Credit
Maximum toward baccalaureate
Credits indicated are by semester for university courses. You may earn a maximum of 60 credits through open-enrollment Independent Learning classes to apply toward a baccalaureate degree at the University of Nevada, Reno. Criminal Justice majors may take a maximum of 15 credits in independent learning criminal justice courses toward their major.
Graduate credit
Some graduate credit courses are offered through independent
learning at the University of Nevada, Reno. You may register for any of our
graduate courses if you have completed a baccalaureate degree from a regionally
accredited institution. Students who wish to apply for graduate credit but
have not established status with the University's Graduate School must
pay a one-time nonrefundable application fee of $60. If you take a graduate
class and do not have an undergraduate degree, your enrollment is null and
void and no financial credit or grade can be received for the class. Call
the Independent Learning office if you need more information, (775) 784-4652.
High school credit
The Nevada Secondary Course of Study document published
by the Nevada Department of Education states that, "Credit may be granted for independent learning
courses taken through a correspondence school which is approved by the State
Board of Education and provided the course is equivalent to courses offered
in the local school district secondary school program." A Nevada high
school student is allowed to retake a course previously failed on campus,
but cannot take high school independent learning courses to repeat a previously
PASSED course in order to improve a grade. Credit is granted by the high
school whose requirements you wish to fulfill. It is your responsibility
to ascertain before enrollment that the course(s) meet the requirements you
wish to satisfy. High school students who wish to take college courses may
enroll subject to the approval of the appropriate college or university officials.
Acceptance of credit by other institutions
If you wish to apply credit earned
through the University of Nevada, Reno independent learning courses at another
university, be sure to make specific arrangements for acceptance of the credit
transfer with that institution.
Acceptance of credit for teacher certification
If you wish to take independent
learning courses to meet requirements for certification in Nevada, consult
with the State Department of Education in Carson City or Las Vegas, Nevada,
regarding your individual needs in securing or renewing a certificate. For
certification requirements in other states, contact the Department of Education
in the appropriate state. Please note our minimum
time requirements. They
cannot be altered to meet teacher licensure deadlines if students do not
enroll and/or work on their courses within the parameters of our requirements.
Transferability of credit
The University of Nevada System Transfer Guide
provides information on how each course transfers within the postsecondary
schools of Nevada, available at: www.unr.edu/stsv/trcenter.
Course cancellations
Occasionally a course currently listed in this catalog
may be cancelled. However, students already enrolled in a cancelled course
will usually be allowed to complete the course and will not be affected by
its cancellation.
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