The following regulations will apply to work completed through correspondence.

Lamar State College-Orange does not offer correspondence courses but will accept for transfer and application toward an associate degree or certificate up to nine (9) semester credit hours of correspondence courses which have been satisfactorily completed in a correspondence division of an accredited college or university.

Students who desire to earn credit by correspondence and apply the credit toward a degree or certificate at LSC-O must secure the approval of their major advisor and the division chair. Forms for this purpose may be obtained in the Office of Admissions and Records.

All correspondence work in which a student is enrolled during a given semester will count as a part of the student's maximum load permitted for that semester. A student will not be given permission to exceed the maximum load by enrolling in correspondence courses, and any correspondence work which is completed without approval will not be accepted for transfer to Lamar State College-Orange.

Correspondence work must be completed, and an official transcript showing the grades and credits earned must be filed in the Office of Admissions and Records at LSC-O no later than 14 days before the date of graduation. If credit is filed after this period, the student's graduation may be deferred to the following semester or summer. It is the student's responsibility to have an official transcript sent to the Office of Admissions and Records at LSC-O from the Registrar's Office where the correspondence work was completed.

Correspondence courses will not be approved for students who are ineligible to enroll at LSC-O, for those students who may be on academic or disciplinary probation or suspension, and/or for beginning freshmen prior to registration at LSC-O. Also, correspondence courses may not be used to repeat courses.

A maximum of nine (9) semester credit hours may be earned through correspondence work and applied toward a degree or certificate at LSC-O; the work normally should be in general education, minor, or elective areas. Correspondence work cannot be used to satisfy major field requirements.

Transfer Credit Evaluation
Credit earned at other accredited institutions will be accepted by Lamar State College-Orange according to the following policies:

• Courses will be transferred as credit only, and the grades will not be used in the calculating of students' GPAs except in the case of honor graduates, where all courses attempted will be used in calculating the cumulative grade point average for the determination of hours;
• "D" grades earned at other institutions will count toward a degree (unless specifically excluded) at Lamar State College-Orange; and
• All transfer credit evaluations shall be posted by the completion of the student's first semester.