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Application Evaluation Report

Application Evaluation Report

• Your application evaluation report is an evaluation of transfer credit from outside institutions into your degree program at Columbia Southern University. This report will designate any transfer credit and what classes you have left to complete your degree. You will also receive a Degree Action Plan (DAP) along with your application evaluation report.

• Here are a few points to remember when reviewing your evaluation:

1. You must enroll in SLS 1000-Student Learning Success as your first course

2. Each section will tell you how many hours that you transferred in & how many hours remain to finish that section (see highlighted areas). You will then need to choose your classes from the corresponding section according to how many hours you still need.

3. If you see a class in a section where “Required” is listed next to it then that is a required class and must be completed for that area of your evaluation

4. Please read the ‘advising note’ located at the beginning of your application evaluation report. This will review the upper level class requirement for your degree.

Application Evaluation Report

• During Unit III you will contact your Academic Advisor and plan your Degree Action Plan. This degree action plan is a recommendation for your first few enrollments of classes that you are required to take. These classes are taken directly from your evaluation report.

• The purpose of the degree action plan is to help you get enrolled into your first classes while assisting you in getting oriented to taking online courses at CSU.

Application Evaluation Report

• There are two types of Degree Action Plans (DAPs): Per Course DAPs and Term DAPs – Per Course DAPs are for students in the open enrollment system

(10 week course).

– Term DAPs are for students in the term system (8 week course).

• FYI – Academic Advisor information will be listed at the bottom of your degree action plan

Application Evaluation Report

• Your application evaluation report will be personalized based upon any transfer credit you may bring to CSU. The following application evaluation report is an example of the format.

- The next few slides contain an example of an Application Evaluation Report

• Your application evaluation report is subject to change depending upon which degree program you request to be evaluated for; therefore, your requirements will be different based upon your transfer credit.

In this example the Application Evaluation Report provides the number of hours you transferred in, the number of hours required, and the number of hours needed to fulfill the requirement (e.g. Humanities/Fine Arts/Communications).

Your Application Evaluation Report will provide a detailed listing of the various transfer hours (if applicable) that you bring in to fulfill each requirement. For example, if you brought in 3 hours of history transfer credit, you would still need 3 to complete the history requirement (6).

Transfer Credit

Column

The Application Evaluation Report will also list the various schools for which transfer credit applies. This will allow you to get a comprehensive view of the courses you brought in and the amount (if applicable) you need to take.

Finally, the Application Evaluation Report provides terminology for conditional and unconditional admission status based on copies of the transcripts, enrollment system and academic requirements.

Transfer Credit

• Associate’s degree students must complete a total of 60 semester hours of the requirements of your degree program

– Maximum amount of transfer credit allowed for this degree: 45 semester hours*

• Bachelor’s degree students must complete a total of 120 semester hours of the requirements of your degree program

– Maximum amount of transfer credit allowed for this degree: 90 semester hours*

• Master’s degree students must complete a total of 37 semester hours of the requirements of your degree program

– Maximum amount of transfer credit allowed for this degree: 18 semester hours*

*This amount is not guaranteed but based upon your transfer credit applicable to your degree program at Columbia Southern University

Admissions Status • When you enter CSU, you are placed into one of

two categories:

• Conditional – Six semester-hours have not yet been successfully

completed.

– All official documents have not yet been received.

– Student is required to meet qualitative/quantitative measures during the first 12 semester hours approved by the Academic Advisor.

– Students may complete up to 13 undergraduate credit hours of 7 graduate credit hours before submitting official transcripts to CSU

Note: any one or more of the above will place the student at Conditional status until all requirements are met.

• Unconditional – Application approved, transfer credit evaluated, all

required official transcripts on file, and academic requirements of Conditional status have been fulfilled.

Number of Credits Completed

Student’s Grade Level

0 to 24 Credits Freshman

25 to 48 Credits Sophomore

49 to 72 Credits Junior

73 to 120 Credits Senior

Academic Advisors Academic Advisor College Contact Information

Victoria Steber Arts and Sciences 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1159 victoria.steber@columbiasouthern.edu

Amy Goodrich Arts and Sciences 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1410 amy.goodrich@columbiasouthern.edu

Monica Marquez Arts and Sciences 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1363 monica.marquez@columbiasouthern.edu

Marcie Westover Arts and Sciences 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1407 marcie.westover@columbiasouthern.edu

Kelsey Blair Business 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1420 kelsey.blair@columbiasouthern.edu

Ashley Aubert Business 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1513 ashley.aubert@columbiasouthern.edu

Jason Williams Business 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1481 jason.williams@columbiasouthern.edu

Sonya Kopp Business 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1221 sonya.kopp@columbiasouthern.edu

Kenya Adams Business 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1482 kenya.adams@columbiasouthern.edu

Michelle Conway Business 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1426 michelle.conway@columbiasouthern.edu

Kate DeMellier Safety & Emergency Services 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1568 kate.demellier@columbiasouthern.edu

Bethany Marshall Safety & Emergency Services 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1146 bethany.marshall@columbiasouthern.edu

David Emond Safety & Emergency Services 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1140 david.emond@columbiasouthern.edu

Jenna Artz Safety & Emergency Services 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1483 jenna.artz@columbiasouthern.edu

Lindsey Bryd Safety & Emergency Services 1-800-977-8449 ext. 1448 lindsey.bryd@columbiasouthern.edu

Application Evaluation Report

Should you have further questions, don’t hesitate to contact your Academic Advisor!