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Students can request prior course approval through the Student Administration System. 

Before taking classes at another institution for transfer, it is recommended that you request an evaluation of the transferability of the course(s). Knowing

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whether or not a course is taken at another institution will transfer to UConn prior to taking that course will help you in planning accordingly. 

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If you plan on attending a college or university University in Connecticut AND the course(s) can be found in  Search the Transfer Course Equivalencies on  search tool on the Office of Undergraduate Admissions' Transfer Course Equivalencies page, then no prior approval is necessary.

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  1. Log in

     to

     to your Student Administration account.

  2. The My Academics page will then display. Click the Prior Course Approval link.
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  3. Navigate to

    From the Main Menu

    . 
  4. Click on Self-Service. 
  5. Select Student Center. The Student Center will appear.
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  6. Under the Academics section, click the My Academics link.
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  7. click on the Manage Classes tile.
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  8. Select Prior Course Approval from the left menu.

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  9. The Prior Course Approval

  10.  page
  11.  page will display

  12. with
  13. your academic career, program, and plan information.

  14. If
  15. If previously approved courses display, click

  16. the Plus 
  17. the Plus button to begin a new request.

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  20. Begin by entering the

     term

     term code

     you

     you wish to apply for. If you do not know what code to use,

    you can

    click

    the 

    the magnifying glass button next to the field to look it up.

  21. Enter the name of

    the 

    the College you plan to attend,

    the 

    the City,

    and 

    and the State.

  22. Enter the name of

    the 

    the Subject

    ,

     using the subject name that the school you plan to attend uses.

  23. Enter

    the 

    the School Course Number

    .  Use

    using the course number the school you plan to attend uses.

  24. Enter 

    Enter Y

     if

     if the course you plan to take will be an online class.  If the course will not be taught online,

    enter N.

    enter N.

  25. Enter Y or N for whether the course will be outside of the U.S.

  26. Click Save and send email

Note

Transfer credit policies prohibit the award of transfer credit for laboratory sciences or foreign languages taught online

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  1. You can request up to five prior course approvals at a time. Questions regarding how the transfer credit will eventually be applied towards specific degree requirements should be addressed directly with your academic advisor. 
  2. Prior Course Approval requests may be made during specific dates only, which correspond to specific terms:
    1. From March 15th to June 15th, you can make prior approval requests for the Summer and Fall terms. 
    2. From September 15th to January 15th, you can make prior approval requests for the Winter and Spring terms. 

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  1. If you made multiple requests, scroll through the results of each request by clicking the arrow buttons to the right of the blue bar.
  2. Courses not equivalent to a specific UConn course but still transferable are given a 5-digit generic designation beginning with the number 9.
Note

Once you have completed the approved course and met the basic requirements for eligibility of transfer credit, you must request that an official transcript be sent directly to the University of Connecticut.  For For more details, visit the Office of Undergraduate Admissions' Transfer Credit Guidelines page.

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