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2016-2017

Undergraduate

Catalog

Effective

August 16, 2016 through August 15, 2017

Coastal Carolina University 2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog

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COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG

Academic Year 2016-2017

VOL. XXII August 16, 2016 No. 1

Coastal Carolina University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and

Schools Commission on Colleges to award the baccalaureate, master’s, specialist, and

doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur,

GA 30033 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Coastal Carolina

University. All other inquiries about the University should be directed to Coastal

Carolina University, P.O. Box 261954, Conway, South Carolina, 29528-6054, or 843-

347-3161, not to the Commission.

Coastal Carolina University reserves the right to add or drop programs and courses, to

change the calendar which has been published, and to institute new requirements when

such changes appear desirable. Every effort will be made to minimize the inconvenience

such changes might create for students. Suitable substitutions will be allowed for required

courses which have been withdrawn.

Coastal Carolina University provides equal opportunity in education and employment for

all qualified persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender

identity and expression, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. The University

does everything reasonably possible in an attempt to accommodate each disabled student

in the attainment of his/her academic objectives. The University has hereby designated

the Human Resources and Equal Opportunity Officer as the Section 504 Coordinator.

P. O. BOX 261954

CONWAY

SOUTH CAROLINA 29528-6054

TELEPHONE

CONWAY 843-347-3161

MYRTLE BEACH 843-349-2767

WACCAMAW 843-349-4030

Coastal Carolina University Catalogs

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Degrees, Majors, Minors, Certificates .................................................................................7

Academic Calendars ..........................................................................................................10

The University ...................................................................................................................12

Admissions and Merit Awards...........................................................................................17

Academic Regulations .......................................................................................................43

Fees and Expenses .............................................................................................................78

Financial Aid and Scholarships .........................................................................................83

Campus Life .......................................................................................................................95

Academic Advising ..........................................................................................................116

Core Curriculum ..............................................................................................................122

Academic Colleges ..........................................................................................................131

University College .....................................................................................................132

University Honors Program .................................................................................135

Interdisciplinary Studies Degrees (B.A.I.S. and B.S.I.S.) ...................................137 Certificate in Sustainability..................................................................................140

Environmental Studies Minor ..............................................................................142

Women's and Gender Studies Minor ...................................................................143

E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration ..............................................145

Department of Accounting ...................................................................................152

Accounting Major ..........................................................................................152

Department of Finance and Economics ...............................................................154 Economics Major: B.S.B.A. Degree ..............................................................154

Economics Major: B.A. Degree .....................................................................156

Economics Minor .....................................................................................157

Finance Major ................................................................................................158

Actuarial Science and Risk Management Minor .....................................160

Commercial and Investment Real Estate Minor ......................................161

Department of Management and Decision Sciences ...........................................162

Management Major ........................................................................................162

Department of Marketing, Hospitality, and Resort Tourism ...............................167

Hospitality, Resort, and Tourism Management Major ..................................167

Hospitality, Resort, and Tourism Management Minor ............................169 Marketing Major ............................................................................................170

Marketing Minor ......................................................................................171

Business Administration Minor ...........................................................................172 International Business Minor ...............................................................................172

PGA Golf Management Program .........................................................................173

Wall Fellows Program .........................................................................................174


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William L. Spadoni College of Education .................................................................175

Early Childhood Education (PreK-3) Major ........................................................182

Elementary Education (2-6) Major ......................................................................183

Middle Level Education (5-8) Major ...................................................................186

Physical Education Teacher Education (PreK-12) Major ....................................189

Special Education - Multi-categorical (PreK-12) Major .....................................191

The Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts .......194

Office of the Dean ................................................................................................199

Digital Culture and Design Major ..................................................................200

American Studies Certificate .........................................................................201

American Studies Minor ..........................................................................202

Department of Anthropology and Geography .....................................................203

Geospatial Technologies Certificate (Distance Learning) .............................203 Anthropology Minor ................................................................................204

Geographic Information Systems Minor .................................................205

Department of Communication, Media and Culture ............................................207

Communication Major ...................................................................................207

Communication Minor .............................................................................209

Journalism Minor .....................................................................................210 Department of English .........................................................................................211

English Major.................................................................................................211

Creative Writing Minor............................................................................212

English Minor ..........................................................................................213

Linguistics Minor .....................................................................................213

New Media and Digital Culture Minor ....................................................214

Southern Studies Minor ...........................................................................216

Department of History .........................................................................................218 History Major .................................................................................................218

Cultural Heritage Studies Certificate .............................................................220

African Diaspora Studies Minor ..............................................................221

History Minor...........................................................................................222

Military Science Minor ............................................................................223

Peace and Conflict Studies Minor............................................................224

Department of Music ...........................................................................................225

Music Major ...................................................................................................225

Music Minor.............................................................................................232

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies ...............................................234

Philosophy Major ...........................................................................................234

Applied Ethics Certificate ..............................................................................236

Medical Humanities Minor ......................................................................237

Philosophy Minor.....................................................................................238

Religious Studies Minor ..........................................................................238

Department of Politics .........................................................................................240

Political Science Major ..................................................................................240

Intelligence and National Security Studies Major .................................................243


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Global Studies Minor ...............................................................................245

Intelligence and Security Studies Minor ..................................................248

Political Science Minor ............................................................................251

Pre-Law Minor .........................................................................................251

Department of Strategic Languages and Intercultural Literacy ...........................253

Spanish Major ................................................................................................254

Spanish Minor ..........................................................................................255

French Minor ...........................................................................................256

German Minor ..........................................................................................256

Department of Theatre .........................................................................................258

Theatre Major.................................................................................................258

Dramatic Arts Minor ................................................................................260

Musical Theatre Major ...................................................................................260

Theatre Arts Major .........................................................................................262

Department of Visual Arts ...................................................................................266

Art History Major ..........................................................................................266

Art Studio Major ............................................................................................268

Art Studio Minor (for Non-Art Studio Majors) .......................................270

Art Studio Minor (for Graphic Design Majors) .......................................270

Art Education Minor ................................................................................270

Art History Minor ....................................................................................271

Photography Minor ..................................................................................271

Graphic Design Major....................................................................................271

Graphic Design Minor (for Art Studio Majors) .......................................273

Graphic Design Minor (for Non-Art Studio Majors) ...............................274

College of Science .....................................................................................................275

Office of the Dean ................................................................................................280

Environmental Science Minor .......................................................................280

Department of Biology ........................................................................................282

Biology Major ................................................................................................282

Biology/Master of Business Administration Dual Degree Program..............288

Biology Minor ..........................................................................................289

