Office of the Registrar
Transferring Credit
How to Transfer Credit
For a matriculated student at Reed College, there are two processes that need to be completed to transfer credit to Reed. The process is a little different for new students and students that have been readmitted. The latter cases need to be discussed with the transfer evaluator.
Specific Reed policies about Reed transfer credit may be found in the Faculty Code, on page 4 of the 2009 edition. Copies of this document may be viewed in the Office of the Registrar and the Library, or may be downloaded as a .pdf file. From the Faculty Code:
"4. Evaluation of Transfer Credit
Work completed at other regionally accredited colleges or universities in courses that are not vocational, technical, or experiential in nature shall be allowed credit by the Registrar with reference to general standards established by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. Generally, credit will not be granted in excess of the credit granted for similar courses at Reed. Transfer credit will not be allowed for the work below the level of C-. Work that substantially duplicates courses take at Reed cannot be given credit.
No more than fifteen units of all work accepted for transfer credit may be used toward the degree.
All transfer students are to be held to the General College Requirements, except that those admitted with six or more units will not have to meet the Freshman Humanities requirement unless their transcript reveals a serious deficiency in this area. (Humanities 210, 220 or 230 and an additional unit from Group A or B may be substituted in the case of sophomore or junior transfers. If so used, Hum 210, 220 or 230 may not also be applied toward either the Group A or B requirement.) Appropriate work taken by transfer students at a previous institution may apply toward fulfillment of degree requirements."
For matriculated students to transfer credit from other schools, the first step is to complete a Request for Transfer Credit Form. This form is available in Eliot 311 at the Office of the Registrar, or can be downloaded and printed below if your browser is used in conjunction with Adobe Acrobat Reader. This form will require that you obtain the signature of the chairperson of the closest comparable department at Reed, ie if you intend to transfer Biology coursework you will need to consult the chair of the Biology Department. It is strongly recommended that you complete this form prior to undertaking the coursework, if you know the school you plan to attend and the classes in which you intend to enroll.
Please keep in mind that one Reed unit is equivalent to four semester hours or six quarter hours. A minimum grade of C- must be earned for a course to transfer (this minimum does not apply to Reed's exchange programs). Pass/fail courses will be treated using Reed policies: there must be a demonstrable minimum grade of C-, such coursework cannot be used for requirements, the student must be a junior or senior, and the course must be outside the student's major department.
Here is a list of Department and Division Chairs.
The form also requires the signature of your advisor, and either the Administration Committee (if you are a First Year student or Sophomore) or the chairperson of your major Division (or a member of your Established Interdisciplinary Committee) if you are a Junior or Senior.
Download the Request for Transfer Credit Form (pdf)
Download the Report on Online Learning (pdf)
Link to Chemistry Department policies about transfer credit
Policies about Geology transfer credit
For more information, please contact:
Ben Bradley
bradley@reed.edu
(503) 777-7295