Credit Transfer

For Spring Entrants

Credit Transfer:

• If you plan to take courses elsewhere during the fall, try to select courses similar to those you would be taking at Mount Holyoke if you were entering in September.  Mount Holyoke accepts credit from any accredited institution for courses which are part of a standard liberal arts curriculum. 
• Use the online First-Year Curriculum Guide (http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/firstyear/index.shtml) as a guide to the types of courses that will be acceptable for credit transfer. 
• In order for the credit to transfer, your grade must be C- or better. 
• When your work is completed and grades are recorded, be sure to ask the Registrar at the school you attend to send an official transcript directly to Mount Holyoke’s Registrar.

Credits toward Distribution Requirements:

 In addition to credit transfer to be counted toward graduation, you may satisfy some distribution  requirements in advance. The procedures are as follows:

• If you want advice in advance on whether a course is likely to meet a distribution requirement, please feel free to email the Registrar (registrar@mtholyoke.edu).  It would be helpful to include a copy of the appropriate course description in the Catalogue for her review.  For questions about science distribution, please email Professor Sarah Bacon (sbacon@mtholyoke.edu).
• Your November pre-registration packet will include a form requesting that you indicate college courses you have taken elsewhere.
• The Registrar and department chairs will confirm whether credit can be counted toward satisfying distribution requirements, and will inform you of their decision when you arrive.
• If the course you choose at another school has a catalogue description similar to the description of a distribution course at Mount Holyoke, distribution credit will be granted in most cases.   
• Final decisions about granting distribution credit will be made when your transcript has arrived at Mount Holyoke.