Transfer credits will be accepted from a nationally- or regionally-accredited university or college, with a grade of C or higher. Any arts, letters and sciences or business classes will be accepted if they meet the school’s curriculum requirements. Brooks will also consider giving proficiency credits for distance learning, advanced placement courses and real-life experience in your chosen field of study. The transfer credits will show up on your transcript as TC and will not be counted into your accumulative grade point average for Brooks. Contact the admissions office at 1-805-690-7604 for more information on seeing if your credits can be transferred to Brooks. If you have received a bachelor of arts or fine arts degree from a nationally or regionally accredited university with a minimum of 36 credit hours, you can bypass all of the arts, letters and sciences requirements.
For a student to be considered for advanced standing credit they must have prior experiential learning. The student must hand in a written request for advance standing before they start their courses at Brooks. She will have to demonstrate that she understands both the theory and practice of her field of study in a written exam and present a portfolio of her work that will be assessed by a qualified professor. A maximum of 15 credit hours can be rewarded to a student in advanced standing.
Generally military training is not given credit at Brooks, because it does not relate to the fields of study at this school. However, if you had photography or filmmaking training in the military, it is evaluated separately through the advanced standing standards.