Policies

Advanced placement credit is granted to students who have taken the appropriate College Board advanced placement examination and scored a 3 or higher.

International Baccalaureate: Stony Brook University will award six credits for International Baccalaureate higher-level exams with scores of 5 or higher for year-long courses.

A score of 3 or higher on a foreign language or literature AP exam;

AP Calculus BC credit (with score 4 or 5)

Students who have transfer credit towards any of the other required courses must speak to the Undergraduate Program Director to determine courses needed for major entry.

No transfer credits with a grade lower than C may be applied to the minor requirements.

Application of Transfer Credits to the Biology BA Requirements: Core biology courses taken elsewhere apply to major requirements only if listed as equivalent to a Stony Brook course in the official Stony Brook Transfer Course Database maintained by Academic and Transfer Advising Services. Transfer students may satisfy the requirements for courses in related fields with transferred courses, if the courses are approved as being equivalent. Upper-division or upper-division equivalent courses taken elsewhere and transferred to Stony Brook can satisfy the requirement for BIO 320 , BIO 321 , BIO 354 or EBH 302 for the Biology BA; however, students must still take three advanced courses (300-level BIO courses) here at Stony Brook.

Application of Transfer Credits to the Biology BS Requirements Biology courses taken elsewhere apply to major requirements only if listed as equivalent to a Stony Brook course in the official Stony Brook Transfer Course Database maintained by Academic and Transfer Advising Services. Transfer students must take at least 15 credits of required core and advanced biology at Stony Brook in courses for majors at the 200 level or higher. At least 12 of the 15 credits must be in BIO-designator courses. Both of the two advanced laboratory experiences must be taken at Stony Brook. Transfer students may satisfy the requirements for courses in related fields with transferred courses, if the courses are approved as being equivalent.

They are expected to review academic policies and procedures described in the current Undergraduate Catalog and its Supplements; know basic University, college, and departmental graduation requirements in their chosen majors and minors so they may plan completion of these requirements; maintain personal copies of a tentative degree plan, progress reports, general educational material, and transfer credit evaluations until after graduation; see that any academic records from other universities are transferred and received by all the appropriate offices (Admissions and Academic and Transfer Advising Services Office) for evaluation.

Credit by Examination Stony Brook accepts up to 30 credits by examination in partial fulfillment of the bachelor’s degree. Advanced placement credit is granted to students who have taken the appropriate College Board advanced placement examination and scored a 3 or higher. Click here for a table listing of available AP exams, the relevant scores, and Stony Brook University equivalency and applicability to degree requirements. Students must request that their test scores be forwarded to Stony Brook University’s Undergraduate Admissions Office from AP Services . Visit the College Board website (school code 2548). International Baccalaureate: Stony Brook University will award six credits for International Baccalaureate higher-level exams with scores of 5 or higher for year-long courses. The University awards credit for the CLEP (College-Level Examination Program) subject examinations only. Credit is not awarded for the CLEP general examinations. CLEP exam credit will not be awarded for language exams for a language formerly studied. No student may take a CLEP exam in a subject matter that is a prerequisite for a course already passed, similar in subject matter to a course taken or attempted. This restriction applies to all College or University level credits, including credit earned through examinations. To receive credit, the CLEP examination score must be equivalent to a grade of C or higher. General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (A-Level): Stony Brook University will award up to eight credits per subject for A-level (Advanced) exams in year-long courses with grade equivalents of a US C or better. DSST, or DANTES Subject Standardized Tests taken by military service members and veterans are accepted following the same standards as CLEP examinations. Credit requested for examinations or programs not specifically mentioned above must be substantiated by the appropriate documentation. Requests for reviews of students’ qualifications must be submitted in writing to the Undergraduate Admissions Office. Please click here for the SUNY policy on Credit for Prior Learning. Add to My Favorites (opens a new window) Print (opens a new window) Help (opens a new window) T

Credit Limit Policy for Transfer Credits for Summer & Winter Sessions To ensure the quality of external academic programs from which we accept credit, including meeting the University standard number of contact hours per course, students will be limited to taking a maximum of 4 credits collectively from all approved institutions during the Winter Session. For Summer Sessions, students will be allowed to complete 18 credits collectively from all approved institutions but no more than 9 credits in a single Summer Session. Add to My Favorites (opens a new window) Print (opens a new window) Help (opens a new window) T

No transfer credits or retroactive credits are accepted for the minor Major Integration: The minor is structured to serve as a core discipline for Multidisciplinary Studies (MD-S) majors, provides a required minor pathway for Biology majors, and may serve as an Area of Concentration for various Social Science majors.

Acceptance to the Major in Business Management Qualified freshman and transfer students who have indicated their interest in the major on their applications are accepted directly into the major upon admission into the University. Transfer Credit Policy for students in the Business Major Students may apply a maximum of 21 transfer credits toward the Business Major.

No more than 6-7 credits in the Subfields can be substituted from the area of Related Courses (II., D). All major courses (including transfer credits) must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher.

International Transfer Credit Policy for Summer & Winter for Currently Enrolled Stony Brook Students To obtain Stony Brook credit for summer or winter courses offered by an institution outside of the United States, currently enrolled Stony Brook students are required to participate in an approved partner university program offered through International Academic Programs (IAP) in the Office of Global Affairs. All other international credits obtained in the summer or winter will not be eligible as transfer credit applied to your Stony Brook degree program. This also includes international credits taken from U.S. institutions outside of IAP or SUNY.

Transfer credits are awarded by permission of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric’s Undergraduate Program Director.

