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Transfer Credit Evaluation

For CODO students:

Almost all of your courses will “transfer” with you when you CODO into Science. Exceptions include courses considered to be remedial or preparatory, such as math courses lower than MA 159 and 100-level CPT courses. Students can also request to redline free elective courses with final grades of D or F, but only during the CODO process. For details on these guidelines and how your courses can be used in your new major, please visit our office and speak with an advisor.

 

For Regional Campus Transfer students:

Courses taken on any of Purdue’s regional campuses are considered the same as courses on the West Lafayette campus, if they have the same course number. All of your grades and credit hours for every course will appear as part of your Purdue record.

• If a course has the same number on the West Lafayette campus as on your previous campus, it is considered to be the same course.
• If a course has a DIFFERENT number, please check the Registrar’s Office website’s document on Approved Equivalent Courses. (http://www.purdue.edu/Registrar/InteralOps/CourseLists/Equivalent.pdf ) Check the first column for the course you want to know about, then look in the second column. The second column shows the courses which are considered to be equivalent for all of Purdue’s campuses. (For example, if you find MA 164 in the first column, you see that MA 162, MA 166, MA 171, MA 173 and MA 181 are all officially approved equivalent courses.) PLEASE BE AWARE, though, that this document shows everything that is approved at the university level. The College of Science requirements may affect how the equivalent courses can be used.
• If the course does not appear on the list, then please ask your advisor how you can use that course toward your plan of study on the West Lafayette campus.

 

For transfer students from outside the Purdue system:

Transfer students are limited on the number of courses which can be used toward a Purdue degree. This website ( http://www.purdue.edu/oop/univregs/pages/ac_regs_pro/degree_req.html ) explains the university’s regulations on transfer credit limits. Your advisor in Science will be able to explain how the university’s regulations are applied within the College of Science and how they will affect your individual situation. (A good general guideline is that at least half of your total credit hours, and at least three-quarters of your major area courses, should be taken at Purdue.) All Science students must complete at least 32 credit hours of courses at the junior and senior level (300-, 400-, and 500-level courses) at Purdue.

 

Transfer credit evaluation is a multi-step process. After you are admitted, the university’s Office of Credit Evaluation http://www.purdue.edu/Admissions/Undergrad/academics/acc_index.shtml (phone: 765-494-6482) will review your transcript and provide the first evaluation. One copy will be mailed to you, and another copy will be sent to us for your file.

• If a course is listed with a subject, course number, and title (for instance, MA 165 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I), then the course is considered to be directly equivalent to the Purdue course and will be used at Purdue for that course.
• If a course is listed with a subject but no course number (MA UND), or in some cases without a subject area (--UND), then the course is not directly equivalent to any course taught on the West Lafayette campus. Your advisor in Science will discuss how those courses can be used toward your plan of study in Science. Not all courses will fulfill specific requirements. Some of these courses will require additional review, so please keep your course syllabi!

During your first meeting with your new Science advisor, s/he will explain what your evaluation means for your plan of study in Science. At that time, you will also find out how to have the rest of your courses evaluated, when necessary. In some cases, you will need to meet with a departmental representative. In other cases, the review will be conducted by one of our deans.

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