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2012 Summer Transfer Course Request

Requirements:

•  All transfer courses require the prior written permission of the Academic Advising and Support Center (AASC) and the respective Department Chair.

•  Only 2 transfer courses may be taken in any given summer.  Residency Requirement applies.

•  A grade of C or better is required of all transfer courses, including labs.  Courses and labs with grades of C- or lower will not transfer.

•  Transfer courses must be a minimum of 3 credits (semester hours), unless the course is a lab associated with a course.

•  Summer transfer courses cannot overlap with the Loyola academic term during which the student is enrolled.

•  Distance learning, on-line, hybrid, correspondence, j-term, winterim, and mini-mester courses are not permitted for transfer.

•  An official transcript from the transfer school must be requested by the student upon completion of the course in order to award transfer credit.

   Send transcripts directly to:
   Academic Advising and Support Center
   Mrs. Maria Schwartz
   Maryland Hall 043
   Loyola University Maryland
   4501 N. Charles Street
   Baltimore, MD  21210-2699

Instructions:

•  Submit only your top 2 choices.

•  All course requests will be reviewed, including Core courses.  See table below for additional information.

•  Course descriptions are required for reviews. 

•  Fall 2012 courses:  You must have a summer away request in process with AASC prior to your registration day if you are intending to register for a Fall 2012 course and you are completing the prerequisite to that Fall course at another college or university this summer.  On your assigned registration day/time, first register for all courses possible in WebAdvisor, then come to AASC in Maryland Hall 043 to register for that Fall course for which you are taking the prerequisite this summer.  WebAdvisor will not permit you to register for a course if you have not completed the prerequisite Study Abroad students:  Submit the summer away form and then inform your program coordinator that you are taking a summer away course as a prerequisite to a Fall 2012 course.  The program coordinator will then need to register you for that Fall 2012 course.

•  Requests will be processed in the order that they are received.

•  AASC will review your form.  Your academic status, residency, and the transfer's school accreditation will be verified.  If the course is approved, AASC will send an approval letter to your Loyola e-mail address.  If the course is denied, AASC will notify you at your Loyola e-mail address, and you may submit another course for consideration.

•  If you went abroad on a non-Loyola program, it may be that you cannot transfer any more courses due to Loyola's Residency Requirement.  Please check with AASC. 

•  Students who wish to take summer courses outside of the United States must see Patrick Frazier, Office of International Programs, Humanities 132, psfrazier@loyola.eduPlease do not use this form for summer abroad requests

•  Please allow at least 2 weeks for your request to be processed.

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Once you have read the above policies and instructions, please click here to access the Summer Away form. 
 
Incomplete or inaccurate submissions will be returned.

Courses may be taken at any accredited 2- or 4-year college/university, unless noted otherwise below.
Please click here for a pdf version of this web page.

Loyola Course Type

May I take the course away?

Policy

AC  Accounting

YES

AC upper-level courses can only be taken at 4-year, AACSB-accredited schools

BL   Biology

YES

Current Loyola students must take both the BL lecture & BL lab at the transfer school.  If the course is being repeated, students must repeat both the BL lecture and BL lab.

Loyola students must successfully complete both the BL lecture & BL lab in order to meet degree requirements.

Chemistry
CH Chemistry
GL Geology

YES

Current Loyola students may take just the CH lecture or the CH lab at the transfer school, if the course is being repeated.

Loyola students must successfully complete both the CH lecture & CH lab in order to meet degree requirements.

Classics
CL  Classics
GK Greek
LT  Latin

YES

    

CM  Communication

YES

  

CS  Computer Science

YES

  

D  Diversity
Core, Major, Elective
Examples:  
WR100D, PY244D, CM306D

NO

All students must complete the Diversity requirement at Loyola.

EC  Economics

YES

 

Teacher Education
ED  Education
GY  Geography
RE  Literacy
SE  Special Education

YES

  

EG  Engineering

YES

  

EN  English

YES

  

FI    Finance

YES

FI upper-level courses can only be taken at 4-year, AACSB-accredited schools.

Fine Arts
AH  Art History
DR  Theatre
MU  Music
PT   Photography
SA  Studio Arts

YES

  

GT  Global Studies

YES

 

HS  History

YES

  

IB  International Business

YES

IB upper-level courses can only be taken at 4-year, AACSB-accredited schools.

IS  Information Systems

YES

IS upper-level courses can only be taken at 4-year, AACSB-accredited schools.

LW  Law & Social Responsibility

YES

LW upper-level courses can only be taken at 4-year, AACSB-accredited schools.

MG  Management

YES

MG upper-level courses can only be taken at 4-year, AACSB-accredited schools.

MK  Marketing

YES

MK upper-level courses can only be taken at 4-year, AACSB-accredited schools.

Mathematics & Statistics
MA  Mathematics
ST  Statistics

YES

  

Modern Languages & Literatures
CI  Chinese
FR  French
GR German
IT  Italian
JP  Japanese
ML  Modern Languages
SN Spanish

YES

  

OM  Production & Operations Management

YES

OM upper-level courses can only be taken at 4-year, AACSB-accredited schools.

PL  Philosophy

YES

  

PH  Physics

YES

Loyola students may take just PH lecture or the PH lab at the transfer school, if the course is being repeated.

Loyola students must successfully complete both the PH lecture & PH lab in order to meet degree requirements.

PS  Political Science

YES

  

PY  Psychology

YES

  

SC  Sociology

YES

  

SP  Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology

YES

  

TH  Theology

YES

  

WR  Writing

YES

  


Resources:  2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalogue, Loyola University Maryland.   See Curriculum and Policies (Policies-Courses at Other Colleges, Policies-Residency Requirement, and Grades) and Admission (Transfer Students) for transfer policy information.

Revised 01/30/12