Study Abroad
The Office of Study Abroad is the initial point of contact for all students wishing to take courses abroad, either through a "Duke in" Program or at any other institution not in the United States. In all cases, a student wishing to undertake study abroad should contact the Office of Study Abroad.
The Office of Study Abroad maintains a database of previously approved courses and their transfer equivalents at Duke. If your course has been previously approved, the Office of Study Abroad will be able to process the transfer credit.
If your course has not been previously approved, you must obtain approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Students should initiate the process with the Office of Study Abroad by completing an "Approval of Study Abroad Transfer Credit Courses" form. In addition to the form, students will need to provide a description of the course(s) in question, such as a description from a course catalog, web print-out or course syllabus. Students also need to provide information on where the course(s) fits into the program of study at the institution in question (i.e. is it a course for majors?; is it an intro, intermediate or advanced course?; etc.). A good way to do this is to provide course descriptions for any pre-requisites to the course you are seeking to transfer.
Students may submit these materials with the approval form directly to the EcoTeach Center who will forward them to the Director of Undergraduate Studies for approval and then to the Office of Study Abroad for final processing.
Domestic Study
For credit approval of courses taken at domestic institutions other than Duke, bring the course catalogue, course description, syllabus and/or any other course information to the EcoTeach Center. At a minimum, you must have a course description for the course you wish to transfer as well as course descriptions for any pre-requisites to the course you wish to transfer. You will need to complete a "Tentative Approval of Courses at Other Institutions" form. Please pen in your e-mail address and major (or write "undeclared" if applicable) on the top right corner of the form. This will assist us in forwarding the form to the appropriate Dean and in notifying you of how the credit will transfer.
The EcoTeach Center will secure the review and approval of the Director and/or Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies. At this point, you will be notified via e-mail as to the outcome of your request. If the course(s) is approved for transfer back to Duke, we will then forward the form to the appropriate Dean, who will verify the contact hours for the course to ensure that the course meets for the same number of hours as a Duke course. Once the Dean has given approval, the form will then go to the Registrar's Office where it will be matched with the transcript from the institution in question and added to your Academic Record (once you have taken the course, ask the transfer university to send a confidential transcript to Duke's registrar). Students who have not yet declared a major must hand-deliver their approval form to the Pre-Major Advising Center for processing. Undeclared students will be notified via e-mail when the form is ready to be picked-up.
Trinity's Transfer Credit Policy
To access Trinity College's policy on transfer credit, click here. Note that all transfer credit can be used to fulfill the five (5) Areas of Knowledge under Curriculum 2000. Students seeking fulfillment of a Mode of Inquiry through transfer credit must petition Trinity College.
Departmental Transfer Credit Guidelines
When transfering credit through the Economics Department, the following guidelines apply:
- A maximum of two (2) course credits from all study abroad courses and/or courses taken at other domestic institutions may be counted toward economics major or minor requirements. One exception is for courses taken through the full-year program at the London School of Economics (in which case the maximum number of transfer credits is four (4));
- Any approved Principles of Macroeconomics & Microeconomics course will transfer in as Econ 51D;
- In most cases, an approved Intermediate Microeconomics course will transfer as Econ 55D, however there is a slim possibility that a student could earn Economics credit for Econ 105D if the course has sufficient mathematical rigor and the content/coverage is consisted with that of Econ 105D;
- Generally, courses with sufficient economics content but no economics prerequisites will be granted Econ 888 credit or their exact Duke equivalent (which will be below the 100-level). Econ 888 courses may not be used toward any requirements of the economics major or minor, though they may be used toward general university requirements;
- Generally, courses with sufficient economics content and prerequisites of at least the Principles level will be granted Econ 999 credit or their exact Duke equivalent (which will be at the 100+ level). All such courses will count as credit toward major requirements (assuming the student has no more than two) as well as toward university requirements.
Overview of Process of Securing Transfer Credit Approval
- Student brings course info to EcoTeach Center or Office of Study Abroad;
- Student completes accompanying form: "Approval of Study Abroad Transfer Credit Courses" or "Tentative Approval of Courses at Other Institutions;"
- DUS and/or ADUS reviews request and makes transfer credit recommendation;
- EcoTeach Center or Office of Study Abroad notifies student via e-mail;
- Approval forms are sent to the appropriate Dean for contact hours verification. PMAC students must hand-deliver form to PMAC;
- Student asks the transfer institution to send a sealed and confidential transcript directly to the Duke University Registrar;
- Dean forwards completed approval form to the Duke University Registrar;
- Registrar matches approval form to transcript and enters course on student's Academic Record.
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