advanced standing credit

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A university advertisement says advanced standing credit and one-week courses may reduce the amount of time needed to complete its nationally recognized program. Advanced standing credit means credits transfered from another institution. Why?Please advise.LCChang

Likeguslee · Accepted Answer

If you already took a course from another accredited university to study the same subject similar to the course that another university is offering, then the latter will sometimes give you credit for your past course. This could help you reduce the time to complete the new course offered at the other university.

For example, you are admitted to an MBA program at XYZ University. Normal requirements would be 60 semester units. However, you already took 4 similar courses worth 15 semester credits at another accredited university covering almost the same subjects at XYZ. You apply for advanced standing credits by petitioning XYZ to accept the four courses that you took. If your application is approved, you will need to take only 45 semester units at XYZ to get your MBA. This will reduce the time requirement for completing your MBA at XYZ to 1.5 years.

Why is this process called advanced standing credits? This is because the extra credits allowed will place you in an advanced status for getting your degree.

Lcchang · Answer

Thanks for the great explanation.

LCChang

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