Department of Chemistry and Physics .................................................................291

Applied Physics Major ...................................................................................291

Applied Physics Minor ............................................................................294

Biochemistry Major .......................................................................................295 Chemistry Major ............................................................................................297

Chemistry Minor ......................................................................................298 Engineering Science Major ............................................................................299

Engineering Dual Degree Program with Clemson University .......................302

Department of Computing_Sciences ...................................................................303

Computer Science Major ...............................................................................305

Computer Science Minor .........................................................................307

Scientific Computing Minor ....................................................................308


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Information Systems Major ...........................................................................308

Web Application Development Minor.....................................................310

Information Technology Major ......................................................................311

Department of Health Sciences ............................................................................313

Public Health Major .......................................................................................313

Public Health Minor .................................................................................317

Health Administration (Completion Program) ..............................................318

Nursing (Completion Program) .....................................................................321

Department of Kinesiology ..................................................................................325

Exercise and Sport Science Major .................................................................325

Exercise Science Minor ...........................................................................328

Sport Coaching Minor..............................................................................329

Department of Marine Science ............................................................................331

Marine Science Major ....................................................................................331

Coastal Geology Minor ............................................................................338

Marine Science Minor..............................................................................339

Department of Mathematics and Statistics ..........................................................340

Applied Mathematics Major ..........................................................................340

Actuarial Science (Probabilities) Minor ..................................................342

Applied Mathematics Minor ....................................................................342

Middle Grades Education Mathematics Minor ........................................342

Statistics Minor ........................................................................................343

Department of Psychology ..................................................................................345

Psychology Major ..........................................................................................345

Psychology Minor ....................................................................................350

Gerontology Certificate Program ...................................................................351 Department of Recreation and Sport Management ..............................................353

Recreation and Sport Management Major .....................................................353

Sport Studies Minor .................................................................................356 Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Program .....................................357 Department of Sociology .....................................................................................359

Sociology Major.............................................................................................359

Criminology Minor ..................................................................................364

Sociology Minor ......................................................................................366

Undergraduate Course Descriptions ................................................................................367

Campus Map ....................................................................................................................645


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Baccalaureate Degrees are offered with majors in:

Accounting:

CMA Concentration

CPA Concentration

Art History

Art Studio

Biochemistry

Biology:

Cellular, Molecular Biology, and Genetics Concentration Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology Concentration Integrative Biology Concentration

Chemistry

Communication:

Communication Studies Concentration

Health Communication Concentration

Interactive Journalism Concentration

Public Relations/Integrated Communication Concentration

Computer Science

Digital Culture and Design

Early Childhood Education

Economics (B.A.)

Economics (B.S.B.A.):

Applied Economic Analysis Concentration

Economic Theory Concentration

Elementary Education

Engineering Science

English

Exercise and Sport Science

Finance:

Banking and Consumer Finance Concentration

Financial Management Concentration

Wealth Management Concentration

Graphic Design

Health Administration (Completion Program)

History

Hospitality, Resort, and Tourism Management

Information Systems

Information Technology

Intelligence and National Security Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies (B.A.I.S.)

Interdisciplinary Studies (B.S.I.S.)

Management:

General Management with no concentration selection

Entrepreneurial Management Concentration

Human Resource Management Concentration

International Management Concentration


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Operations and Supply Chain Management Concentration

Organizational Leadership Concentration

Marine Science

Marketing

Mathematics, Applied

Middle Level Education

Music:

General Studies Concentration

Commercial Music and Jazz Concentration

Performance Concentration

Teacher Preparation Precertification Concentration

Musical Theatre

Nursing (Completion Program)

Philosophy

Physical Education/Teacher Education

Physics, Applied:

General Concentration

Environmental Physics Concentration

Engineering Physics Concentration

Political Science:

Domestic Politics Concentration

Global Politics Concentration

Psychology

Behavioral Neuroscience Concentration

Forensics Concentration

Public Health

Recreation and Sport Management

Sociology:

Generalist Concentration

Criminology Concentration

Health and Aging Concentration

Social Justice Concentration

Spanish

Special Education - Multi-categorical

Theatre

Theatre Arts:

Acting Concentration

Design and Technology Concentration

Physical Theatre Concentration


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Minors are offered in:

Actuarial Science (Probabilities)

Actuarial Science and Risk Management

African Diaspora Studies

American Studies

Anthropology

Art Education

Art History

Art Studio

Biology

Business Administration

Chemistry

Coastal Geology

Commercial and Investment Real Estate

Communication

Computer Science

Creative Writing

Criminology

Dramatic Arts

Economics

English

Environmental Science

Environmental Studies

Exercise Science

French

Geographic Information Systems

German

Global Studies

Graphic Design

History

Hospitality, Resort, and Tourism

Management

Intelligence and Security Studies

International Business

Journalism

Linguistics

Marine Science

Marketing

Mathematics, Applied

Medical Humanities

Middle Grades Education Mathematics

Military Science

Music

New Media and Digital Culture

Peace and Conflict Studies

Philosophy

Photography

Physics, Applied

Political Science

Pre-Law

Psychology

Public Health

Religious Studies

Scientific Computing

Sociology

Southern Studies

Spanish

Sport Coaching

Sport Studies

Statistics

Web Application Development

Women’s and Gender Studies

Certificates are offered in:

American Studies

Applied Ethics

Cultural Heritage Studies

Geospatial Technologies (Distance Learning)

Gerontology

Sustainability


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ACADEMIC CALENDARS


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Calendars

Academic Calendars

Academic Calendars are subject to change as deemed necessary by Coastal Carolina

University.

Information on billing schedules, payment deadlines, cancellations for non-

payment, and tuition refund dates may be found online on the Office of Student

Accounts website.

Commencement information may be found online on the University

Commencement website.

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THE UNIVERSITY


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Coastal Carolina University Mission Statement

Coastal Carolina University is a public, comprehensive liberal arts institution that seeks

to develop students who are both knowledgeable in their chosen fields and prepared to be

productive, responsible, healthy citizens with a global perspective. To deliver on this

commitment, Coastal Carolina recruits highly qualified and motivated students, faculty,

and staff from the region, state, nation, and world to create a diverse and dynamic

student-centered learning environment.

Because Coastal Carolina embraces the teacher-scholar model, it places primary

emphasis on high-quality teaching and engaged learning, and it supports faculty research,

creative activities, and expert collaboration in the community, state, nation and world.

