Transfer Students

Day Programs

1. Transfer students who have not previously passed a 3-unit university level writing course (comparable to ENGL 1004: Expository Writing) with a 'C' (2.0) or higher, or who have not received a passing score on the English Composition CLEP test, are required to take an English proficiency exam and will be required to take two or more writing courses at Dominican University. (CLEP tests must be taken prior to matriculation.)
2. Students who transfer into the University with 49 or more units may fulfill the Religious Heritage requirement by taking only three units of religion (an upper division, Judeo-Christian course).  
3. Students who transfer to Dominican may satisfy the General Education Cultural Heritage Colloquium (CHC) requirement in one of the following ways:
• Students transferring 0-44 units of applicable and transferable coursework prior to matriculation require 9 units to satisfy the Colloquium requirement and must take the full colloquium at Dominican.
• Students transferring 45-69 units of applicable and transferable coursework prior to matriculation require 6 units to satisfy the Colloquium requirement.
• Students transferring 70 or more units of applicable and transferable coursework prior to matriculation require 3 units to satisfy the Colloquium requirement.
• Courses taken in the following disciplines may be considered for application to the Colloquium requirement: history, philosophy and ethics, literature including the literature of other languages (in translation or in the original), cultural anthropology, history and criticism of the arts (art, music), comparative religion (provided the units are not being counted for the Religious Heritage requirement), political theory, international relations, the history of the natural or the social sciences, and art history.
  
4. Day transfer students may meet their General Education requirements in one of the two methods described below.

Dominican University General Education Program

Transfer students may complete the Dominican General Education Program described above. Students may transfer courses from regionally accredited colleges and universities to meet General Education requirements. General Education course equivalency will be determined on a course-by-course basis or through formal articulation agreements with community colleges.

Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)

Transfer students may complete their General Education by completing the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) Areas 1-5 at a community college and the Dominican University Religion, Moral Philosophy, Advanced Writing and Research, and Creative or Performing Arts Thematic Areas as described above. All IGETC coursework must be completed with a grade of ‘C’(2.0) or better.

Students who are within two courses of meeting the IGETC General Education requirements at the time of their enrollment may elect to complete their remaining IGETC requirements at Dominican. Students electing this option are also required to complete the Dominican Thematic Areas as described above.

Last updated: Aug 25, 2006.