2016 Indiana Code
TITLE 21. HIGHER EDUCATION
ARTICLE 42. STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: TRANSFER OF ACADEMIC CREDITS
CHAPTER 3. TRANSFER OF CREDITS AMONG STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
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IC 21-42-3
Chapter 3. Transfer of Credits Among State Educational
Institutions
IC 21-42-3-1
Transfer credits; equivalency testing
Sec. 1. A state educational institution shall:
(1) accept the transfer credit of an appropriate course
successfully completed by a student at another state educational
institution having the same level of accreditation; or
(2) allow the student to receive equal credit by successfully
completing equivalency testing in the subject area.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.283.
IC 21-42-3-2
Graduation requirements
Sec. 2. Each state educational institution, in collaboration with the
commission for higher education, shall:
(1) not later than December 1, 2012, create and report to the
commission for higher education a statewide transfer general
education core, to be implemented not later than May 15, 2013.
The core must be based upon a set of core competencies,
translated into at least thirty (30) semester credit hours in areas
agreed upon by the state educational institutions, which apply
for credit toward undergraduate degrees, including associate
degrees and baccalaureate degrees at all campuses of state
educational institutions; and
(2) jointly establish statewide standards for use by all state
educational institutions to document an individual's completion
of the statewide transfer general education core on the
individual's transcripts.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.283. Amended by P.L.88-2012, SEC.2.
IC 21-42-3-3
Transferability of general education course credits
Sec. 3. Credits earned in a course identified under section 2 of this
chapter must be transferable among all state educational institutions.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.283.
IC 21-42-3-4
Offering of identified courses
Sec. 4. Based upon the demand for enrollment in a course
identified under section 2 of this chapter and the resources available
to the state educational institutions, an identified course shall be
offered through:
(1) onsite instruction;
(2) telecommunication; or
(3) a combination of methods described in subdivisions (1) and
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(2);
at on-campus or off-campus sites.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.283.
IC 21-42-3-5
Statewide transfer general education core
Sec. 5. (a) After May 15, 2013, an individual who has
satisfactorily completed the statewide transfer general education core
at a state educational institution, as indicated on the individual's
official transcript, may not be required to complete additional
courses in the statewide transfer general education core at the state
educational institution to which the individual transfers, regardless
of whether the individual has received an associate degree or the
delivery method of the statewide transfer general education core the
individual completed.
(b) If an individual does not complete the statewide transfer
general education core of a state educational institution before
transferring to another state educational institution, the individual
must complete the statewide transfer general education core required
by the state educational institution to which the individual has
transferred. The state educational institution to which the individual
has transferred shall award credit to the individual for courses the
individual has satisfactorily completed, based on the course to course
equivalencies of the core transfer library established under
IC 21-42-5.
(c) An individual who holds an associate of arts or associate of
science degree approved by the commission who is admitted to a four
(4) year state educational institution is considered to have met at
least thirty (30) semester credit hours of the state educational
institution's general education requirement.
As added by P.L.88-2012, SEC.3.
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