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How to Transfer Tufts Courses
For
students who do not attend Tufts in the fall or spring terms
Tufts University’s
course credit system may be different from your
school’s.
A Tufts course is expressed in terms of academic units.
You may be familiar with a "credit hour" system. A one unit Tufts course is the equivalent of a
three or four
credit hour course (whichever is considered a full course at your
school).
To transfer a course, request a transcript from Tufts University Student
Services and give the transcript to the appropriate office at your
college or university.
Tufts University also has a unique course numbering system.
Courses numbered:
1-99: Undergraduate;
100-199: Graduate and Undergraduate;
200 & Up: Strictly Graduate
If you need to pre-clear a course with your college or University,
contact
the instructor and ask for a copy of the course syllabus.
Remember, every college and university has policies and procedures that
determine the permissibility of college credit earned elsewhere. Earning
summer credit at Tufts is not a guarantee that the course will transfer,
but every summer, hundreds of college students transfer summer credit
earned at Tufts to other universities.
