Policy Regarding the Internal Credit Transfer system

Policy Number

IOU Policy # ST/009/2015

Purpose  

The purpose of this policy is to define the procedure and fee structure of internal credit transfer system at the Islamic Online University.

Status

Approved.

Date of Approval

April 13, 2015.

Policy Statement

Students of the following programs and departments can apply for internal credit transfer whereby the successfully completed courses’ grades will be transferred to contribute towards another degree, diploma, or certificate program at the IOU.

The programs are as follows:

  1. Bachelor’s degree program

  2. Accredited 2-year diploma program

  3. Accredited 1-year certificate program

  4. Higher diploma — Bridge to MAIS program in the Department of Islamic Studies

  5. Dual Program

  6. Master’s degree program

 

The departments are hereby defined as:

  1. Department of Education

  2. Department of Islamic Economics, Banking, and Finance

  3. Department of Psychology

  4. Department of Islamic Studies

  5. Department of Arabic Language and Linguistics

 

Categories

Internal credit transfer is allowed only for the following categories:

  1. Same department and field: switching the program (while the student is still enrolled at the IOU)

    1. Certificate program to diploma program

    2. Certificate program to bachelor’s degree program

    3. Diploma program to bachelor’s degree program

    4. Bachelor’s degree program to diploma program

    5. Bachelor’s degree program to certificate program

    6. Diploma program to certificate program

    7. Advanced Diploma (Open Education Program) to any of the mainstream undergraduate programs of degree, diploma or certificate, or to the alternative stream of audit courses and contrariwise

  2. One undergraduate program to another, whereby undergraduate program is defined as a bachelor’s, diploma, or certificate program

  3. From any undergraduate program to the higher diploma — Bridge Diploma to MAIS program

  4. From any undergraduate program to the Intensive Arabic Program (IAP) 

  5. From the Bridge Diploma to MAIS to the Intensive Arabic Program (IAP) 

  6. From any undergraduate program or alternative stream of audit courses to an alternative stream of audit course in another department

  7. From the Intensive Arabic Program (IAP) to any undergrad program

  8. Dual Program

 

Fee Structure

 

Category

Policy

1. Same department & field: switching the program (while still a student at the IOU)

No ICT or stream change fee

2. One undergrad program to another:

There is only flat stream change fee as described below:

A. low human development country $40 USD

B. medium human development country $60 USD

C. high human development country $80 USD

D. very high human development country $100 USD

3. From one undergrad program to the higher diploma — Bridge to MAIS program

A. If it is only stream change, then the fee is $20 USD

B. Internal Credit Transfer + Stream Change for 1 to 6 courses = student has to pay the difference of 1 full semester fee + 20$ USD stream change fee

C. Internal Credit Transfer + Stream Change for 7 to 10 courses = student has to pay the difference of 2 semester fees + 20$ USD stream change fee

D. Internal Credit Transfer + Stream Change for 11 to 16 courses = student has to pay the difference of 3 semester fees + 20$ USD stream change fee

4. From any undergrad program to the Intensive Arabic Program (IAP) 

A. If it is only stream change, then the fee is $20 USD

B. From any undergrad program to the Intensive Arabic Program (IAP), the Internal Credit Transfer (ICT) fee per course will be as follows:

  1. low human development country ICT per course = $20 USD
  2. medium human development country ICT per course $27 USD<
  3. high human development country ICT per course $34 USD
  4. very high human development country ICT per course $50 USD

5. From the higher diploma program — Bridge to MAIS to the Intensive Arabic Program (IAP) 

A. If it is only stream change, then the fee is $20 USD

B. From the Bridge to MAIS Program to the Intensive Arabic Program (IAP) the Internal Credit Transfer (ICT) fee per course will be as follows: 

  1. low human development country ICT per course = $6 USD
  2. medium human development country ICT per course = $8 USD
  3. high human development country ICT per course = $10 USD
  4. very high human development country ICT per course = $15 USD

6. From any undergrad program / audit stream to an audit stream (in another department)

Flat stream change fee = $20 USD

7. Intensive Arabic Program to any undergrad program

Flat stream change fee = $20 USD

8. Dual Program

ICT for every 6 courses = 1 full semester registration fee

 

Benefits of the Policy

  1. This policy will help the students who have completed one or more common courses in one undergraduate program, higher diploma program or the Intensive Arabic Program to experience a smooth transition to another program at the IOU.
  2. This policy will also help the dual program students to complete both the programs in a considerably less amount of time than it would take to pursue one degree after another, as this policy will enable them to avoid repeating the common courses.