This focus enables faculty and staff to mentor students in collaborative research, creative

opportunities, and internships. To nurture this active learning community, Coastal

Carolina maintains a broad range of contemporary technologies, programming, support

services, and innovative course offerings and delivery methods. The result is alumni who

are well prepared for professional careers or graduate programs in their chosen fields and

who continue to be connected to Coastal Carolina.

Inspired by its founding in 1954 to serve the educational needs of the region, Coastal

Carolina has a tradition of a strong liberal arts core. As such, Coastal Carolina commits

its resources to building undergraduate and graduate degree programs of national and/or

regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health

and human services. Coastal Carolina fully embraces its leadership role as a regional

center of economic and intellectual resources, lifelong learning, cultural and recreational

opportunities, and athletic programs.

As Coastal Carolina executes this mission, it recognizes its responsibility to be a role

model to the community and to the professions by assuring fair and honest treatment of

people with whom it interacts and sustainable stewardship of resources entrusted to it,

adopting the highest standards of integrity and accountability, and in committing itself to

excellence through continuous assessment and improvement.

Update adopted by the Coastal Carolina University Board of Trustees on July 19, 2014.

Update approved by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education on Feb. 5, 2015.

University Traditions

The University Seal

The seal of Coastal Carolina University designates the founding year of the institution

and associates the campus symbol, the Atheneum, with the coastal locale of the

University. Carrying the Latin motto Ex Libertate Veritas – From Liberty, Truth – the

seal refers to the Temple of Athene in ancient Athens where professors and students met.

The Greek temple was named for Athena, the daughter of Zeus, who embodies wisdom

and reason. The waves at the foot of the Atheneum acknowledge a diversified coastal


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environment encompassing a distinctive geography and history, a vital present and an

abundant future. The seal was commissioned by Trustee Oran P. Smith as a gift to

celebrate the July 1, 1993, establishment of the University as an independent, public

institution of higher education.

The University Logo

The identifying symbol of Coastal Carolina University captures the dynamic and

traditional commitment of the University to teaching and learning. The Atheneum,

constructed on the campus in 1966, is a recognized architectural symbol of a meeting

place for persons engaged in literary and scientific pursuits. In the logo, redesigned in

2009, the Atheneum is set above an undulating image of three waves, denoting our

coastal location.

The University Medallion

As symbols of events and affiliations, medallions in academic regalia can be traced to

religious orders during the Middle Ages. Since many orders, societies and universities

used similar designs – a circle, cross or an oval – the detailed artwork in the center of the

medallion was adopted to differentiate each affiliation. Colleges and universities

traditionally use ceremonial and commemorative medallions for formal occasions, such

as commencements, convocations and inaugurations, when academic regalia is worn. As

part of the first year of Coastal Carolina’s status as an independent university, the

institution’s medallion was commissioned in 1994. The installation of President Ronald

R. Ingle on Oct. 22, 1994, was the first time the Coastal Carolina University Medallion

was publicly displayed.

The University Mace

The University mace, the symbol of the Coastal Carolina University community, attaches

significance to important events of the academic calendar. Commissioned by the Horry

County Higher Education Commission, the mace was designed and crafted by silversmith

Alfred D. Ward and presented to the University in the spring of 1997. The mace is carried

by the senior member of the faculty at the head of the procession during official

convocations of the University. When not being used for convocations, the mace is on

display in the Wall College of Business Boardroom. The three-dimensional, 48-inch staff

is topped with a 22-carat gold-plate model of the campus symbol, the Atheneum.

Modified relief seals of the University and engraved lettering embellish the sterling silver

cup. Supported by a base of solid walnut, the stem of the mace is adorned with sterling

silver shells, reflecting the coastal location of the University. On the base of the stem is

an engraved seal of the state of South Carolina, representing the University’s status as a

public institution. Originally used as weapons during the Middle Ages, maces came to be

viewed as symbols of authority and were adopted by officials of English municipalities

by the end of the 16th century. Maces are now used for legislative assemblies,

ecclesiastical processions, and at college and university ceremonies of outstanding

importance, such as commencements.

The Coastal Carolina University name, seal and logos are registered and are fully

protected trademarks and may be used only for University-approved purposes and may


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not be modified in any manner. Unauthorized use of these images is prohibited by law.

For information, call the Office of University Communication at 843-349-2102.

ACCREDITATION Coastal Carolina University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and

Schools Commission on Colleges to award the baccalaureate, master’s, specialist, and

doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur,

GA 30033 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Coastal Carolina

University. All other inquiries about the University should be directed to Coastal

Carolina University, P.O. Box 261954, Conway, South Carolina, 29528-6054, or 843-

347-3161, not to the Commission.

The E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration is accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of

Business.

The Spadoni College of Education is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and is approved by the South

Carolina Department of Education.

Coastal Carolina University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

The Department of Computing Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

The Department of Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).

The Department of Theatre is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST).

The Nursing (Completion Program) is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN).

The PGA Golf Management Program is accredited by the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) of America.

The Public Health Program has approval designation from the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)/American Association for Health Education (AAHE)

Baccalaureate Program Approval Committee.

Accreditation documents are on file in Kimbel Library and Bryan Information Commons

and may be reviewed upon request.


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ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY (SC Code of Laws 59-103-160)

All candidates interviewed for University positions will be evaluated on both their written

and spoken English proficiency. Faculty employees must possess adequate written and

spoken English skills so as to be able to deliver instruction in an understandable manner.

Students with specific concerns should schedule a meeting with the immediate supervisor

of the instructor involved.


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OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS

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OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS AND MERIT AWARDS

General Information

Enrollment Notification

Freshman Admission

University Honors Program Admission

Transfer Admission

Evaluation of Transfer Credit

Transfer: South Carolina State Policies and Procedures

Experiential Learning

International Admission

Senior Citizens

Alternative Admission

Appealing the Admissions Decision

Readmission of Former Students

Second Baccalaureate Degree and Post Baccalaureate Certification (Teacher Education

and Gerontology)

Non-Degree Undergraduate Admission

Auditing a Course

Proof of Citizenship

Orientation of New Students

Merit Awards for New Students

General Information

The Office of Admissions and Merit Awards is responsible for marketing the University

to its many student constituent groups and processing their applications. The Office of

Admissions and Merit Awards recruits and enrolls freshmen, transfer, re-admitted, and

non-traditional students.

An application for undergraduate admission must be submitted and approved with an

official letter of acceptance issued before any person may enroll in an undergraduate

course. Before action can be taken on an application for admission, all required

credentials must be submitted for review by an admissions professional. Undergraduate

admissions policies and procedures are subject to continuous review by the University

administration and the Faculty Admissions Committee.

