ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Admission Requirements for the Bachelor Degree:

The Bachelor degree requires a total of 120 semester units.

Transfer of Incoming Credits Policy
Incoming Transfer Students must have a minimum of 60 credits, and may transfer up to a maximum of 90 credits towards a Bachelor degree. Transfer credits must be completed at an institution approved by Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, or by an institution appropriately accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, or an accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or, for non-U.S. institutions, an educational institution approved by an equivalent authority. In addition, credit earned on national examinations such as CLEP, or military schooling may be accepted for transfer. Credit earned in undergraduate courses for which a grade of \"C\" or higher was earned will be considered for transfer. In order to evaluate prior work, the University must have official transcripts of college work, official transcripts of CLEP results, and a certified copy of military transcripts..

Admission Requirements for the Masters Degree:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Masters of Science in Computer Information Systems (MSCIS)

Admission to the Master\'s degree programs requires a Bachelor\'s degree from an institution approved by Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, or by an institution appropriately accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, or an accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or, for non-U.S. institutions, an educational institution approved by an equivalent authority.

The Master\'s degree requires a maximum of 36 graduate semester units beyond the Bachelor degree.

Transfer of Incoming Credits Policy
The University may accept a maximum of 6 graduate semester units in transfer toward the Master\'s degree for graduate course work completed at an institution approved by California\'s Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, or by an institution appropriately accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, or an accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or, for non-U.S. institutions, an educational institution approved by an equivalent authority. Credit earned in graduate courses for which a grade of \"B\" or higher was earned will be considered for transfer. To enable the evaluation of prior college work, official transcripts must be provided to the University.

The School of Law offers the following degrees:
Bachelor of Science in Law (B.S.L.) Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.)

First Level of Degree: Bachelor of Science in Law
This is an undergraduate, non-professional baccalaureate degree. It combines a broad-based general education with a foundation in the law and integrates formal academic learning with a variety of life experiences, including working in the legal profession under the supervision of an attorney. The degree may be earned while pursuing the degree Doctor of Jurisprudence.

Second Level of Degree: Doctor of Jurisprudence
The Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree is a 4-year graduate, professional degree. The degree will be granted to those students who successfully complete 96 credits of law study.

J.D. Bar Eligibility
It is required that students seeking California Bar eligibility complete the First through Fourth Years of law courses. The program requires 864 study hours per year to be completed during a period of not less than 48 or more than 52 consecutive weeks of study. Once study is commenced for one part of the program that year of the course must be completed within the 48 to 52 consecutive weeks time frame. Students who are not seeking Bar eligibility need only complete the First through Third Years. It is the student\'s responsibility to ensure that California Bar eligibility is followed. Any student seeking to practice law as an attorney in California must complete a Degree Plan that complies with the course and time frame requirements of the California Committee of Bar Examiners.

Law School Admission Requirements
In general, the School of Law applies the California Bar Pre-legal Education Regulations to our Bar-program applicants. Thus, before beginning the study of law, every general applicant shall have completed either 60 qualifying undergraduate credits or successfully earn sufficient CLEP credits.

A college or university approved by the Committee shall be a college or university that has degree granting authority from the state in which it resides.

Thus, AHUSC School of Law recognizes the Associate degrees from recognized institutions in the United States and other jurisdictions. In the absence of an Associate degree, the School of Law recognizes sixty-semester (60) units of college work or its quarterly equivalent for admission into its Non-bar J.D. program. For those prospective law students with sixty-semester (60) units of college, but without an Associate degree, it is recommended that such students obtain an undergraduate evaluation from the California State Bar prior to enrollment.

General Education Requirements
Those who have not completed at least two years of college may satisfy the general education requirements necessary for enrollment into the B.S.L. or J.D. program provided the applicant attain passing scores on the following general examinations administered by the College Level Examination Program (CLEP).