Credit Transferability
and GPA
TCU will accept all or most academic credits
you have earned with grades of "C" or
better from other accredited institutions.
To determine your qualification for admission,
a GPA will be computed on all potentially transferable
course work, including repeated courses, courses
in which grades of "F," "D" and "I" (incomplete)
were received, and course work attempted in
another college's conditional or probationary
program. Unconverted "I" grades will
be computed as "F." Grades earned
in PE activity classes will not be computed
toward GPA, although credit will be granted
if grades are "C" or
better. Cumulative GPA will be used for admission
only, not computed into your TCU graduation
GPA.
Courses which do not transfer to
TCU include the following:
- Courses below college level (e.g., remedial
English, Math and Reading courses).
- Vocational-Technical courses; certain religion
courses (e.g. non-survey).
- PE activity courses in excess of eight
hours.
- Correspondence work (TCU Academic Deans
may selectively permit exceptions).
- Course work with a grade below a "C" (GPA
will count as admission credential).
A course need not be equivalent
to a TCU course to be transferable. However, "Equivalency
Guides" showing
which TCU courses are comparable to courses
offered at other institutions are available
in the counseling offices of many Texas community
colleges. TCU does not automatically extend
credit earned by examination elsewhere (see Credit by
Exam). The G.E.D. is not a valid TCU admission
credential.
Residency Requirement
A total of 58 semester hours in residence
must be successfully completed to earn a TCU
degree, regardless of number of credit hours
transferred. Upon reaching 54 college hours,
students must declare a major field of study.
Only 66 hours from a community college may be
credited toward the TCU degree.
