AAU CATALOG
2013-2014
If the student obtains the required English Language Proficiency certificate while studying at any of the levels prescribed, he/she may drop the language level taking into consideration AAU regulations and the academic calendar. If the student obtains a result in the placement test that exempts him/her from taking a language level, he/she is allowed to register for any of the General University courses for up to a maximum of 18 credit hours. A student may not study more than 18 credit hours before obtaining the required English Language Proficiency certificate. For the College of Law students and those enrolled in the Arabic Language and Islamic Studies program, if a student fails to obtain the required grade in the placement test, he/she is required to register for the English Training Course. He/she can also register for up to 9 credit hours along with the English Training Course.
Transfer of Credit Hours
If a student transfers from a university or college that is accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and wishes to transfer the credits for courses successfully completed at the previous university or college, then he/she has to submit a course equivalency application to the Admission and Registration Office where it is referred to the relevant college. Course equivalency is calculated according to the following principles: I. The university or college from which the student is transferring must be accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research; II. The student’s CGPA should be 2.0 or above; III. The student must be a full time student; IV. The credits for a course are transferred if the student obtained(C) or above in the course; V. The content of the transferred course is equivalent to at least 80% of the content of the course at AAU; VI. The credit hours of the transferred course should be the same as that of the AAU course; VII. If a student’s CGPA is below, 2.0 he/she is allowed to transfer credit courses, provided that they meet the credit transfer requirements. In such a case, the student must enrol in a major which is different to the major that he/she is transferring from; VIII. The maximum credit hours that can be transferred are 50% of the total credits required for the program at AAU; IX. No credit is granted for pass/fail courses. Transferred credits are not used in calculating the student’s CGPA at AAU. The student can request a revision or appeal a course equivalency decision within two weeks of receiving the decision.
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