You should begin by looking at the inventory of courses approved for credit over the last five years at Bucknell, found at:
Bucknell Transfer Course Equivalency Information
This list is maintained by Sarah Paris in the Registrar's office.
If the course in which you are interested appears on the list, you will still need to obtain approval from your academic adviser and the economics chair. You should do so before registering for the course, in case approval is not granted. You may also be asked to contact the other university to obtain a copy of the current syllabus.
If the course in which you are interested is not on this list, you should request a copy of the syllabus from the other university and submit it to your academic adviser and the economics chair.
Once approval is granted, you should complete the request for transfer credit for current students, which can be found on the registrar's home page.
You should complete the section of this form asking for your information and then submit it to your adviser and the economics department chair. If the course is approved for transfer, the form will be transmitted to the Registrar's office, either by the student requesting the transfer credit or by the department chair.
Upon successful completion of the course and the submission of your official transcript to the Registrar's office, the credit will appear on your academic progress report and transcript. Please note that the grade received at the other university will not appear on your Bucknell transcript.
A few useful notes:
- When reviewing course offerings at other schools, please keep in mind that economics is a hierarchical discipline. Many colleges offer classes titled "Microeconomics" or "Macroeconomics" that are in fact designed as principles of microeconomics or principles of macroeconomics. If the course description includes language such as "introduction" or "principles," the course is likely being offered at the 100 level. In these cases, we are willing to review the course descriptions, but the course will almost certainly transfer as a 100-level course. If you have already completed Econ 101, you will not get credit for this course because it will replicate material you have already learned.
- Many other institutions offer a two-semester sequence of principles of economics, including a semester of principles of microeconomics and a semester of macroeconomics. If you take only one of these courses and pass the course, the course will transfer as Econ 1TR. If you take both courses and pass both, the two courses will transfer as an Econ 1TR and Econ 101. Only the latter can be counted toward the economics major.
- At present, our Econ 202 and Econ 203, Intermediate Microeconomics and Intermediate Macroeconomics, respectively, require principles of economics and a semester of calculus as prerequisites. We will need to review syllabi from other institutions to verify that any transfer courses have the same prerequisites.
- The vast majority of courses presented to the economics department for consideration for transfer credit have only principles of economics as a prerequisite. We ask that you keep this point in mind, as you will most likely only earn Econ 2TR for transfer credits.