Application from Applicants with Degrees from Foreign Schools

Application from Applicants with Degrees from Foreign Schools A. Language Comprehension (RPG) - An applicant for registration as a Registered Professional Geologist who is from a non-English speaking country, or a country where the primary language is other than English, shall submit to the Board a TOEFL (TOEFL is the acronym for test of English as foreign language) certificate with a score of 550 or higher. This test shall have been taken within two years of the application date. An applicant who has received a degree from an institution in an English-speaking country will be exempt from this requirement. B. Language Comprehension (GIT) - An applicant for enrollment as a Geologist-In- Training who is from a non-English speaking country, or a country where the primary language is other than English, shall submit to the Board a TOEFL (TOEFL is the acronym for test of English as foreign language) certificate with a score of 475 or higher. This test shall have been taken prior to application as a GIT. An applicant who has received a degree from an institution in an English- speaking country will be exempt from this requirement. C. Degrees from foreign (outside of the United States) institutions of learning must be transcribed by a transcription service acceptable to the Board. Such a transcription must provide the equivalent semester hours on a course by course basis pursuant to U.S. standards enumerated in Chapter 6, Rules 6.1 and 6.2. Those results must be sent directly from said transcription service to the Board.