after graduation from high school. The Registrar’s Office will verify the Seal of Biliteracy on the official final high school transcript. Students with a verified Seal of Biliteracy will receive one course unit of credit (4 semester hours) and will meet the IWU Shared Curriculum second language requirement.
Students Transferring into the University To facilitate transfer, Illinois Wesleyan University has joined the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI; www.itransfer.org) as a receiving institution. This guarantees that students who have completed the General Education Core Curriculum (GECC) at any participating institution will have satisfied the General Education requirements at Illinois Wesleyan. This initiative is in effect for students who began college during or after summer 1998. All transfer students (including those transferring in with the IAI GECC package) must have a 2.00 cumulative grade average for all college work (exclusive of military science), and for all work completed at Illinois Wesleyan, in order to qualify for an undergraduate degree. Courses with grades of less than C will not be accepted for transfer. Transfer students who have completed the IAI will still be required to satisfy other graduation requirements (including the other aspects of the Shared Curriculum: Encountering Diversity and Physical Education). Transfer students who have completed a statewide articulated associate degree such as the AFA, AES, AAT or those who have been granted 30 semester hours of transfer credit without having completed the GECC will have the option to complete the GECC curriculum while enrolled at IWU. The Registrar, in consultation with the Associate Dean of Curricular and Faculty Development, shall evaluate all requests for transfer and Advanced Placement credit for Shared Curriculum courses and flags.
Transfer From Foreign Institutions Any request for transfer of credit from a foreign institution must be accompanied by an official English language translation of the official transcript as well as an official English language translation of the official course descriptions from that institution’s catalog (or similar description). In some cases, an English language translation of the course syllabus may also be required. All such requests must be evaluated by a transcript evaluation service approved by the University. The cost of this evaluation must be paid by the student seeking the transfer of credit. Credits from foreign institutions not affiliated with Illinois Wesleyan University will not be accepted without this evaluation. Credits from institutions formally affiliated with Illinois Wesleyan University will be accepted based on current institutional procedures without such an evaluation. Information on approved transcript evaluation services may be obtained from the Registrar’s Office.
Course Credit Transfer for Currently Enrolled Students Currently enrolled students may not earn transfer credit except by request and approval from the Registrar. Course credits will be accepted only if those
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