Selected applicants who present evidence of special talents for university programs

requiring such special talents may be evaluated on the basis of these talents as well as

high school grades and entrance examination scores.

All applicants are required to submit responses to a series of non-academic admissions

review questions on the application for admission. Responses to these questions are

initially reviewed by the Office of Admissions and Merit Awards. Some cases are

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referred to the non-academic admissions process for review. All applicants will go

through an academic review of application documentation (transcripts, test scores, letters

of recommendation, etc.) prior to the review of non-academic admissions review. An

applicant must satisfy the non-academic admissions review portion of the admissions

application prior to admission to the University. This review process supports the

University’s goal of maintaining a safe learning community. Failure to submit complete

responses and/or falsification of responses may result in revocation of the admission

decision or dismissal after enrollment. Any incident resulting in a change to a non-

academic admissions review question subsequent to the submission of the application

must be immediately reported by the applicant to the Office of Admissions and Merit

Awards in writing. Failure to do so may result in the revocation of the admissions

decision or dismissal of the applicant after enrollment. Further, it is the policy of Coastal

Carolina University to prohibit Registered Sex Offenders from enrolling in courses or

participating in campus activities. Failure to disclose registration at any time shall result

in immediate dismissal.

The University reserves the right to place conditions on the admission of any student. In

the event such action is taken, the conditions will be clearly explained in the letter of

acceptance.

Every student entering a South Carolina college or university is required to provide an

immunization record prior to enrollment. Information about Coastal Carolina

University’s Immunization Requirements may be found at Student Health Services. In

addition, all new students are required to provide proof of citizenship or lawful presence

in the United States before enrolling. For more information, refer to the Proof of

Citizenship section in this catalog.

Enrollment Notification Upon admission to Coastal Carolina University, all degree-seeking freshmen and transfer

students are required to submit the specified enrollment deposit to the Office of

Admissions and Merit Awards to secure their seats in the class. The online enrollment

deposit is due by:

May 1 for fall semester enrollment, or

December 15 for spring semester enrollment.

The enrollment deposit is applied as a tuition deposit toward the intended semester of

enrollment. A refund of the enrollment deposit will be granted if the student submits a

written request for a refund to the Office of Admissions and Merit Awards by May 1 for

the fall semester or by December 15 for the spring semester. Requests for refunds after

these deadlines will not be honored.

Freshman Admission A freshman applicant is a person who has not attended a regionally accredited college or

university after high school graduation. Any applicant who has attended classes from a

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post-secondary institution while still in high school is still classified as a freshman and

must submit official college transcripts of coursework whether credit is expected or not.

Freshmen applicants must have either a high school diploma or its equivalent General

Educational Development (GED) certificate prior to enrolling. Accepted students must

submit senior grades and the final official high school transcript with the date of

graduation posted on the transcript. Applicants who did not graduate from high school

must send transcripts of all available work and a copy of the GED certificate or

satisfactory GED score. Applicants who submit the GED credentials must be at least 17

years of age or older.

Home-schooled students must present their Declarations of Intent to Home-School as

filed with the local board of education (if applicable). Home-schooled students must also

provide a recognized high school diploma or its equivalent along with transcripts. The

home schooled transcript must include the signature of the primary teacher certifying the

completion of high school and the date of graduation.

Freshmen applicants are encouraged to apply in the fall prior to the fall for which they

seek admission. Priority consideration will be given to completed applications received

by December 1. Applications submitted after December 1 will be reviewed on a rolling

basis until April 15 and thereafter on a space available basis. Freshmen applicants who

desire to be considered for University Merit Awards and the University Honors Program

must apply and submit all credentials by January 1.

Undergraduate credit is not awarded or accepted for experiential learning or other types

of credit for life experiences which occur prior to the student’s matriculation into a

Coastal Carolina University undergraduate program and which has not been under the

supervision of the University.

Freshmen applicants must submit:

1. Completed Undergraduate Application;

2. Specified non-refundable application fee;

3. Official high school transcripts up until the time of the application;

4. Official entrance examination scores on the SAT or ACT (applicants 22 years of

age or older are not required to submit SAT or ACT examination scores).

The quantitative and qualitative measures guide the Office of Admissions and Merit

Awards in reaching a final admissions decision. Admission as a freshman to Coastal

Carolina University is based on the student’s overall performance in high school

courses, achievement in the college preparatory core prerequisites (listed below), the

SAT or the ACT test scores, and other documentation (essays and recommendations)

provided by the student.

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Applicants who are generally competitive for admission to Coastal will:

Earn a cumulative average of “B” or better on the required college preparatory high school courses, and

Submit standardized test scores of: o An SAT (critical reading and mathematics) score in the middle 50 percent

range of recently enrolled Coastal first-time freshmen students ranging

from 930 – 1070 out of 1600 total for the two sections for SAT exams

taken prior to March 2016, or

o An ACT composite score in the middle 50 percent range of recently enrolled Coastal first-time freshmen students ranging from 20 to 23.

Candidates for admission must request that the results of the SAT or ACT tests be sent to

Coastal Carolina University. The University's SAT code number is 5837, and the ACT

code number is 3843.

College Preparatory Core Prerequisite Requirements: 19 Units Required

Coastal Carolina University requires that all students complete the following high school

courses and units to be considered for admission to the University.

English: 4 units

At least two units must have strong grammar and composition components, at least one

unit must be in English Literature and at least one unit must be in American Literature

Completion of College Preparatory English I, II, III and IV will meet this criterion.

Mathematics: 4 units

The four units of mathematics must include Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry.

(Applied Mathematics I and II may count together as a substitute for Algebra I if a

student successfully completes Algebra II.) A fourth higher-level mathematics course

should be selected from among Algebra III/trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus,

statistics, discrete mathematics, or a capstone mathematics course, and should be taken

during the senior year.

Laboratory Science: 3 units

Two units must be taken in two different fields of the physical or life sciences and

selected from among biology, chemistry, or physics. The third unit may be from the same

field as one of the first two units or from any laboratory science for which biology and/or

chemistry is a prerequisite. Courses in earth science, general physical science, or

introductory or general environmental science for which biology and/or chemistry is not a

prerequisite will not meet this requirement. It is strongly recommended that students take

physical science (taught as a laboratory science) as a prerequisite to the three required

units of laboratory science outlined in this section. It is also strongly recommended that

students desiring to pursue careers in science, mathematics, engineering or technology

take one course in all three fields.


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Social Science: 3 units

One unit of U.S. history is required; one-half unit of economics and one-half unit of

government are strongly recommended.

Foreign Language: 2 units

The two units of foreign language must be in the same language.

