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Transfer Policies

Many students will bring courses from other institutions with them to Harpur College. This page will help you understand how courses are transferred and equated.

NEW STUDENTS: Because of high volume and the need to coordinate records with your transferring institution, your complete transfer record on BUSI may not be complete until mid-fall. You do not need to take further action to have your courses equated. This is a normal condition, which does not indicate that courses have not been accepted or transferred to Binghamton University.

If you are wondering how a specific course is transferred, you are advised to view our June 11, 2008es">transfer table FIRST, which will show you our existing course equivalencies. If your course is listed here, you will receive the credit and/or course equivalency listed.

Liberal arts courses from accredited institutions with a grade of C- or better will transfer. You are advised to check with your major department to see how they apply toward your major. Courses with a grade of "P" (Pass) may transfer, although you generally need to take courses for a letter grade to count them toward a major. General Education courses must be taken for a letter grade.

The amount of semester credit earned at the host college is the amount of credit you are awarded at Binghamton University. However, a three-credit course from another school can fulfill a Binghamton four-credit course requirement. Credits from schools on the quarter system are adjusted to equate to semester credit, e.g., three quarter system credits are equal to two semester credits.

Restrictions:

Grades do not transfer, do not appear on your Binghamton transcript, and do not affect your Binghamton GPA.
Practical or skill-oriented courses will not transfer.
No more than 3 courses may be accepted to fulfill the Harpur writing requirement.
Remedial or developmental courses will not transfer.
Credit is not granted for courses previously passed, or for which AP credit was awarded. Similarly, you will not receive credit for a course in a series if you have already received credit for a course higher in the series (ex. if you have already received credit for French II, you will not receive credit for French I; if you received credit for Calc. II, you will not receive credit for Calc. I)
No more than 32 non-liberal arts credits apply to a Harpur degree.

Additional Information:

If you are repeating a course for your major, consult with your department. After a repeated course has been transferred, notify the Harpur Academic Advising Office of successful completion by completing the DARS Inquiry form.
Students must complete 30 Harpur credits to receive a Harpur College degree from Binghamton University.
Courses which meet the criteria above transfer, however, academic departments determine which courses are acceptable for use in a major.

If have already transferred a course from another institution, which was not equated with a General Education requirement, and you wish to have that course considered for General Education fulfillment, please review Fulfilling General Education Courses: A Guide for Transferring Courses to determine the course fit. If after reading this information, you believe the course fulfills a General Education requirement, please use the Request for a Transferred Course to Fulfill a General Education Requirement (PDF).

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