Credit Transfer Agreements with Instituto Latino Americano and Instituto IMPACTO of Santa Cruz Bolivia

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Christian University (Universidad Cristiana del Sur, SCU) signed a Credit Transfer Agreement with Instituto Latino Americano and Instituto IMPACTO from Santa Cruz Bolivia effective June 2006 to offer a new intensive undergraduate major in Business, Education and Health Sciences.

This agreement will benefit students motivated to continue growing with a higher level of education, facilitating academic exchange, credit transfers and degree recognition. It will enhance research and the implementation of distance learning programs through Blended Learning modality and broaden educational opportunities and perspectives for both students and faculty.

Students who have completed a two or three-year Associate and Technical College Program will meet all general education requirements at SCU.

The Credit Transfer Agreement was created to simplify the transfer process for students from two or three-year Technical Programs to four-year degrees. The agreement stipulates that semester credit hours with a satisfactory GPA and compatible with SCU's general coursework guidelines will be granted smooth transferability and applied toward the student's general education requirements for the university-level program they enroll in.

Students who transfer from Instituto Latino Americano and Instituto IMPACTO to SCU will receive credit for those general studies courses specified under the Credit Transfer Agreement at the receiving institution. A student may transfer up to six semesters, without limitation on the number of credit hours, of undergraduate coursework in the areas of Business, Accounting, Management, Health Sciences and Social Sciences as general studies credits. The agreement establishes the coursework credit hours acceptable for transfer that will count toward the fulfillment of general studies requirements for a university-level degree. A student may even transfer credit for general studies courses that are not included under the agreement.

Furthermore, this agreement sets precedent for joint collaboration utilizing a systematic, multi-national system for comparing and contrasting academic and technological operations. This is exciting for Southern Christian University because the agreement helps to fulfill our vision as articulated in our strategic plan, which calls for the exchange of prestigious higher educational institutions worldwide.

Students from Instituto Latino Americano and Instituto IMPACTO will spend their senior semesters following rigorous undergraduate courses via SCU's distance learning system, studying alongside Asian students from the same international student body.

About Southern Christian University (Universidad Cristiana del Sur, SCU)

Southern Christian University's mission is to provide exemplary education, from an international and intercultural perspective, leading to Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees for leaders in a variety of fields and professions.

SCU was built on the firm belief that the highest service an international university can offer its students is to prepare them for life, both the present life and the life to come.

SCU, aware of the demands of a changing world, offers students the means to grow as integral individuals, responsible to God and one another, and stimulates growth within an academic community. As a community of learning, Southern Christian University dedicates all available resources to the search for truth, knowledge and wisdom.

Students are challenged to recognize and fulfill their roles as responsible people and potential leaders with dedicated concern for and service to humanity and our world.

For more information, visit SCU's web site: http://www.scu.ac.cr/ Contact: Southern Christian University (Universidad Cristiana del Sur, SCU) Prof. Marco A. Baeza Martinez, Rector info@scu.ac.cr Dr. Erick Martinez Instituto LatinoAmericano Santa Cruz Bolivia +011-591-3-337-7180 erikmartinez_3@hotmail.com