Fine Arts: 1 unit

One unit in appreciation of, history of, or performance in one of the fine arts.

Elective: 1 unit

A college preparatory course in computer science (i.e., one involving significant

programming content, not simply keyboarding) is strongly recommended. Other

acceptable electives include college preparatory courses in English, fine arts, foreign

languages, social science, humanities, laboratory science (excluding earth science,

general physical science, general environmental science, or other introductory science

courses for which biology and/or chemistry is not a prerequisite), or math above the level

of Algebra II.

Physical Education or ROTC: 1 unit

Coastal Carolina University may make exceptions in admitting 1) students who do not

meet all of the prerequisites, limited to those individual cases in which the failure to meet

one or more prerequisites is due to circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the

student, or 2) students who have taken the applied academics courses rather than the

required college preparatory curriculum described above and who meet all other

institutional admissions criteria.

If unit prerequisites are not met for reasons beyond the control of the student, both the

student and the guidance counselor must provide to the Office of Admissions and Merit

Awards at Coastal Carolina University a written explanation as to why the student failed

to complete the courses. Completion of the course prerequisites is not required for

students who graduated from high school before May 1987.

A final official high school transcript with a posted date of graduation must be received

by August 1 for fall enrollment and December 15 for spring enrollment. Failure to submit

the final official transcript will result in the cancellation of university courses and/or the

registration of future courses.

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Admission to the Marine Science Degree Program

First-time Freshman

Prior to being admitted to the Department of Marine Science as a degree candidate, a

first-time freshman must meet the general admissions requirements and have one of the

following:

1. A score of 510 or higher on the SAT math subtest for SAT exams taken in March 2016 and later, or a math subtest minimum score of 470 or higher on SAT exams

taken prior to March 2016, or a score of 20 or higher on the math subtest of the

ACT exam. Students may retake the SAT or ACT and submit new scores for

consideration.

OR

2. Completion of College Algebra or a higher-level college math course with a grade of at least ‘C’ from a regionally accredited college or university. Students will be

placed into mathematics courses based on high school GPA and SAT math

subtest score. Students who wish to be placed in a higher level mathematics

course may take the mathematics placement exam during CINO TIE in August.

Students who meet general admissions requirements, but do not satisfy requirements

for admission as a degree-seeking marine science major will be admitted as a pre-

marine science major. A student classified as a pre-marine science major is not

eligible for the Academic Common Market. Only students who are fully admitted into

the major are eligible to apply for consideration of this designation.

Admission to the Intelligence and National Security Studies Program

Prior to being admitted to the Department of Politics as an intelligence and national

security studies degree candidate, a first-time freshman must meet the general admissions

requirements and must meet both of the following requirements:

1. A minimum score of 1040 on SAT exams taken prior to March 2016, or a minimum score of 1120 on SAT exams taken March 2016 and later, or a

minimum score of 22 on the ACT exam.

AND

2. A minimum cumulative high school GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Students who meet general admissions requirements, but do not satisfy requirements for

admission as a degree-seeking intelligence and national security studies major, will be

admitted as an intelligence and national security studies pre-major. A student classified as

a pre-major is not eligible for the Academic Common Market. Only students who are

fully admitted into the major are eligible to apply for consideration of this designation. A

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requirement but does not meet the SAT or ACT score requirements may re-take either

exam and submit new scores. If the student takes either exam again and achieves the

minimum required score or higher, that student may be admitted into the full degree

program prior to enrollment.

University Honors Program Admission Admission to the University Honors Program is by invitation of the director of the

program in consultation with the Office of Admissions and Merit Awards. University

Honors Program invitations are extended to entering first-year students whose aptitude

test scores and work in high school predict outstanding college-level achievement.

For freshmen, the minimum admission criteria for invitation into the program are:

1) SAT score of 1200 (critical reading and math scores only) for exam dates prior to 2016 and 1270 for exam dates beginning in 2016, or an ACT score of 26 or

higher;

2) High school GPA of 3.5 or higher;

For continuing or transfer students, the minimum admission criteria for invitation into the

program are:

1) A cumulative college GPA of 3.7 or higher; 2) The completion of 30 academic credit hours; 3) Two letters of recommendations from college instructors; 4) Completion of a University Honors Program application form.

For international students who are non-native speakers of English, the minimum

admission criteria for invitation into the program are:

1) TOEFL or IELTS exam results taken in the last three years with a TOEFL score of 575 on the paper-based test (PBT), or TOEFL of 89 on the internet-based test

(iBT), or an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 6.5

with no subscore lower than 5, or successful completion of ELS Language

Centers Academic English Program level 112.

2) Submission of an application to the University Honors Program that will include an essay and a letter of recommendation from a high school teacher.

3) International students from English-speaking countries are required to submit SAT scores of at least 1200 (critical reading and math scores only) for exam dates

prior to 2016 and 1270 for exam dates beginning in 2016, or an ACT score of 26

or higher.

Continuing students or transfer students who are interested in joining the program should

contact the University Honors Program Director for further information.

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Transfer Admission An applicant who has attended another regionally accredited post-secondary institution in

any capacity, regardless if credit is earned, after the completion of high school is a

transfer student.

Transfer applicants for admission must submit:

1. Completed Undergraduate Transfer Application; 2. Specified non-refundable application fee; 3. Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended; (You must also

submit a final official transcript for all coursework in progress up until the time of

enrollment prior to beginning of classes at the University.)

4. High school transcript and official SAT/ACT scores if fewer than 24 transferable credits of college-level work have been earned from a regionally accredited

college or university. (Applicants 22 years of age or older are not required to

submit SAT or ACT examination scores.)

Priority deadlines to submit transfer applications:

Fall semester: July 1

Spring semester: December 1

Maymester and summer semesters: two weeks prior to the beginning of the semester.

Transfer applications received after these deadlines will be accepted only if space is

available. No applications will be accepted after classes have started.

To be considered for admission, the transfer applicant should have earned a minimum 2.0

cumulative collegiate GPA or a ‘C’ average in at least two full-time semesters (24

semester credits) or its equivalent from a regionally accredited college(s). For

information about transferable credits, applicants should refer to the Evaluation of

Transfer Credit section of this catalog. Applicants who have earned fewer than 24

semester credits or its equivalent must meet both transfer and freshmen admissions

requirements.

All applicants for transfer admission must be eligible to return to the last institution

attended as a degree candidate. The applicant must submit transcripts of all previous

work whether or not credit was earned and regardless of whether there is a desire to

transfer any credit from another institution. An official transcript from each institution

attended must be sent directly to the Office of Admissions and Merit Awards. Failure to

submit transcripts may constitute sufficient cause for dismissal from the University.

