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General
Policy. Except for work in the field of music
and within the limits stated below, Oberlin College
permits credit earned at other fully accredited
colleges and universities to be applied to the
requirements for the Oberlin degree provided that
the following two criteria are
satisfied:
1. The student has done C-level work or
better.
2. The course
work falls within the scope of a liberal arts
curriculum.
Transfer of
credit is administered by the Registrar. If the
eligibility of a particular course is unclear, the
final decision to transfer is made by the
chairperson of the appropriate department, program,
or curricular committee.
Special
regulations apply to work done in foreign countries
or at non-degree-granting institutions. Please see
below for details.
Numerical
Limits. A student may transfer no more than 16
semester hours credit for each semester (10
semester hours for each quarter or trimester, 32
semester hours for each academic year). Summer
school transfer credit shall be awarded on the same
basis as other transfer credit, i.e., no more than
16 hours for a semester session, or 10 hours for a
quarter session per summer. A student may apply no
more than 56 semester hours of transfer work toward
an Oberlin degree. In four cases there are further
restrictions on the amount of transfer credit
allowed:
1. Oberlin will not grant more than 30
semester hours credit for work (including
Advanced Placement credit and credit for work
done in "thirteenth-year" programs such as the
International Baccalaureate and French
Baccalaureate programs) done before a student
has matriculated in a college program.
2. No more
than 36 semester hours of transfer credit for
work done after a student has enrolled at
Oberlin may be applied toward an Oberlin degree.
Currently enrolled students who wish to do
academic work away from Oberlin during the
academic year must successfully apply for an
academic leave of absence and must have
completed at least two semesters in residence at
Oberlin.
3. A student on a personal leave of
absence from Oberlin may transfer no more than
six semester hours of credit for each semester
of leave. If the student attends a
quarter-system or trimester-system school while
on personal leave of absence, no more than four
semester hours may be transferred for each term
attended.
4. Oberlin College will not accept credits
earned at other institutions by students who
withdraw or are withdrawn from Oberlin.
Time
Limits. Currently enrolled students may not
transfer credit for courses completed more than one
calendar year before the date of the request for
transfer of credit.
New or returning
students have a time limit of one calendar year
from their date of entry into Oberlin to request
transfer of credit, Advanced Placement, or
International Baccalaureate credit and to have
appropriate documentation received by
Oberlin.
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Major
Credit Limits. Credit accepted for transfer to
Oberlin does not automatically apply toward the
major. Application of credits earned elsewhere
toward the completion of major requirements at
Oberlin is granted only with departmental, program,
or Individual Major Committee approval. Students
who wish to apply a substantial amount of credit
earned elsewhere toward their major should consult
with the appropriate department or
program.
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Music
Credit. Elective music credit is approved by
the Office of the Registrar. Course work toward
fulfilling major requirements is approved by the
appropriate Conservatory division director. For
further information, please see "Transfer of
Credit" in the Conservatory section of this
catalog.
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Transfer
of Credit Fee. For details, please see the
"Expenses" section of this catalog.
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Regulations
on Transfer of Credit. In addition to the
policies stated above, the following policies
govern the granting of transfer of credit to
Oberlin:
1. Transfer of credit is not granted for
courses that duplicate course work taken at
Oberlin.
2. Work done
at other fully accredited colleges and
universities is normally transferred at full
value, subject to the restrictions stated in
this document.
3. Credit for
education courses taken at other institutions
may be transferred only after approval by an
appropriate department chairperson or the Office
of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
if there is no appropriate department. A student
requesting a transfer of such credit must supply
documentation demonstrating that the course had
substantial liberal arts content.
4. Transfer of
credit for work done in foreign countries either
on programs sponsored by accredited American
colleges and universities or at foreign
degree-granting colleges and universities is
subject to the following regulations:
a. A
currently enrolled student is required to
obtain approval in advance for the program of
study from the Office of Student Academic
Affairs. The approval procedure will require
the student to obtain departmental approval
of individual courses and the amount of
credit to be transferred. In the case of
summer courses, approval is required from an
appropriate departmental
chairperson.
b. A new,
returning, or transfer student must obtain
departmental approval for credit to be
transferred on a course-by-course
basis.
c. The
student, in all cases, is required to fill
out a program evaluation form before credit
is transferred. The form will be surveyed by
the Office of Student Academic Affairs to
assess the quality of the program. The Dean's
Office or academic departments may intervene
at any time to question the suitability of a
particular program. This evaluation of the
program will be used by departments and the
Dean's Office in making decisions about the
approval of the proposed transfer
credit.
d.
Normally, full credit will be transferred if
the work satisfies criteria 1 and 2 under
General Policy, above.
5. Transfer of
credit for work done at foreign and domestic
institutes (non-degree-granting institutions) is
subject to the following regulations:
a. The
Office of Student Academic Affairs keeps a
current list of approved institutes. Credit
for work done at approved institutes may be
transferred if it satisfies criteria 1 and 2
under General Policy above, and if written
documentation (e.g., a transcript, a
certificate, or a letter) from an on-site
representative of the institute certifying
participation in class work is provided by
the student. This written documentation may
be supplemented by, but not replaced by, a
transcript from a college or university which
acts as an agent for the
institute.
b. Academic
departments will determine the amount of
credit to be awarded on a case-by-case basis.
Departments may administer examinations to
determine the appropriate amount of credit to
be awarded. Credit is not granted, however,
on the basis of an examination alone, that
is, in lieu of formal course work.
c.
Departments may limit the amount of transfer
credit which may be applied toward the major
as well as the total number of hours which
may be transferred in that area of study.
d. Items a,
b, and c under 4 above also apply to the
transfer of credit for work done at foreign
and domestic institutes.
6. Normally,
the college does not grant credit for extension
courses and continuing education courses. Only
extension courses or continuing education
courses that are (1) on standard liberal arts
subjects and (2) accepted for credit by the
sponsoring institution for its own standard
bachelor's degree may be granted credit subject
to all other transfer of credit
regulations.
7. Oberlin
College does not grant credit for:
a.
correspondence courses;
b. courses
taken at other institutions while the student
is currently enrolled at Oberlin;
c. courses
taken at NOLS;
d. courses
taken concurrently with, or in place of, an
Oberlin Winter Term;
e.
mathematics courses below the pre-calculus
level;
f. one-half
Quantitative Proficiency (transfer of credit
for one or several courses equivalent to
Oberlin courses designated "Quantitative
Proficiency Certification - Half" will not
satisfy part or all of the QP requirement
under any circumstances);
g. courses
taken in secondary schools, in the case of
students who have been admitted to Oberlin
prior to fall 1993, even if taught by college
or university professors or for college
courses which also satisfy secondary school
graduation requirements;
h. course
work that is at a lower level than a course
already taken at Oberlin (e.g., pre-calculus
after passing Calculus at Oberlin);
i. courses that also satisfy graduate school
graduation requirements.
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