There is a faculty rule prohibiting transfer credit for summer school courses. However, courses taken in the summer which are offered in a regular year-round trimester or quarter system do not fall under this rule, and follow the standard procedures for transfer credit. Summer trimesters or quarters in a year-round system must be equal in duration to the other units of the academic year. Academic requirements and tuition requirements for the baccalaureate degree are based on the norm of 32 courses, four courses in each of eight semesters. The minimum academic and tuition requirement is eight full-time semesters, or the equivalent as determined through transfer credits.
Brown courses are the equivalent of four semester hours or six quarter hours.
If you take a course that carries less than these amounts, it may be combined with other courses to equal one Brown course. The maximum allowable number of transfer credits is 16, and students applying transfer credits towards completion of the requirements for their Brown baccalaureate degree must complete successfully at least 15 courses and four full-time semesters of course work at Brown. Study away from Brown, including foreign study, shall not be considered as part of the two-year residency requirement. Students in the Resumed Undergraduate Education Program must complete satisfactorily a minimum of 15 courses at Brown and be in residence no less than four semesters. The number and selection of transfer credits applied to a student's concentration are through negotiation with and at the discretion of the department concerned.