Transfer of Credit

LUTCF and FSS Programs
If you have successfully completed any Huebner School course with exception of a CLF^® course, you may be allowed credit for any one elective toward the LUTCF or FSS designation program. This credit may be applied only once; that is, it cannot be used for both the LUTCF and the FSS designation programs. Further, upon successful completion of the FSS program, you may obtain credit for one elective course in either the CLU^® program or the ChFC^® program, but not in both programs. This provision, which also applied to the LUTCF designation, may be applied only once; that is, it cannot be used for both the LUTCF and FSS program. For more information, contact Professional Education at 888-263-7265.

In addition, twenty percent (or 2 credits) of the total credits required to earn the designation may be elective credits. Elective credits may be earned by doing one of the following: completing continuing education modules that offer DCs or by earning the CLU^®, ChFC^®, CLF^®, CPCU or FIC designation or CFP^® Certification.

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CFP^® Certification, ChFC^®, CLU^®, RHU^®, REBC^®, CLF^®, and CASL^® Programs
The American College's credit transfer policy for Huebner School courses permits a student who completed comparable courses at an accredited college or university, or in The American College's Irwin Graduate School, to apply for transfer of credit into a Huebner School designation program or its CFP^® Certification Curriculum, provided the courses were completed within 7 years prior to the application date, and the student earned a grade of C or better in each course. In addition, students who recently earned any one or more of the pre-approved professional designations below are eligible to apply for transfer of credit.

Transfer of credit for internal and external courses is limited to a specified number of courses depending on the Huebner School program into which they are being transferred. Up to three courses may be transferred into the CFP^® Certification Curriculum or into the CLU^® or ChFC^® programs. Two courses may be transferred into the CASL^® program. Regardless of the number of Huebner School programs into which courses can be transferred, the total maximum number of courses that can be transferred is three, except for CFP^® certificants, who may transfer up to five courses (six courses, effective with the change in The College's CFP^® Certification Curriculum in April 2005).

To process a credit transfer, current fees are $67 (per course). Transfer-of-credit fees do not apply to courses transferred from The American College's Irwin Graduate School. For more information contact Professional Education at 888-263-7265.

Students who complete selected Irwin Graduate School courses may apply for transfer of credit into Huebner School programs.

If a student Completed........He or she may obtain transfer credit for:

* If you have completed GS 930 & GS 960, you can receive a reverse transfer of credit for HS 382 & HS 384.

** If you have earned the MBA degree within the past 7 years of applying for a transfer of credit, you can receive a transfer of credit for HS 384.

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Graduate Programs
MSFS Program
A maximum of nine credits toward the MSFS degree may be transferred from other accredited colleges or universities. The credits must be at the graduate level with courses similar in content to those of The American College; they must have been earned within 7 years of the date of admission to the MSFS degree program; and the student must have earned a grade of B or better in each course. Transferred credits must not have been used to earn a degree from another college or university.

A request for credit transfer must be submitted in writing to the associate director of the Graduate School and should include a description of the course for which transfer is being sought and the name of the college or university where the credits were earned. The student must also have that college or university forward an official transcript to the Registrar's Office at The American College. The cost for transfer of credit is $67 (per course). Transferred credits apply to distance courses only.

MSM Program
A maximum of six (6) graduate credit hours (the equivalent of two 3-credit courses) may be transferred into the MSM in Leadership program. Determination of the credit transfer will be made on a case-by-case basis by the head of the program, subject to approval by the Chief Academic Officer of the College.