High School Credit Transfer Agreements
STI has articulation agreements with high schools in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. Articulation agreements make it possible for students to receive credit for STI courses, if they have successfully completed certain high school course work. Students who articulate course work pay only a small transcripting fee per credit. The majority of articulation agreements also allow students to bypass a particular course at STI to take higher-level course work. High school and post-secondary instructors work together to develop articulation agreements.
They develop the criteria for granting credit. Credit is awarded based on the competencies the student has mastered in high school courses, academic performance, portfolio review, or the results of a written examination or skill test. STI’s staff will make every effort to inform students about articulation agreements; however, it is the student’s responsibility to request advanced standing credit. Below are South Dakota’s Secondary to Post-secondary Articulation Guidelines.