SBC Learning Outcomes Application of Transfer Credits to Stony Brook Curriculum SUNY General Education and Stony Brook Curriculum Equivalency Table SUNY General Education Framework Note on Courses Satisfying SBC categories: A student’s general education record may not be changed retroactively.

Alternate Mathematics Sequences The following alternate sequences may be substituted for major requirements or prerequisites: MAT 125 (or MAT 130 / MAT 125 ), MAT 126 , MAT 127 or MAT 141, MAT 142 or MAT 171 or AMS 151 , AMS 161 for MAT 131 , MAT 132 ; AMS 210 or MAT 211 or AMS 261 for MAT 203 . Equivalency for MAT courses as indicated by earning the appropriate score on a placement examination will be accepted as fulfillment of the requirement without the necessity of substituting other credits. It is recommended that students selecting the biological option take a minimum of one BIO lab (e.g., BIO 204 ). CHE 346 / CHE 461 may not be used as both an elective and as a substitute for BIO 361 . The Chemical Physics option requires two math courses in addition to Calculus I and II. The following substitutions for ATM 397 need additional prerequisites: ENV 315 / GEO 315 Groundwater Hydrology, MAR 336 - Marine Pollution , MAR 351 - Introduction to Ocean Chemistry . Transfer Credit At least 12 credits of upper-division work in chemistry must be taken at Stony Brook; these must be taken in at least two of the major subdisciplines (inorganic, physical, and organic chemistry).

Alternate Mathematics Sequences The following alternate sequences may be substituted for major requirements or prerequisites: MAT 125 (or MAT 130 / MAT 125 ), MAT 126 , MAT 127 or MAT 141, MAT 142 or MAT 171 or AMS 151 , AMS 161 for MAT 131 , MAT 132 ; AMS 210 or MAT 211 for MAT 203 . Equivalency for MAT courses as indicated by earning the appropriate score on a placement examination will be accepted as fulfillment of the requirement without the necessity of substituting other credits. Alternate Physics Sequences The following alternate sequences may be substituted for physics requirements or prerequisites: PHY 125 , PHY 126 / PHY 133 , PHY 127 / PHY 134 , or PHY 141 , PHY 142 for PHY 131 / PHY 133 , PHY 132 / PHY 134 . Transfer Credit At least 12 credits of upper-division work in chemistry must be taken at Stony Brook; these must be taken in at least two of the major subdisciplines (inorganic, physical, and organic chemistry).

Transfer credits are awarded solely by permission of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric Director.

Nurse practitioners and nurse midwives who hold a Master’s degree may be eligible to enter our DNP Program with advanced standing (Post-Masters entry).

For transfer credit policies on coursework taken prior to matriculation, see Transfer Credit Policies . Students who wish to transfer credit from other institutions after matriculation at Stony Brook must study at a regionally accredited institution and earn a C or higher in any course taken. WRT 102 may not be transferred after matriculation at Stony Brook University.

Transfer courses are evaluated individually. Credits for courses from institutions with other than regional accreditation are evaluated for transfer purposes on a case-by-case basis. Courses taken at institutions outside the United States: College-level courses passed with a letter grade of C or higher completed outside the United States and recorded on official transcripts will be evaluated for transfer credit, provided that the institution where the courses were taken is accredited by the Ministry of Education in that country. The University will, therefore, accept a maximum of 84 transfer credits including test credits. Transfer credit is entered on the official University transcript, and may not be removed from the official transcript once posted. No transferred course with a grade lower than C may be counted among the 39 upper-division credits required for graduation. Courses taken at other universities and colleges in a technology curriculum will normally not be transferred as equivalents to engineering or applied sciences courses. Courses offered by regionally accredited colleges and completed while the student was in high school will be evaluated for transfer credit according to the guidelines in the Application of Transfer Credits to General Education Requirements of the Undergraduate Catalog. Students will receive transfer credit for a maximum of four credits of 100-level physical education courses. Those who fail to do so will not receive this transfer credit and may be subject to a range of possible disciplinary actions, including admission revocation and expulsion.

Transfer Credit When they enter, transfer students automatically receive credit toward graduation at Stony Brook for any courses they have already successfully completed at accredited institutions of higher education and that count toward graduation at that institution. The number of credits transferred appears on the Stony Brook transcript with no courses or grades indicated, and the number of transferred credits is unaffected by the student’s score on the Mathematics Placement Examination. In some cases, a course designator ending in PQ (such as MAT 131PQ ) may be placed on the student’s transcript. In addition, transferred mathematics courses are automatically evaluated for applicability to the entry skill in mathematics requirement and the D.E.C. category C requirement or SBC requirement QPS; this evaluation does not depend on the result of the placement examination. Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Close Return to: Majors a Add to My Favorites (opens a new window) Print (opens a new window) Help (opens a new window) T

Transfer Credit Policy Students may apply a maximum of nine transfer credits toward the Accounting Minor. Return to: Minors a Add to My Favorites (opens a new window) Print (opens a new window) Help (opens a new window) T

Transfer Credit Policy Students may apply a maximum of nine transfer credits toward the Finance Minor. Return to: Minors a Add to My Favorites (opens a new window) Print (opens a new window) Help (opens a new window) T

Transfer Credit Policy Students may apply a maximum of nine transfer credits toward the Real Estate and Insurance Minor. Return to: Minors a Add to My Favorites (opens a new window) Print (opens a new window) Help (opens a new window) T

Transfer Credit Policy for students in the Accounting Major Students may apply a maximum of 21 transfer credits toward the Accounting Major.

Notes: 1. Students may transfer credits to satisfy the D.E.C.