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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 of credit
work (including Advanced Placement credit and credit
for work done in the "thirteenth-year" programs such
as the International Baccalaureate and French Baccalaureate
programs) done before a student has matriculated in
a college program. Students who choose to defer matriculation
at Oberlin for one or two semesters may earn at most
6 semester hours of credit per semester of deferral.
Students who matriculate at Oberlin with more than 30
semesters hours of prior credit will be considered to
be transfer students. The 6 semester hours of credit
allowed for deferred semesters will be counted as part
of the 30-hour limit.
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.
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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Transfer
of Credit Fee. For details, please see the "Expenses"
section of this catalog.
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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