Continuing Manhattanville Students
Students seeking to have courses taken at another institution count toward the major or minor must have the relevant department approve the courses. The College will only award transfer credit toward the student‘s degree for coursework approved in advance. Certain departments require higher than a C- for major or minor credit.
The maximum amount of transfer credit that may be applied to the Manhattanville transcript is 90 credits for students matriculating as of Fall 2009; students who enrolled prior to Fall 2009, may transfer in a maximum of 60 credits. In either case, one half of the courses for the major, and one half of the courses for the minor must be completed at Manhattanville.
All credit, except for courses that are part of cooperative programs, will be issued only as total transfer credits; individual courses and grades will not appear on the Manhattanville transcript, and grades earned at a prior institution are not factored into the Manhattanville GPA. Students considering study abroad should note that not all study-abroad programs are cooperative; those who are interested in transferring specific course grades earned during study abroad should consult with the study abroad advisor as early as possible.
Pre-approval is required of matriculated students who plan to take courses at other accredited institutions during the Summer and Winter terms only, or a leave of absence (special approval is necessary if students wish to take courses elsewhere in the Fall or Spring terms.) An evaluation of official transcripts will be completed based on students pre-approval. Credits will not be awarded if the student has not obtained pre-approval. The approval procedure requires completion of the Request for Transfer Credit Approval Form. This form can be obtained on the Registrar's Office website. The department chair as well as the student’s advisor must sign the form, which must indicate the Manhattanville equivalency for the course that will be taken at another institution. The form should be submitted to the transfer credit evaluator.
Please allow 1-2 weeks for processing of transcripts after they have been received in the Registrar's Office.
At the completion of the course, the student must request that an official transcript of the completed course work be sent to the transfer credit evaluator. Upon receipt, the course work will be evaluated and credit will be applied as appropriate.