Classroom-Based (On ground)

Courses must be completed at colleges or universities licensed or accredited as institutions of higher education in the State of Connecticut, or at out-of-state institutions regionally accredited at the time the course is completed. The age of the credits does not affect their transferability, although there is a time limit on applicability of courses in some concentrations.

Distance Learning Courses

Courses must be offered for college credit at regionally accredited institutions of higher education and be acceptable toward a degree offered by that institution. Distance learning courses may not be available in all disciplines. Charter Oak offers a number of courses through this method, as do other members of the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium. A catalog of such offerings is mailed to students each semester.

NOTE: Many vocational, technical and/or business/secretarial schools are not licensed or accredited as institutions of higher learning; therefore, their ‘credits’ may not be accepted.