How to Transfer Courses into Wesleyan from Other Institutions
Hello Class of 2028!
Many of you may may wish to take summer classes outside of Wesleyan and closer to home during the summer break. Of course, you’ll want to transfer that credit back into Wesleyan. Great! Here are the steps you should take in planning for class(es). Students are allowed to bring in the equivalency of up to 2 total credits during the summer.
1. Identify the school (college, university, community college, etc.) at which you hope to take a course. Check out their admissions page for how you get registered for summer classes. Typically, it’s not an involved process, and you’ll take courses as a non-degree seeking student.
2. Once you find a class that might work for you, you’ll need approval from an equivalent department at Wesleyan. For example, if it’s an English class, you’ll want to get that cleared with the English department. NOTE: not all classes transfer. For example, we don’t have a business program, so there’s no one here that will or can approve a business course transfer. Different departments have different rules and folks to see; I suggest checking with their websites, administrative assistants, or chairs of the departments about how their system works.
3. Typically, a department will want to have (1) a link to the course description(s) and (2) a copy of the course syllabus if it is available. For some schools, the syllabi are online, for others you can just email the professor(s) teaching in the summer.
4. You’ll need to fill out a Permission To Transfer Credit (PTC) form. Fill out what you can, and the sponsoring department will sign off on it. Read the form closely, as it also explains how credit itself transfers to Wesleyan from different systems.
5. Once you have the PTC form signed by a department, send it to me (Dean Bisese: wbisese@wesleyan.edu). I’ll file it.
6. Once the courses are taken and the grades are in, you’ll have that school’s registrar send the transcript to me. Then I can post the approved credit. (Often, the courses will also count for general education requirements.)
I hope this helps you understand the process. I’m happy to meet and explain it more if needed.
All best,
Dean Bisese
(wbisese@wesleyan.edu)