Transfer Credit Policy Applicants wishing to transfer to any of NCNM’s programs must meet the following requirements: 1. An applicant who applies for transfer credit must meet the current admissions requirements at NCNM on the date the student applies for admission, including the verification of good academic standing. All transfer students must meet the prerequisites as stated in the catalog. 2. Credits being considered for transfer must be graduate level and completed at a U.S. Department of Education recognized and regionally accredited institution. Transfer credit will only be approved for courses from a professional degree program or a graduate program closely related to the health sciences. *See below for specific program requirements. 3. Only credits recorded on an official transcript of the issuing institution with an equivalent grade of 2.0 or better on a 4.0 scale will be considered for transfer. If an application is received before coursework at another institution has been completed, transfer credit will be considered to be conditional until satisfactory completion of the outstanding coursework. 4. Credits accepted for transfer must be determined by NCNM to be substantially equivalent to the courses offered by NCNM. This determination is to be made by the program dean or her/his designee. All requests for transfer credit are considered on a course by course basis, and a catalog or course description will be required. Challenge examinations may be required to determine whether coursework is comparable. 5. Credits accepted for the transfer of coursework must have been awarded within seven years of the date of admission to NCNM, except that NCNM may, at its discretion, accept older credits if the entering student holds a graduate degree in an academic discipline closely related to the health sciences, and has been working in the field. 6. The ND, MSOM, and MAc degree programs will take a minimum of three years education at NCNM, even with maximum transfer credit awarded, due to differences between programs. 7. NCNM cannot give transfer credit for life experience. 8. Applications for transfer credit must be accompanied by a letter from the applicant’s previous program dean stating that the applicant is in good academic and behavioral standing at the time of application.
9. Credits will be evaluated for transfer before an offer of admission is made. The applicant will receive a copy of the transfer credit evaluation with a list of courses that must be taken at NCNM and a tentative class schedule for their first term, if they are admitted. Students will sign a letter agreeing to the final list of approved transfer credits. Second professional degree candidates, defined as a health care practitioner with a doctoral level degree (for application to any of the NCNM degree programs) or masters level degree (for application to the MSOM, MAc and/or MSiMR programs), may apply for fall or winter admission. Depending upon prior completed coursework, a full-time schedule may not be available for one of these terms of entry. A proposed class schedule for the intended term of entry and a degree completion plan can only be created after a candidate’s prior coursework has been evaluated. Please note that there is a $75 non-refundable transcript evaluation fee. Below are transfer policies specific to the School of Naturopathic Medicine and the School of Classical Chinese Medicine beyond those in the general transfer policy section above. *Transfer Credit Specific to the ND Program • Transfer credit will be considered for applicants to the ND program who are eligible to sit for a first professional medical licensing examination in the United States. • Transfer credit will be allowed only for first-year ND courses. NCNM does not accept transfers from other naturopathic institutions past the end of the first year. Credit for clinical experiences or clinical education at another school is not transferable. • NCNM has a requirement that all ND students complete thirteen (13) elective credits in addition to the required core curriculum, in order to encourage students to take additional coursework in areas of special interest and round out their education at NCNM. Transfer students may be allowed transfer credit for some of their non-core coursework if completed in a doctoral program at a regionally accredited institution. This determination will be made by the ND program dean or her/his designee. • Applicants seeking advance standing status into the ND program must hold a first professional medical degree. Accepted are medical (MD), osteopathic (DO), and chiropractic (DC) doctors who have graduated from a regionally accredited institution. Satisfaction of this requirement meets the NCNM prerequisite condition for a bachelor level degree.
2012–2013 Catalog | Admissions
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