General Transfer Issues

All credit transfers are handled by Student Records over in 140 Thackeray Hall. However, there are several issues that can be resolved by your advisor.

First, it is worth knowing that classes with titles that closely match Pitt classes tend to transfer in for these classes. In addition, Student Records maintains lists of equivalent classes from many schools from which we commonly get students.  The webpage is a little tricky.  You have to search by the full name of the school, then deselect "All" in the transfer subject area so you can pick just the subject or subjects you are interested in .  The resulting table is very wide in a narrow window, so to see the Pitt equivalents you have to move way to the right within the window.

If a class you took elsewhere did not transfer in as a Pitt class, but it is very similar to a Pitt class, it is likely that you can get it to count for that Pitt class. If this class is offered by Geology and Environmental Science, please see your advisor. If it was offered by another department, please visit Student Records (140 Thackeray Hall) with a course description and syllabus in hand. They will consult with the appropriate people.

Second, although your advisor has no sway over what counts for the General Education Requirements, we do may be able to approve transfer classes for your major. For example, if you took a class in ore geology, which we do not offer, we can count this as an elective even though Pitt will only count it as generic geology credits. Talk to your advisor!

Transferring in a Random Summer Course

If you want to take a summer class at another university that is NOT your geology summer field camp, please fill out the Request to Take Summer Courses at Another College or University form.  This form tends to be available only when summer enrollment at Pitt begins.

Transferring in a Geology Summer Field Camp

There are only two things you need to do to transfer in your geology summer field camp credits:

1. Before you sign up for your camp, get Dr. Jones's approval by sending him a link to the field camp course description.  He will then send this approval to Student Records so that your field camp will count as GEOL 1960 Geology Field Camp.

2. After the field course is completed, get the transcript sent directly to Pitt's Student Records from the university that ran the field camp.  The host university can email an official electronic transcript to studentrecords@as.pitt.edu, or they can mail an official transcript directly to:

Student Records
140 Thackeray Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Student Records will not accept unofficial transcripts, and your grade must be a C or better for the credits to transfer.