Credit for work completed at other institutions by Coastal Carolina University students

will not be accepted for transfer if the student has previously failed to earn the required

grade in an equivalent course at Coastal Carolina University.

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Regardless of the point in the student’s academic career in which the student enters the

University, in order to be eligible to receive a degree from Coastal Carolina University, a

student must earn a minimum of 25 percent of the degree program’s requirements “in

residence” at the University, including 12 credit hours of the student’s major courses and

six credit hours of minor courses offered by Coastal (see “in residence” under the

Graduation section of this catalog). Some programs impose higher student residence

and/or major requirements.

Transfer Students with an Earned Domestic A.A., A.S., B.A., B.S. Degree, or

International B.S. or B.A., or International Master’s Degree (with 150 hours)

A student will be exempt from having to meet core curriculum requirements if the student

is accepted to the University with an earned Associate of Arts, Associate of Science,

Baccalaureate of Arts, or Baccalaureate of Science degree from a regionally accredited

college or university in the U.S., with a baccalaureate degree from an accredited

international institution of higher education, or with a master’s degree (that requires at

least 150 equivalent U.S. credit hours to complete) from an accredited international

institution of higher education.

Coursework from external institutions will be evaluated for transfer to the University on

an individual basis in accordance with established transfer policies and procedures. (See

the Evaluation of Transfer Credit section below.) Instead of applying toward core

requirements, transferred course credits may be applied to foundation, minor, cognate, or

major requirements, or may be counted as electives.

Note: Credit for the core requirement courses will not be awarded as a result of the

exemption. All requirements for the awarding of degrees, including prerequisites,

minimum credits earned and minimum grades still apply. All course prerequisites and

corequisites still apply. Associate in Applied Science degrees are not eligible for the core

curriculum exemption. The B.S., B.A., or master’s degrees from international institutions

must be noted on the official evaluation from AACRAO (or other certified credentialing

service) as minimally equivalent to U.S. bachelor’s degrees. International institutions are

considered "accredited" if they are recognized by the Ministry of Education or other

appropriate agency of the country in which the institution is located.

Admission to the Marine Science Degree Program

Transfer Students

Prior to being admitted to the Department of Marine Science as a degree candidate, a

transfer student must meet the general admissions requirements and complete one of the

following:

1. A score of 510 or higher on the SAT math subtest for SAT exams taken in March 2016 and later, or a math subtest minimum score of 470 or higher on SAT exams

taken prior to March 2016, or a score of 20 or higher on the math subtest of the

ACT exam. Students may retake the SAT or ACT and submit new scores for

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OR

2. Completion of Math 130 or Math 130I (College Algebra) or a higher-level math course with a grades of at least ‘C’ from a regionally accredited college or

university. Students will be placed into mathematics courses based on high school

GPA and SAT math subtest score. Students who wish to be placed in a higher

level mathematics course may take the mathematics placement exam during

CINO TIE in August.

Students who meet general admissions requirements, but do not satisfy requirements

for admission as a degree-seeking marine science major will be admitted as a pre-

marine science major. A student classified as a pre-marine science major is not

eligible for the Academic Common Market. Only students who are fully admitted into

the major are eligible to apply for consideration of this designation.

Evaluation of Transfer Credit After having completed all requirements for transfer admission, matriculated students

will be given a statement of credits accepted for transfer by the University within the first

semester of enrollment. Students from regionally accredited colleges and universities

may transfer credit for academic courses completed with grades of C (meaning C-, C or

C+) or better, but the University reserves the right to determine what credit, if any, for

courses taken elsewhere will be counted toward its degrees.

Transfer applicants with advanced standing from colleges and universities not accredited

by a regional accrediting association must validate, by examination, all credits presented

for transfer. Detailed explanation of validation procedures may be found in the Credit by

Examination section of this catalog or may be obtained from the Registrar. Credit from

foreign colleges/universities is evaluated by the Office of International Programs and

Services (OIPS) in coordination with the dean of the student's major and the dean of each

course in review on the basis of the original transcript and a professional credential

evaluation of all work completed (or a course-by-course report) provided through the

American Association of Collegiate Registrar and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) or

other certified credentialing services as described under the International Admission

section of this catalog. Students pursuing a double degree program through a cooperative

agreement between Coastal Carolina University and an international partner university

must provide an updated evaluation of their degree completion documents from the

international partner university through AACRAO or WES for the core curriculum

exemption to be granted under a reverse transfer credit agreement protocol.

A maximum of 76 transferable credits from any regionally accredited two-year college

transfer program will be applicable toward a Coastal Carolina University degree.

A maximum of 90 transferable credits from any regionally accredited four-year college or

university will be applicable toward a Coastal Carolina University degree.

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A maximum of 30 credit hours may be applied toward a bachelor's degree from the

combined sources of military credit and correspondence credit, provided that the student

was not enrolled in such courses while on suspension from the University or any other

college-level institution.

Transfer credit is evaluated and applied in one of three ways at Coastal Carolina

University:

1. As parallel credit (the course must have involved at least the same amount of class time and have had the same content), or

2. As a departmental elective (courses in the discipline must be offered at Coastal Carolina University), or

3. As a general elective.

Academic courses completed with a grade of C (meaning C-, C or C+) or better at

regionally accredited institutions are normally transferable to Coastal Carolina

University. Courses that are not usually accepted for transfer are those which are:

1. Occupational or technical in nature, 2. Remedial in nature, or 3. Courses from a two-year institution that are not recognized in that institution’s

catalog as part of its college parallel (transfer) program.

Exceptions to this rule may be made only by the dean of the student's major or the

Provost and only in specific cases where such courses are judged to be uniquely relevant

to the student's degree program.

Certain degree programs do not recognize transfer credit from a two-year institution for

courses which are considered upper division or upper level courses at Coastal Carolina

University. In no university degree program may such courses fulfill any upper level

requirement within the major concentration, the minor, or the cognate. However, some

degree programs will grant transfer credit for such courses in the lower level elective

category or within the core curriculum requirements.

Grade point average (GPA) is calculated on the basis of all work in the student's career at

Coastal Carolina University. Credits earned at other institutions and transferred to Coastal

Carolina University may be used to satisfy program requirements but will not be

calculated as a part of the GPA.

