Policies

AP Calculus with a score of 4 or 5, International Baccalaureate (IB) Mathematics with a score of 5, 6, or 7 on the Higher Level exams, and A-Level Mathematics with a grade of A or B on Advanced Level exams are considered equivalent to MTH 111 for this prerequisite.

Students who pass the department’s placement exam in introductory microeconomics or macroeconomics—or who earn a score of 4 or 5 on the AP exams in microeconomics or macroeconomics; scores of 5, 6, or 7 on IB higher-level (HL) economics exam, or an A or B in A-Level economics—may count this as equivalent to ECO 150 or ECO 153 or both.

Prerequisite: One of the following: PSY 201, SDS 201, GOV 203, ECO 220, SDS 220 or a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Statistics examination, or equivalent.

A student who has a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Statistics examination may receive 4 credits.

Prerequisite: SDS 210, PSY 201, GOV 203, ECO 220 or equivalent or a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Statistics examination.

Credit is recorded for scores of 4 or 5 on most AP examinations.

Up to 12 transfer credits may be awarded for courses completed with a grade of B or above from an accredited graduate school of social work within five years of the date of matriculation to the M.S.W. The appropriate Course Coordinator in consultation with the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, will make the decision with regard to the transfer credit. Requests for transfer credit taken after admission may be approved in extraordinary circumstances, but must be approved by the ADAA as an exception to the transfer course credit policy prior to completing the work.

Transfer credit is not permitted in the Ph.D.

2000.8 Clinical Advanced Standing Applicants who have been accepted in the Ph.D. Program may petition to enter with Clinical Advanced Standing status. The option is available to meet the needs of the rare applicant for whom our standard two years of supervised advanced clinical practice would be truly superfluous. Clinical Advanced Standing status is achieved by taking and passing the clinical qualifying exams before commencing the first summer of coursework, rather than taking them at the end of the 1st year clinical internship, as is usual. Note that for Clinical Advanced Standing candidates, each of the clinical qualifying exams is graded on a final Pass/Fail basis only and there is no opportunity to rewrite any part of either exam. If the status of Clinical Advanced Standing is not achieved, the accepted applicant may still enter the Program as a regular degree candidate. Clinical Advanced Standing students must meet all Program requirements, except that they only complete one year of clinical internship with the standard three days a week of seeing clients and two hours a week of clinical supervision. This one-year internship conforms to the 2nd year clinical internship, except that clinical advanced standing students take the internship during their first year in the Program. These students are required to meet the performance standards and to complete the practicum assignments for the 2nd year rather than the 1st year clinical internship.

Scheduled at the end of the 1st year (except in the case of Clinical Advanced Standing), a written clinical exam is given to assess the student's mastery of 1st year learning objectives and readiness for advanced clinical learning.

The academic board may require such a student to change her program of study, complete summer transfer credit or withdraw from the college. Any student on academic probation who is required by the academic board to earn credit at another institution must earn a B- or better in each course in order for the course to transfer for credit at Smith.

Advanced Standing Requirements Students admitted as Advanced Standing do not take first year courses (first summer, first practicum internship, and practicum seminar) with the exception of SOCW 516 , which is required, and graduate with 70 quarter hour credits.

These include, but are not limited to, grade changes; course registration changes; changes to majors, minor, concentration or Five College certificate; additional transfer credits; or additional courses taken at Smith following graduation or separation from the college.

Such credit must be approved according to Smith College guidelines for transfer credit and submitted on an official college or university transcript.

Please see "Transfer Credit Limits" and related sections below for detailed information regarding transfer credit policies and maximums. A student enters her senior year after completing a maximum of six semesters and earning at least 96 Smith College or approved transfer credits.

Please note that no more than two courses (up to eight credits) will be accepted as transfer credit from institutions outside of the Five Colleges.

Courses offered through continuing education, extension or other nondegree programs are not part of the Five College Interchange . Students may not receive transfer credit for such courses completed while in residence at Smith College, but may receive transfer credit for those offered during interterm and summer.

The college will consider credit-bearing, academic interterm courses taken at other institutions for transfer credit. Students may accrue a maximum of 12 approved interterm credits at Smith or elsewhere toward their Smith degree with an overall maximum of 32 credits of combined summer, interterm, AP and other pre-matriculation credits.

Appropriate Smith courses, Five College courses, or courses taken at other institutions and through summer and semester-away programs may be counted toward the minor with preapproval of the adviser.

A student enters the senior year after completing a maximum of six semesters and earning at least 96 Smith College or approved transfer credits.

Each Ada Comstock Scholar has a high level of ability, strong motivation and at least 48 transferable credits. A student admitted as a traditional first-year or transfer student normally will not be permitted to change her class status to Ada Comstock Scholar.

Transfer Credit Approval A student who attends another accredited college or university and requests credit toward a Smith College degree for the work done there: should make plans in accordance with the regulations concerning off-campus study and, in the case of seniors, in accordance with the regulations concerning academic residence; should review on the registrar’s office website the guidelines for transferring credit and submit a transfer credit application. Official transcripts should be sent directly to the registrar from the other institution; must, if approved to study abroad, have the program approved in advance by the Committee on Study Abroad. Final evaluation of credit is made after receipt of the official transcript showing satisfactory completion of course work. A student may not receive credit for work completed at another institution while in residence at Smith College, except for courses taken on the Five College Interchange (fall and spring terms) or interterm courses that do not overlap with Smith’s terms. Transfer credit policies and guidelines are published online on the registrar’s office website . Students may not transfer credit for academic work completed at an international institution while withdrawn from the college.

Transfer Credit Limits A student may apply up to 64 transfer credits towards the Smith degree. An overall maximum of 32 credits of combined summer, interterm, Advanced Placement and other pre-matriculation credits may be applied toward the Smith degree, subject to the following limits: Summer session: maximum of 12 credits, including pre-matriculation summer credits Interterm: maximum of 12 credits taken at Smith or elsewhere Pre-matriculation (e.g., Advanced Placement, A-Level, International Baccalaureate or qualifying college courses): maximum of 16 credits Refer to the sections below for additional detail on specific transfer credit types.