nursing degree here. Griffith said she didn't have any trouble getting her credits to transfer.
"A lot of the classes I took went toward my generals and prerequisites for nursing," she said. "I took 26 credits through SLCC, and all of them went toward my degree."
Griffith said taking those classes benefited her in the long run because she started at DSC as a sophomore and had her associate degree in one year. It also helped her get started in the nursing program a lot sooner.
For most students there is a basic procedure for transferring credits from different institutions.
Any student transferring institutions must complete the regular application process and have transcripts from all previously attended institutions officially sent to the registrar's office, Admissions Specialist Darla Rollins said.
"We ask students to have their previous institutions send their transcripts so it is official," Rollins said. "We then take them and put them in the computer and match them to the admissions form the student has sent in, then we give the transcripts to Shannon [Broad] and she evaluates them and posts them on the student's DSC transcript under the courses they transferred for."
Transcripts that are faxed, marked or say "unofficial" on them will not be accepted by DSC for evaluation, Rollins said.
When it doubt students should meet with Broad to find out how their credits may transfer to and from different institutions. She can be reached at 435-652-7705 or by e-mail at broad@dixie.edu.
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