Undergraduate Major Manual:
05. Restrictions on Transfer Credit, Credit Away, CGS and Summer
Session Courses
course unit restrictions
No more than two course units taken in CGS, Summer Session
and/or at another university or college may be counted toward
the Biology Major. CGS courses include evening courses, Saturday
courses, and Summer Session courses that are taught in the
College of General Studies. See the
following for exceptions to this restriction.
CGS and Summer Session
If a student takes a Biology course above the introductory
level in CGS or summer session, this course can be counted
toward
the Biology Major only if the student obtains prior approval
from the instructor of our nearest equivalent regular,
academic year, day-time course. The instructor may, at his
or her discretion,
give an oral or written examination to evaluate the student's
knowledge in the area covered. One CGS course (BIOL 306, Histology)
is accepted for the major without requiring special approval.
BIOL 251/BIBB 251, BIOL 229, 321, and 323 taken
in CGS may not be counted towards the biology major
in the college.
Biology majors in the College of Arts and Sciences who must
take CGS BIOL 215 should fill out the "Request for permission
to count CGS BIOL 215 Towards the Major" form, which
can be obtained in the Department of Biology Academic
Office, Room 102 Leidy Lab. Once this form is completed,
it should be left in Room 102 for Dr. Romes signature.
This should be approved before the student takes
CGS BIOL 215. A copy of the form, if approved by Dr.
Rome, will be kept in
the Academic office.
transfer credit
After a student has matriculated at Penn, no course subsequently
taken at a two-year college will be eligible for transfer credit.
If you plan to take a Biology course at another university
or college, you should first read "Procedures for Obtaining
Transfer Credit or Credit Away for Biology", which is available
in the Department of Biology Academic
Office, and follow the directions outlined in this form
before you take the course.
exceptions to above restrictions
The restrictions related to CGS and Summer Session courses
do not apply to Biology Majors in the College of General Studies.
For CGS
students who transfer into the College, these restrictions
do not apply to courses taken before entering the College.
The regulations limiting the number of transfer credits do
not apply to courses taken by transfer students before transferring
to Penn or to courses taken by Penn students who participate
in a study abroad program at the University of Edinburgh, one
of the University of London schools, the University of Melbourne,
James Cook University, or one of the tropical ecology programs
in Costa Rica (see Study
Abroad Programs and Field Courses). Students who have
two or more course units in the major when they transfer into
the College from CGS or another university or college will not
be permitted to take any additional courses in the major in
CGS, in the summer session, or at another university or college,
although exceptions may be made for the study abroad programs
and field courses discussed in Study
Abroad Programs and Field Courses, if approved by the
Undergraduate Chair.
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