Enrolling in Courses at Other Institutions
All matriculated students are expected to fulfill course requirements for their degree at Sacred Heart University. Under special circumstances, a student may appeal to take a course at another regionally accredited institution during the winter or summer sessions only by completing the Transfer Request Permission Form from the Regisrar’s Office webpage under forms and requests.
. The following guidelines will be used to determine approval for taking courses at other institutions:
- The courses are required in the course sequence at this time for the degree as indicated by the student’s academic advisor.
- The other institution’s courses must be equivalent to the required Sacred Heart University courses in the major, as determined by the department chairperson.
- The last 30 credits required for graduation must be taken at Sacred Heart University.
- The last 60 credits toward the degree must be taken at a four-year institution.
- A maximum of one course (3-4 credits) for a winter inter-session or summer session may be taken at another institution during a one-year period. However, a sequence of courses in the sciences (2 lectures and 2 labs) may also be taken at another institution during the summer session for legitimate reasons.
- If the course is in the student’s major, it must be taken at SHU.
- Final approval must be given by the student’s academic advisor, the department chair of the discipline of the course, and the dean of the student’s college. The chair of the department in which the course is offered is responsible for deciding the course SHU equivalency.
- It is the student’s responsibility to have an official transcript sent to the Registrar’s Office to receive credit for the course. Only grades of C or better may be transferred into Sacred Heart University. The grade will not appear on the Sacred Heart University transcript and does not factor into the term or cumulative GPA.
- Exceptions to these policies can be made by the college deans.