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College Credit Away
Students wishing to apply for credit away must obtain approval from the appropriate department at Penn before enrolling in the course.
Students should take a description of the course they intend to take (from a course catalogue or syllabus) and a credit away form to the department’s contact person for signature.
If the department’s contact person determines that the course is equivalent to a Penn course, he or she will approve it and sign the form. (Many departments will grant provisional approval pending evaluation after the course.) The signed form should then be brought to the College Office.
At the completion of the course, the student must arrange for a copy of the official transcript to be sent to the College Office.
A minimum grade of c is required for a course to be eligible for credit away. The grade itself, however, will not appear on the Penn transcript.
No credit will be granted for:
- • Courses taken at two-year institutions (i.e. junior or community college)
- • Courses taken in time frames significantly different from the regular University schedules (academic year and summer sessions)
- • Courses other than field courses taken on sites without appropriate facilities of a college or university (e.g., libraries and laboratories) unless supervised by School of Arts and Sciences faculty
- • Distance learning or online courses taken with institutions other than Penn.
After matriculation at Penn, students may not transfer more than 5 c.u. of credit away. Only 4 c.u. may be transferred for work done during one summer. Students must complete the final two semesters of full-time study in the College.
See links to policies governing the various General Education Curriculum Requirements to determine when credit away courses fulfill these requirements.