Undergraduate Request to Study at Another Institution

Undergraduate students must obtain approval from their academic unit and the Office of the Registrar before taking courses at another institution in order to insure transfer credit will be awarded.

POLICY

1. Students requesting to study at another institution must meet all catalog policies covering transfer credits and residency requirements.
2. Once becoming a Florida Tech student, a maximum of three courses can be taken at another institution and applied toward any one degree. 
3. Unless the student was a resident of either Brevard or Indian River County at the time of initial acceptance to Florida Tech, a course may not be taken at another institution in Brevard or Indian River County if the equivalent Florida Tech course is offered at Florida Tech in the same or overlapping term. 
4. Florida Tech’s Forgiveness Policy is not applicable to transfer credits. Courses failed at Florida Tech may be retaken at another institution for transfer credit to meet a program requirement but not to remove the grade from the Florida Tech GPA.
5. Requests to take courses for which prerequisites or corequisites have not been met must be submitted with an approved Co/Prerequisite Waiver form.
6. Financial aid recipients may wish to consult the Office of Financial Aid before requesting to study at another institution. 
7. International students require a signature from the Office of International Student and Scholar Services before submitting a Request to Study at Another Institution form. 
8. Sponsored international students require written sponsorship approval sent directly to the Office of the Registrar.

PROCEDURE

Using the Undergraduate Request to Study at Another Institution form, the student must meet with his or her faculty adviser to determine that the requested course is applicable to the degree program and if there is an established Florida Tech equivalency.  This determination is made either by checking the BANNER database or contacting the Office of the Registrar at (321) 674-7263. 

If the requested course does not have an established Florida Tech equivalency, the student is to submit the request form and applicable course description to the academic unit responsible for evaluation of the equivalent course to determine one of the following:

1. There is an equivalent Florida Tech course offered by this academic unit.
2. There is not an equivalent course, but the requested course is eligible for transfer credit as an elective, in which case the subject and level of the elective should be entered (e.g. Humanities Elective, HUM 2xxx).
3. The course requested is not suitable for Florida Tech transfer credit.
4. Additional information is needed before a determination can be made.

The form is returned to the student, who then obtains any additional needed information and forwards to his or her faculty adviser and department head for signatures. The student will submit the completed request form to the Office of the Registrar for final approval. Upon completion of the approved course, it is the student's responsibility to request an official transcript be mailed from the approved institution directly to the Office of the Registrar.

A request for exception to this policy must be submitted with written justification from the student and written endorsement by the faculty adviser, department head and associate dean.