Transfer, Advanced Placement & International Baccalaureate Credits
Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Credits
The University of Denver accepts AP and IB credits.
Some AP and IB credits apply towards engineering program requirements. Among the most common are those for English and Calculus. In addition, some AP and IB credits may be accepted as partial fulfillment of the General Education requirements in Arts and Humanities Foundations, and Social Sciences Foundations.
Chemistry is accepted for credit hours. The Chemistry department must be consulted for exemption from CHEM 1010 and CHEM 1540. Physics is also accepted for credit hours. However, most AP and IB Physics courses are not equivalent to the calculus-based physics required of engineering students. Validation of these as equivalent to part of University Physics must be obtained from the Physics Department.
For complete lists (and scores required) consult the University Undergraduate Bulletin.
Transfer credit
After acceptance to the University, engineering transfer students should submit a transcript to the Department of Engineering to receive credit for engineering courses taken elsewhere. All engineering course work must be validated by the Department of Engineering before it can be transferred. It should be noted that some engineering courses do not transfer for some of the following reasons:
- There is no equivalent course offered at the University of Denver.
- The content of the course differs significantly from the apparently equivalent course offered at the University of Denver.
- No course having a grade less than "C" can be transferred to the University of Denver (no more than 138 quarter hours may be transferred from four-year institutions; or 90 quarter hours, from two-year institutions).
- Courses taken as part of an engineering technology program often do not transfer even if titles are similar, as the theoretical background required in technology courses is usually quite different from that required in engineering courses.
Advising of transfer students will be a coordinated effort between the student's advisor and the coordinator of the curriculum in the specific area of study. If the coordinator is the advisor, then no such coordination will be required.
A student may be asked to submit a detailed course syllabus and a copy of the text used to aid in determination of the transfer of credit for a course. If it is determined that the student has completed much of the topical material of the course, but is missing an essential component, such as a laboratory or significant project work, the student may be permitted to take only the missing component under ENGR 3991, Independent Study, and may not be required to take the entire course.