Transfer Credit

Transfer credit refers to credit earned at or through another institution. The Academic Advisement Team is here to help students with a variety of transfer credit processes, including:

Important: Transcripts for credit earned before starting a degree at SUNY Oneonta must be sent to the Office of Admissions. Transcripts for credit earned after starting a degree program at SUNY Oneonta must be sent to the Office of the Registrar.

FAQ

If you earned college, AP, or IB credit in high school, you must request an official transcript be sent to the Office of Admissions from the governing institution. Example: If a student scored a 5 on their AP exam, they would need to order official scores from College Board to be sent to the Office of Admissions here at Oneonta.

You may not see credit from a previous institution for a few reasons. Consider the following:

  1. If you recently submitted your transcript, SUNY Oneonta may be in the process of evaluating the credit. If after a few weeks you haven’t seen any changes to your record, reach out to the Office of Admissions to ensure they have received your transcript. If you earned the credit while you were a student at SUNY Oneonta, the transcript must be sent to the Registrar’s Office. Note: If you see TIP on your Degree Works, your transfer credit is in progress. If you sent a transcript before your final grades were posted, you’ll need to send an additional transcript once your grades are in.

  1. You may not have earned credit. Review our AP Scores to determine if your AP scores satisfy requirements for college credit.

No. Only credit earned at SUNY Oneonta will factor into your Oneonta GPA.

It depends. If you earned credit for a course (D- or better), you cannot retake the course at another institution. If you did not earn credit (E letter grade), you may be able to retake the course at another institution. Note: Taking a course at another institution will not replace an E grade. Transfer credit does not factor into your Oneonta GPA.

Learn more about taking courses at another institution.

To take a course at another institution, you must receive prior approval from the Academic Advisement Center before the start of the course.

Learn more about taking courses at another institution.

Course Substitutions are submitted by the Chair of a Department to allow a course to fulfill an academic requirement. Course Substitutions are done at the discretion of a Department Chair.

  • If you would like to request that a substitution be done within your major, you must make the request through the department that houses the major. If approved, the department completes and submits the appropriate form to Academic Advisement for processing. Once the substitution is processed, it is reflected on your DegreeWorks.
  • If you believe a course you have taken was not granted the appropriate equivalency, you may appeal to have the course reviewed for a different equivalency.

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