Transfer Credit
Transfer courses require prior approval by the department offering similar courses at Occidental College, and by the student’s advisor. Transfer courses taken during the fall and spring semesters cannot be courses that are currently offered at Occidental and cannot be used to satisfy a Core requirement. Students desiring to take courses at another college while attending Oxy cannot exceed the maximum allowable units per semester (normally 18, or 20 if the student’s GPA is 3.0 or better) combined. Normally, no transfer courses will be allowed in the second semester of the student’s senior year. A “Transfer Credit & Course Substitution Form” is available in the Registrar’s Office and online. A minimum grade of “C” or higher is required for transfer. The College will not accept transfer credit taken by examination from another institution. Courses taken in the fall and spring on non-approved Study Abroad programs will not be accepted.
Transfer units from a semester system will be equal to the number of units taken at the institution where the courses were taken. Transfer units from a quarter system will be multiplied by .66 to convert to the semester system used at Occidental College.
Students who participate in Off-Campus Study programs independently during a leave of absence from the College are ineligible for College financial aid or scholarships and no credit will be transferred toward the Occidental degree.