Graduate credits may be granted for equivalent coursework from other institutions, exclusive of thesis or other exit project credits, with the approval of the appropriate program coordinator and the Graduate School dean.
Requirements to qualify for transfer of credit:
- Credit must be no more than five years old
- Must have a grade B or higher
- Be a lecture course covering a specific topic (not thesis, dissertation, project, seminar, directed studies, or other non-lecture courses)
- Approved by the student’s advisor and track coordinator
- Approved by the dean of the Graduate School
- The transfer must be requested within 12 months of admission to the program
Course transfers are not complete until the online course transfer form has been entered by the program coordinator, approved by the Graduate School, and posted on the student’s UA Little Rock transcript.
Other Curriculum Requirements
- Student must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 over the program core, track core, and elective courses. Dissertation and seminar courses are given credit/no credit grades and are not used in the calculation of the GPA.
- Student receiving a C grade will be warned that this level of performance is not acceptable. Students receiving two C’s, one D, or one F grade are subject to dismissal from the program.
- No more than 12 credit hours of 5000-level (graduate-undergraduate cross-listed) courses can be applied toward the CIS degree
- No more than three credit hours of independent study course can be applied toward the CIS degree
- No more than six credit hours of special topic courses can be applied toward the CIS degree
See the UA Little Rock Graduate Catalog for more information.