Transfer: South Carolina State Policies and Procedures Section 10-C of the South Carolina School-to-Work Transition Act (1994) stipulates that

the Council of College and University Presidents and the State Board for Technical and

Comprehensive Education, operating through the Commission on Higher Education, will

develop better articulation of associate and baccalaureate degree programs. To comply

with this requirement, the Commission, upon the advice of the Council of Presidents,

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vice presidents for academic affairs and the associate director for instruction of the State

Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education. The principle outcomes derived from

the work of that committee and accepted by the Commission on Higher Education on

July 6, 1995, were:

An expanded list of 86 courses which will transfer to four-year public institutions of South Carolina from the two-year public institutions;

A statewide policy document on good practices in transfer to be followed by all public institutions of higher education in the state of South Carolina, which was

accepted in principle by the Advisory Committee on Academic Programs and the

Commission;

Six task forces on statewide transfer agreements, each based in a discipline or broad area of the baccalaureate curriculum.

In 1995 the General Assembly passed Act 137, which stipulated further that the South

Carolina Commission on Higher Education “notwithstanding any other provision of law

to the contrary, shall have the following additional duties and functions with regard to the

various public institutions of higher education.” These duties and responsibilities include

the commission’s responsibility “to establish procedures for the transferability of course

at the undergraduate level between two-year and four-year institutions or schools.” This

same provision is repeated in the legislation developed from the Report of the Joint

Legislative Study Committee, was formed by the General Assembly and signed by the

governor as Act 359 of 1996.

Act 137 directs the commission to adopt procedures for the transfer of courses from all

two-year public to all four-year public institutions of higher education in South Carolina.

Proposed procedures are listed below. Unless otherwise stated, these procedures shall

become effective immediately upon approval by the commission and were to be fully

implemented, unless otherwise stated, by Sept. 1, 1997.

For further information regarding transferability of coursework to Coastal Carolina

University, applicants can view additional online transfer of credit equivalencies at:

www.SCTRAC.org, www.collegetransfer.net, and www.che.sc.gov.

State Articulation of 86 courses

1. The Statewide Articulation Agreement of 86 courses already approved by the South

Carolina Commission on Higher Education for transfer from two- to four-year public

institutions will be applicable to all public institutions, including two-year institutions

and institutions within the same system. In instances where an institution does not

have synonymous courses to ones on this list, it shall identify comparable course or

course categories for acceptance of general education courses on the statewide list.

Admissions Criteria, Course Grades, GPAs Validations

2. All four-year public institutions shall issue annually in August a transfer guide

covering at least the following items:

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A. The definition of a transfer student and requirements for admission both to the institution and, if more selective, requirements for admission to particular

programs.

B. Limitations placed by the institution or its programs for acceptance of standardized examinations (e.g., SAT, ACT) taken more than a given time

ago, for academic coursework taken elsewhere, for coursework repeated due

to failure, for coursework taken at another institution while the student is

academically suspended at his/her home institution, and so forth.

C. Institutional and, if more selective, programmatic maximums of course credits allowable in transfer.

D. Institutional procedures used to calculate student applicants’ GPAs for transfer admission. Such procedures will describe how nonstandard grades

(withdrawal, withdrawal failing, repeated course, etc.) are evaluated; and they

shall also describe whether all coursework taken prior to transfer or just

coursework deemed appropriate to the student’s intended four-year program

of study is calculated for purposes of admission to the institution and/or

programmatic major.

E. Lists of all courses accepted from each technical college (including the 86 courses in the Statewide Articulation Agreement) and the course

equivalencies (including “free elective” category) found on the home

institution for the course accepted.

F. Lists of all articulation agreements with any public South Carolina two-year or other institution of higher education, together with information about how

interested parties can access these agreements.

G. List of the institution’s transfer officer(s) personnel together with telephone and fax numbers, office address, and e-mail address.

H. Institutional policies related to “academic bankruptcy” (i.e., removing an entire transcript or parts thereof from a failed or underachieving record after a

period of years has passed) so that re-entry into the four-year institution with

course credit earned in the interim elsewhere is done without regard to the

student’s earlier record.

I. “Residency requirements” for the minimum number of hours required to be earned at the institution for the degree.

3. Coursework (individual course, transfer blocks, statewide agreements) covered within

these procedures shall be transferable if the student has completed the coursework

with a ‘C’ grade (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) or better, but transfer of grades does not relieve

the student of the obligation to meet any GPA requirements or other admissions

requirements of the institution or program to which application has been made.

A. Any four-year institution which has institutional or programmatic admissions requirements for transfer students with cumulative grade point averages

(GPAs) higher than 2.0 on a 4.0 scale shall apply such entrance requirements

equally to transfer students from regionally accredited South Carolina public

institutions regardless of whether students are transferring from a four-year or

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B. Any multi-campus institution or system shall certify by letter to the commission that all coursework at all of its campuses applicable to a

particular degree program of study is fully acceptable in transfer to meet

degree requirements in the same degree program at any other of its campuses.

4. Any coursework (individual course, transfer blocks, statewide agreements) covered

within these procedures shall be transferable to any public institution without any

additional fee and without any further encumbrance such as a “validation

examination,” “placement examination/instrument,” “verification instrument,” or any

other stricture, notwithstanding any institutional or system policy, procedure, or

regulation to the contrary.

Transfer Blocks, Statewide Agreements, Completion of the A.A./A.S. Degree

5. The following transfer blocks/statewide agreements taken at any two-year public

institution in South Carolina shall be accepted in their totality toward meeting

baccalaureate degree requirements at all four-year public institutions in relevant four-

year degree programs, as follows:

Arts, humanities, and social sciences: established curriculum block of 46-48 semester hours;

Business administration: established curriculum block of 46-51 semester hours;

Engineering: established curriculum block of 33 semester hours;

Science and mathematics: established curriculum block of 51-53 semester hours;

Teacher education: established curriculum block of 38-39 semester hours for early childhood, elementary, and special education students only. Secondary

education majors and students seeking certification who are not majoring in

teacher education should consult the arts, humanities, and social sciences or

the science and mathematics transfer blocks, as relevant, to assure

transferability of coursework.

Nursing: by statewide agreement, at least 60 semester hours shall be accepted by any public four-year institution toward the baccalaureate completion

program (BSN) from graduates of any South Carolina public associate degree

program in nursing (AND), provided that the program is accredited by the

National League of Nursing and that the graduate has successfully passed the

National Licensure Examination (NCLEX) and is a currently licensed

registered nurse.

