Undergraduate Major Manual:
05. Restrictions on Transfer Credit, Credit Away, LPS (formerly
CGS) and Summer Session Courses
course unit restrictions
Biology majors and minors must obtain
permission from the Undergraduate
Chair before taking
any courses through LPS or at another university. No
more than two course units taken
in LPS, Summer Session and/or at another university or college
may be counted toward the Biology Major. LPS
courses include evening courses, Saturday courses, and Summer
Session courses that are taught in the College of Liberal and
Professional Studies (formerly the College of General Studies).
See section
below for
exceptions to this restriction.
LPS and Summer Session
Courses above the introductory level in LPS or Summer Session
generally cannot be counted toward the Biology major or minor.
This rule is rarely waived and only with prior approval
from the Undergraduate Chair and the instructor of the regular
academic year, daytime course. Taking BIOL 202 or
221 through LPS is not allowed. The Fall semester
of BIOL 404 Immunology and BIBB 269 are exceptions to this
rule and are accepted for the major without requiring special
approval.
To obtain permission to take a LPS or Summer Session course
contact the Undergraduate Coordinator at bio-undergraduate@sas.upenn.edu or
in the Biology Academic Office, room 102, Leidy Lab. Approval
must be obtained before the student takes
the LPS or Summer course.
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 submit your request along with a syllabus
for the course through the College XCAT website.
exceptions to above restrictions
The restrictions related to LPS and Summer Session courses
do not apply to Biology Majors in the College of Liberal and
Professional Studies. For LPS
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 LPS or another university or college
will not be permitted to take any additional courses for
the major in LPS, 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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