Studnet swho have beenb dropped for poor academic performance by any undergraduate school of the University must wait at least one academic year before reapplying to their home school with the intent of internally transferring to the College of General Studies. In addition, they must complete a regular CGS appplication form. Students in graduate schools should request their school to forward copies of previous transcripts to CGS in addition to their current transcript and Internal Transfer form. Exceptions will be considered by petition to the CGS Admission Committee. Transfer Credit and Degree Requirements Credit for prior course work taken at another college or university may be transferred towards a degree program at Penn.
Transfer credit is awarded as elective credit.
It can be used to fulfill a distributional requirement providing it is transferred with a Penn course number. Use of transfer credit to fulfill major requirements is at the discretion of the student's major department. The number of course units that will transfer islimited to one half the total number required for the degree. Students admitted to the B.A. or A.A. programs who have previous course work they would like transferred to Penn, should write to Assistant Dean Robert Lane to request an evaluation after completion of their first term at Penn. Students will receive a letter indicating the credits which have been awarded.