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3. Course accreditation and transfer of credit for courses studied at other higher education
institutions:
3.1 The following guidelines shall be followed.
3.1.1 The Program Chair or Program Committee, authorized by the Course
Accreditation and Credit Transfer Committee, shall be responsible for considering the contents of
the course to be accredited and determine whether it is necessary to re-assessing the learning
outcomes before allowing the course accreditation and credit transfer.
3.1.2 Only courses contained more than three-fourth of the contents of courses
provided at the Institute shall be accepted as accreditation and transfer of credit.
3.1.3 Course accreditation and transfer of credit of course or group of courses is
possible only the grade received for that course or group of courses is higher than C or 2.00, or
according to the relevant announcement of the student’s Program or Faculty.
3.1.4 Number of credits the Institute shall consider for transfer must not exceed
three-fourth of total credits required by the specific program.
3.1.5 The course entitles for accreditation and credit transfer must have been taken
within 5 years prior to the time of request.
3.1.6 A minimum study time of one academic year and no less than of 25% of the
total credits are required in order to be eligible for graduation.
3.1.7 In calculation of cumulative grade point average or GPAX for graduation
and receive the degree certificate of the Institute, the GPAX shall be calculated based only on the
academic results of the courses studied at the Institute, not including courses transferred.
3.1.8 If the credits previously acquired from a specific course is less than the
credits offered for the target course, the multiple related courses can be combined to match the three-
fourth criteria of the contents with the combined credits that are equal or more than the credits of the
target course. The grade received for every course in this account must be higher than C or 2.00.
4. Course accreditation and credit transfer from non-formal education and/or informal
study:
4.1 The student who possesses experiences in working, training, field trip or
internship with adequate assessments from organizations accepted by the Institute can request for
additional course accreditation and transfer of credit in accordance with the related announcements
of the Institute. The Program Chair, with the consent of the Course Accreditation and Credit
Transfer Committee, shall consider the details of said experiences and determine the necessity for
re-assessing the outcomes.