Bryn Mawr College

Summer School Elsewhere

Many students choose to take summer courses at other institutions. If you decide to take a summer course with the intention of transferring the credit towards your Bryn Mawr degree, you should keep the following things in mind:

 

Bryn Mawr will only confer transfer credit for liberal arts courses taken at a 4-year college or university in which you obtain a grade of 2.0 ( C ) or better.

 

One Bryn Mawr unit equals 4 credit hours. Many courses at other institutions are only 3 credit hours. However, if the summer course you wish to take is 3 credit hours on the semester system and at least four weeks long, Bryn Mawr will "round up" the course and accept it as equal to 4 credit hours. If the summer course you wish to take is offered on the quarter system, the class has to be 5 credit hours in order for the credit to be transferred towards your Bryn Mawr degree.

It is your responsibility to find out how long your summer course is, how many credit hours it carries, and whether the class is on the semester system or the quarter system. If you have any questions about this, consult the registrar at the school at which you plan to take the course.

Online courses, internships, and fieldwork courses that do not involve papers and exams are not awarded transfer credit.

 

Courses taken at colleges or universities abroad that are not part of an approved study-abroad program are usually not accepted toward the undergraduate degree.

Like other transfer credits, summer courses taken through institutions other than Bryn Mawr are not factored into your GPA. Summer classes at Penn are treated as transfer credit.

Students may transfer up to four units of credit for courses taken during the summers. No more than two units may be transferred from any one summer. If a student takes a summer course at Bryn Mawr, this is not considered a transfer course, and the grade she earns will be counted towards her GPA.