Credit for Military Training

  • Keywords: veterans, military, armed services, transfer, credit, policy, policies
  • Policy Number: KC-ACA-3114
  • Originally Issued: Prior to 2010
  • Revised: Spring 2010
  • Effective Catalog Cycle: Fall 2010
  • Approved by: Provost
  • Executive Sponsor: Provost
  • Responsible Office: Registration and Records

Policy Statement

Students who have served in the armed forces may be eligible to receive college credit for courses completed through the military or occupational specialty training. The American Council of Education recommendations in the Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services generally serve as a basis for granting such credit.

To count toward a degree, the credit recommended must be appropriate to the student’s curriculum. UMKC does not grant credit for military science or for courses that are strictly military/vocational in content.

Reason for Policy

The Military Credit policy provides an opportunity for UMKC to show support to our Veteran students. Additionally, the policy provides a means for these students to receive college level credit for completed military coursework that has been recommended by American Council of Education (ACE). Approved courses will be transferred as general military elective credit that may be applicable to the total hours required to complete a degree.

Who Should Read this Policy?

Deans, directors, chairs and other department heads; Advisors; Admissions staff; Students

Instructions, Procedures and Related Information

Veterans interested in pursuing UMKC academic credit for their military training should contact their primary academic unit to have a transcript evaluation completed. Please see the Academic Unit Liaisons Directory, http://www.umkc.edu/provost/academic-unit-liaisons/, for contact information.

American Council on Education (ACE)

Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services http://www.militaryguides.acenet.edu/

Contacts

UMKC Registrar’s Office: Website: http://www.umkc.edu/registrar/default.asp

Physical Location: 115 Administrative Center, 5115 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO 64110

Mailing Address: 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499;

Phone: 816-235-1125; Fax: 816-235-5513; Email: registrar@umkc.edu

Exclusions

None

History & Updates

Updated to common policy format on May 27, 2010

Appendices

None

Graduate Master’s Degree Transfer Credit Policy

  • Keywords: Transfer, Master’s, Credit
  • Policy Number: KC-ACA-3773
  • Originally Issued: Prior to 2010
  • Revised:
  • Effective Catalog Cycle:
  • Approved by: Graduate Council, SGS Dean, Provost
  • Executive Sponsor: Provost
  • Responsible Office: Registration and Records

Policy Statement

A maximum of 20 percent of the graduate credit hours appearing on the program of study (rounded up) may be transferred from a recognized graduate school for a master’s degree at UMKC. Such transfer credits must meet with approval of the student’s supervisory committee and appropriate principal graduate advisor or graduate officer and be in accordance with all of the following criteria:

  1. The coursework must be:
    1. Offered by a regionally accredited school.
    1. Applied toward a graduate degree at the host institution and taken for graduate credit.
    1. Approved by the appropriate graduate faculty.
  2. A grade of B (3.0) or higher for 300- and 400-level courses and C (2.0) or higher for 5000-level courses or other courses restricted to graduate students only must have been earned. (CR or P will be accepted on receipt of a statement from the institution where credit was received of letter grade equivalent meeting grade standards as stated above).

Transfer credit may be allowed for correspondence courses, provided the credits meet the criteria outlined in 1 and 2 above. Transfer credit will not be accepted for research and thesis/dissertation hours (defined by UMKC), travel experience or work/life experience. Foreign university transfer credit must meet the above criteria as attested by the registrar.

A majority of the coursework applicable to any graduate degree at UMKC must be completed at UMKC. UM traveling scholar credits are not considered transfer credits. However, the sum total of credits from other UM campuses, and other transfer credits (not more than 20 percent of the total credits) cannot exceed 14 credits on a 30-credit master’s degree program, or a proportional equivalent (approximately 46 percent) on programs exceeding 30 credits; and must be within the limits stated above.

A student who has been awarded a master’s degree at UMKC or another regionally accredited graduate school may petition the faculty to apply up to six hours of graduate credit earned on the first degree toward meeting the requirements of a second master’s degree. Credit, so approved, not from UMKC will be subject to all preceding transfer credit criteria.

After approval of the program of study, graduate credit may be earned at another institution only with prior approval of the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies. Forms to request such approval are available from the Registration and Records Office. A current catalog of the institution where the course is to be taken or an official catalog description of each course must be attached to the request form. The official transcript for such work must be forwarded to the Registration Office upon completion of the course.

Reason for Policy

This policy was developed to support student academic success and to provide consistent, quality delivery of academic programs and services.

Who Should Read this Policy?

All faculty; Academic advisors; School of Graduate Studies personnel, Registrar’s office personnel, All program unit personnel. All graduate Students.

Instructions, Procedures and Related Information

Contacts

UMKC School of Graduate Studies: https://sgs.umkc.edu/

UMKC Registrar’s Office: Website: http://www.umkc.edu/registrar/default.asp

Physical Location: 115 Administrative Center, 5115 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO 64110

Mailing Address: 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499;

Phone: 816-235-1125; Fax: 816-235-5513; Email: registrar@umkc.edu UMKC Office of the Provost: http://www.umkc.edu/provost/

Excusions

History & Updates

Appendices

Graduate Doctoral Transfer Credit Policy

  • Keywords: Doctoral, Transfer, Credit
  • Policy Number: KC-ACA-3783
  • Originally Issued: Prior to 2010
  • Revised: March 17, 2017
  • Effective Catalog Cycle: 2017-18
  • Approved by: Graduate Council
  • Executive Sponsor: Provost
  • Responsible Office: Registration and Records

Policy Statement

Graduate credit, offered by a regionally accredited school, earned before entering a UMKC doctoral program may be applied to the doctoral degree if it is of acceptable quality and appropriate to the student’s program of study as determined by the student’s academic unit and supervisory committee. The total amount of graduate credit earned from all other academic institutions before admission to a UMKC doctoral program and applied to the doctoral degree cannot exceed half the number of credit hours, exclusive of dissertation research credits, required for the degree. For graduate coursework completed at UMKC prior to admission to a doctoral program, any number of credit hours required for the doctoral degree, exclusive of dissertation research, can be satisfied using previous UMKC graduate credit if approved by the student’s academic unit and supervisory committee. All graduate coursework, completed prior to admission and not used to earn the master’s degree or educational-specialist degree, must be no more than seven years old at the time the doctoral program of study is approved.


After admission to the doctoral program, if a student wishes to take graduate coursework at another institution and apply it to their doctoral program, the student must receive written approval from the doctoral program’s graduate officer and from the student’s supervisory committee chair, as appropriate, before the coursework is taken. Such coursework is not considered as transfer credit. Upon completion of the coursework, the student must have the official transcript forwarded to the UMKC registrar.

Reason for Policy

This policy was developed to support student academic success and to provide consistent, quality delivery of academic programs and services.


Who Should Read this Policy?

All faculty; Academic advisors; Registrar’s office personnel. All doctoral students

Instructions, Procedures and Related Information

Contacts

UMKC School of Graduate Studies: https://sgs.umkc.edu/

UMKC Registrar’s Office: Website: http://www.umkc.edu/registrar/default.asp

Physical Location: 115 Administrative Center, 5115 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO 64110

Mailing Address: 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499;

Phone: 816-235-1125; Fax: 816-235-5513; Email: registrar@umkc.edu

History & Updates

Appendices