Transient Credit from Other Institutions

A continuing undergraduate student at the University must apply for permission to take courses at another regionally accredited institution. Forms for this purpose can be obtained from the Registrar’s Office. Students are strongly encouraged to review the course equivalency table regarding course transfer credit found http://www.ut.edu/transfer/credits/ AND consult their academic advisor regarding transient course work PRIOR to enrolling in courses at other institutions.

To be granted credit taken on a transient basis at another institution, the following provisions must be satisfied:

1. This form must receive a final review signature from the Registrar’s Office.  Once the official transcript is received from the transient institution, transfer credit will be evaluated if the transient form has received final approval signatures.  It is strongly recommended that the student complete the process before enrolling in a course elsewhere.
2. The student must be eligible to return to the University.
3. The student must meet the university residency requirement by earning 31 of the last 35 credit hours of study toward a bachelor's at UT, unless permission is granted via the academic petition process.
4. The student may only transfer a total of 64 credit hours from a community or junior college.
5. The student must earn a grade of “C” or better in any undergraduate course. Pass/Fail or S/U grades will not be accepted.
6. Non-repeatable courses with an earned grade of ‘CD’ or lower may be re-taken at another institution to satisfy a UT prerequisite requirement. The associated credit hours will be “waived”, not earned.
7. The credit hours awarded by the transfer institution is the number of credits that will transfer, regardless of UT’s course equivalent. All credit will be converted to U.S. semester hours.
8. The grade point average at the University is not affected by grades earned at other institutions.

Please note that students may not take courses outside the University for writing-intensive credit. Only those courses designated as writing intensive at UT count in this program.

Approved transient credit may be earned concurrently with UT credit. No more than 4 credit hours from credit earned at another institution (non-resident credit) may be applied toward a student’s University of Tampa degree requirements in any spring or fall semester in which the student is enrolled and taking a full course load (12 credit hours or more) at the University.