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Transferring Credit from Another Institution
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Course Eligibility
The Mathematics Department will approve courses under the following
conditions:
- The course is offered by a mathematics or statistics department.1
- The course is highly comparable (in both content and level) to a
course offered by the Cornell Mathematics Department2 for academic credit
towards graduation, or the course is taken through Cornell Abroad and
is of comparable or greater depth and degree of difficulty to courses
offered at Cornell.
Courses are not eligible if any of the following are true:
- The course is taught in a high school to high school students (even
if the college provides a transcript).
- The course is used to satisfy high school graduation requirements.
- The course is labeled “college algebra” or “pre-calculus.”
Procedure for Requesting Transfer Credit
- The student submits information3 about
the course using the form below.
- A member of the faculty reviews the information provided, evaluates
the suitability of the course for transfer credit, and contacts the
student with a decision.
- If the course is approved, the student must obtain the faculty member’s
signature on a transfer credit form and return the signed form to the
appropriate college office. (See the table below.)
- Upon completion of the course, the student must arrange for a sealed
transcript to be sent to his/her college registrar.
Good Advice
- Have courses evaluated in advance to avoid wasting time/money on
an unsuitable course.
- Read your college’s transfer credit policy (see table above)
before taking the course or applying for transfer credit. Some
colleges place restrictions on the use of transfer credit.
- MATH 2930
is almost impossible to replace because very few universities have
a course that matches it. Try replacing MATH 2940 instead. The
two courses can be taken in either order.
1 Statistics courses
taken from social science departments (like psychology or sociology)
must be approved by the corresponding social science department at
Cornell.
2 The department will approve an introductory statistics
course only if it is a satisfactory equivalent to MATH 1710 (Statistical
Theory and Application to the Real World).
3 The burden is on
the student to provide sufficient information for the course to be
evaluated, including a detailed course description or syllabus (i.e.,
topics covered) and the textbook that will be used for the course. If
this information is not available through the university’s
web site, the student is expected to call the school to request it.
Last modified:May 6, 2008 |