6. Any “unique” academic program not specifically or by extension covered by one of

the statewide transfer blocks/agreements listed in #5 above shall either create its own

transfer block of 35 or more credit hours with the approval of CHE staff or shall adopt

the arts/humanities/social science or the science/mathematics block. The institution at

which such program is located shall inform the staff of the CHE and every

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7. Any student who has completed either an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science

degree program at any public two-year South Carolina institution which contains

within it the total coursework found in either the arts/humanities/social sciences

transfer block or the science/mathematics transfer block will automatically be entitled

to junior-level status or its equivalent at whatever public senior institution to which

the student might have been admitted. (Note: As agreed by the Committee on

Academic Affairs, junior status applies only to campus activities such as priority

order for registration for courses, parking, athletic event tickets, etc., and not in

calculating academic degree credits.)

Related Reports and Statewide Documents

8. All applicable recommendations found in the commission’s report to the General

Assembly on the School-to-Work Act (approved by the commission and transmitted

to the General Assembly on July 6, 1995) are hereby incorporated into the procedures

for transfer of coursework among two- and four-year institutions.

9. The policy paper entitled State Policy on Transfer and Articulation, as amended to

reflect changes in the numbers of transfer blocks and other commission action since

July 6, 1995, is hereby adopted as the statewide policy for institutional good practice

in the sending and receiving of all course credits to be transferred.

Assurance of Quality

10. All claims from any public two- or four-year institution challenging the effective

preparation of any other public institution’s coursework for transfer purposes will be

evaluated and appropriate measures will be taken to reassure that the quality of the

coursework has been reviewed and approved on a timely basis by sending and

receiving institutions alike. This process of formal review shall occur every four years

through the staff of the Commission on Higher Education, beginning with the

approval of these procedures.

State Publication and Distribution of Information on Transfer

11. The staff of the Commission on Higher Education will print and distribute copies of

these procedures upon their acceptance by the commission. The staff shall also place

this document and the appendices on the commission’s home page on the internet

under the title “Transfer Policies.”

12. By September 1 of each year, all public four-year institutions will place the following

materials on their internet websites:

A. A copy of this entire document. B. A copy of the institution’s transfer guide.

13. By September 1 of each year, the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive

Education will place the following materials on its internet website:

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B. Provide to the commission staff in format suitable for placing on the commission’s website a list of all articulation agreements that each of the 16

technical colleges has with public and other four-year institutions of higher

education, together with information about how interested parties can access

those agreements.

14. Each two-year and four-year public institutional catalog shall contain a section

entitled “TRANSFER: STATE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.” Such section at a

minimum will:

A. Publish these procedures in their entirety (except appendices). B. Designate a chief transfer officer at the institution who will: provide

information and other appropriate support for students considering transfer

and recent transfers,

serve as a clearinghouse for information on issues of transfer in the state of South Carolina,

provide definitive institutional rulings on transfer questions for the institution’s students under these procedures, and

work closely with feeder institutions to assure ease in transfer for their students.

C. Designate other programmatic transfer officer(s) as the size of the institution and the variety of its programs might warrant.

D. Refer interested parties to the institutional Transfer Guide. E. Refer interested parties to the institution’s and the Commission on Higher

Education’s home pages on the internet for further information regarding

transfer.

15. In recognition of its widespread acceptance and use throughout the United States,

electronic transcripts are received and sent by public institutions and systems as the

standard for transmission of all student transfer data.

16. In conjunction with the colleges and universities, develop and implement a statewide

Transfer Equivalency Database at the earliest opportunity. (As an electronic

counseling guide, this computerized, online instrument will allow students and

advisers to access all degree requirements for every major at every public four-year

institution in South Carolina. Also, the database will allow students to obtain a better

understanding of institutional programs and program requirements and select their

transfer courses accordingly, especially when the student knows the institution and

the major to which he/she is transferring.)

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Experiential Learning Undergraduate credit is not awarded or accepted for experiential learning or other types

of credit for life experiences which occur prior to the student’s matriculation into a

Coastal Carolina University undergraduate program and which has not been under the

supervision of the University.

International Admission Applicants who are not citizens or permanent residents of the United States must meet the

University's general requirements for undergraduate admissions. International applicants

must complete the undergraduate application for admission, include all necessary official

transcripts and leaving certificates (official English translation required), and submit

required standardized test scores. International students who apply to complete their

university degree completely online and those who do not anticipate taking coursework

for their degree program on campus or elsewhere in the U.S. for at least twelve months

after their admission will not be required to provide a Confidential Financial Statement as

they will not be needing a visa to come to the United States of America. After being

admitted to the University and prior to matriculating in any non-online courses,

international students will need to provide the Confidential Financial Statement as part of

the documentation required to obtain the institutionally generated support documents for

obtaining a visa to enable them to take such courses or participate in degree requirements

located in the U.S.

International applicants whose native language is not English must submit official results

of one of the following English language tests taken no earlier than three years prior to

the date of application with a score at the noted level:

(a) English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 527 on the

paper-based exam (PBT) or a minimum score of 71 on the internet-based test

(iBT);

(b) International English Language System (IELTS) exam with a minimum score of

6.0 with no subscore lower than 5; or

(c) Certificate of Completion of level 112 of the ELS Language Centers Academic

English Program;

(d) Pearson Test of English (PTE) with a score of 51;

(e) Cambridge CAE (Certificate of Advanced English) at level of C1 or higher;

(f) Cambridge CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) with level of C1 or higher;

(g) Cambridge International O Levels with a C or higher;

(h) MELAB (Michigan English Language Assessment Battery) with a minimum

score of 74;

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Request for Waiver of English Language Proficiency Requirement for International

Applicants

International applicants whose native language is not English may apply for exemption

from the above English language proficiency test requirements by filing the English

Proficiency Requirement Waiver Request Form for Non-native Speakers of English,

under any of the following conditions:

INTERNATIONAL FRESHMAN APPLICANTS who are non-native speakers of

English may apply to waive the English language proficiency exam requirement under

either of the following two conditions:

(1) The international applicant graduated from an accredited U.S. high school with a

minimum of two years of high school study in the U.S. will be exempt from the

English proficiency requirement provided that the student (1) graduates within the

top 15 percent of the graduating class (if the school provides such ranking); or (2)

has a minimum cumulative high school GPA of 3.0 AND either a combined SAT

score of 1000 in CR and Math (with a minimum of 500 in CR) or an ACT

composite score of 21 (with an ACT English subscore of 21).

(2) The international applicant graduated from an high school located outside the

United States of America in which the primary language of instruction is English

and which is accredited by one of the regional U.S. accrediting bodies and the

student has a minimum cumulative high school GPA of 3.0 AND either a

combined SAT score of 1000 in CR and Math (with a minimum of 500 in CR) or

an ACT composite score of 21 (with an ACT English subscore of 21).

IN