§ 135A.08 — Credit Transfer
Plain-Language Summary
This law requires Minnesota's public colleges and universities to create guides that show which courses transfer between schools. These guides must include credit for military training and courses. Public and private schools must also use a common numbering system to identify course levels like remedial, lower division, upper division, and graduate.
135A.08 CREDIT TRANSFER.
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Subdivision 1.Course equivalency.
The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota and the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall develop and maintain course equivalency guides for use between institutions that have a high frequency of transfer. The course equivalency guides must include information on the course equivalency and awarding of credit for learning acquired as a result of the successful completion of formal military courses and occupational training. Course equivalency guides are not required for vocational technical programs that have not been divided into identifiable courses. The governing boards of private institutions that grant associate and baccalaureate degrees and that have a high frequency of transfer students are requested to participate in developing these guides. §
Subd. 2.Common numbering.
The regents of the University of Minnesota and the trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall develop and maintain a common numbering convention to distinguish remedial, lower division, upper division, and graduate level coursework. The governing boards of private institutions that grant associate and baccalaureate degrees are requested to cooperate in the development of this numbering convention. §
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1995 c 212 art 3 s 60]
History:
1Sp1985 c 11 s 19; 1990 c 375 s 3; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 3,4; 2009 c 95 art 2 s 1
History: History: 1Sp1985 c 11 s 19; 1990 c 375 s 3; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 3,4; 2009 c 95 art 2 s 1