Credit Transfer / Waiver

1.Transfer Credit (Grad School: http://gradschool.uoregon.edu/policies-procedures/masters/transfer)

Please read carefully the Graduate Schools Transfer of Credit for Master’s Student policy.  If you believe you have a course that was taken unattached to a degree, please complete the transfer form prior to the term of the course you are petitioning to offset. https://gradschool.uoregon.edu/policies-procedures/masters/transfer

• A maximum of 15 graduate credits earned while classified as a post-baccalaureate graduate student, Pre-Master, or Post-Master, or taken through CEP or Summer Session may be considered for transfer, dependent upon school or department endorsement and Graduate School approval.

2. College of Education Credit Waiver Policy:

In accordance with state rules, licensure students may request, to waive a course when the student is able to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, competencies, and dispositions required by state and institutional standards (see OAR 584-400-0180). Experience in the field, alone, is generally not a basis for waiving coursework.

As such, UOTeach students with equivalent undergraduate or graduate coursework may apply to have a course(s) waived through the College of Education COE Course Waiver Form process prior to the start of the term. This does not apply to endorsement methods courses. To be eligible to waive course credit, you must email the completed course waiver form with transcript and course syllabi to the faculty instructor of the course you wish to waive. If there is no faculty listed, please submit the form to UOTeach@uoregon.edu for processing support.

Note: Both the previous course title and grade must appear on an institutional transcript and courses must have earned a B- or above or a ‘Pass’ in the equivalent course). There is no time limit for when previous coursework or field experiences were completed.

1. Students must request to waive credits using the College Request for Course Waiver of Credit form (below);
2. The faculty instructor of the course to be waived, or a representative from the Offering Unit, who has relevant course content expertise, will determine a course equivalent and must sign the Request for Waiver of Credit form. The student’s Program Coordinator/Director of Graduate Studies also must sign the Request for Course Waiver of Credit form. And, if the coursework is part of a licensure program, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) Liaison must sign the form. Academic advisers may not grant credit waivers.
3. The Program Coordinator/Director of Graduate Studies documents approval of the Request for Waiver of Credit form by placing the following documents in the student’s academic program file: the signed Request for Waiver of Credit form; previous course syllabus and/or other supporting materials; and institution transcript that documents previous course grade.
4. The student may appeal a waiver decision by writing to the College of Education Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. The College of Education Curriculum Committee may also consider appeals.
5. After exhausting the appeals process within the College, a licensure student may appeal directly to the TSPC as outlined in OAR 584-400-0180.

Course waivers are at the discretion of the program director and unless specified below, require submission of a Waiver Request form. Waivers do not supersede the degree credit minimum required by the Graduate School of 45 or state mandates.

A. Elementary Program:the following courses are automatically waived from the Program of Study based on undergraduate course equivalents:

Students from other majors and or institutions who have taken equivalents may request courses be waived prior to the start of the term.

B. Mid-High Program: the following courses are automatically waived, if taken prior to enrolling in UOTeach.

**Require submission of a waiver request form.

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