Off-Campus Coursework Toward a Dominican Degree

Dominican students must obtain prior approval for any coursework they seek to take from another university and apply toward their Dominican degree. With permission from the academic advisor, the student completes an Authorization to Take Courses Off-Campus form and submits it to the Articulation Officer in the Registrar’s Office for approval. The Articulation Officer, in consultation with the AVPAA/Dean of General Studies and the faculty, determines whether each course is transferable and whether it fulfills a specific graduation requirement category. The following conditions apply:

All earned credit will be converted to semester units, as outlined above.
Only courses with a final grade of C- or better are transferable to fulfill major requirements or elective credits.
Only courses with a final grade of C or better are transferable to fulfill CORE requirements.
The unit limits on lower division coursework apply (70 max for Day undergrads and 76 for ADC.)
Vocational courses do not meet degree requirements.
Authorization forms are due at least two weeks prior to the start of the off-campus course.
Approval must be obtained prior to the student’s off-campus enrollment.

Special Conditions

There are limits to the total number of courses that may be transferred to Dominican after matriculation.
- Day undergraduate students: No more than 24 semester units or 6 courses; only 3 courses may apply to CORE requirements.
- ADC students: No more than 24 semester units or 6 courses; only 4 classes may apply to General Education requirements and may not include HCS 3160 Foundations: American Pluralism, which must be taken at the home campus.
30 of the final 36 units earned toward the undergraduate degree must be taken at the home campus. Undergraduate students who are considering taking courses off-campus should do so before their senior year, as they must not exceed eight units of transferable academic credit in their final 36 units preceding degree completion.