Curriculum and Transfer Credits

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Transfer Credits

Transfer credit evaluations are coordinated by the Office of the University Registrar for all admitted students who have completed college coursework in the U.S.

For course credit to transfer, the grade earned must be equal to a “C” or better, and the content and depth of the course must be similar to a course offered at Boston University.

Note that the grade you earned in the course does not transfer; only the credits do (i.e., your previous grades will not contribute to your Boston University GPA).

Please visit the Registrar’s website to learn more about the transfer credit process and courses from your college that may already have transfer equivalency at Boston University. 

Transfer students who have completed college coursework internationally will receive their transfer credit evaluations through Undergraduate International Admissions. You may contact this office at intadmis@bu.edu or 617-353-4492.

For business courses taken at your previous institution, you will be able to go through an appeal process to see if these courses can be awarded equivalency credit toward degree requirements. Questrom courses that can be appealed include:

• AC221 Financial Accounting
• AC222 Managerial Accounting
• BA222 Modeling Business Decisions and Market Outcomes with Spreadsheets and Statistical Programming
• IM345 International Management
• IS223 Introduction to Information Systems
• LA245 Introduction to Law
• MO221 The Dynamics of Leading Organizations
• QM221 Probabilistic and Statistical Decision Making for Management
• QM222 Modeling Business Decisions and Market Outcomes
• SM275 Management Communications.

You must have received a “C” or better for the course you are appealing.

You must have received Questrom elective credit for the course you are appealing. For example, if you took financial accounting at your previous institution, your transfer credit evaluation must show QST AC 2TR credit equivalency for that course. This information can be found through your MyBU Student Portal, under the Academics section, by clicking the External Credits & Test Scores. If you took a statistics course and received CAS MA 1TR, CAS MA 113, 115, or 116 the course can be reviewed for QST QM 221 (Statistics I) or 222 (Statistics II). Similarly, if you received COM CO 1**, elective credit, for a business communications course the course can be reviewed for QST SM 275.

You may appeal for transfer equivalency only once per course, and you must do so by the deadlines listed on the form.

If your appeal is granted, you will receive transfer equivalency and will not need to take the respective course.

If your appeal is denied, you will retain the elective credit for your previous course but will need to take the equivalent Questrom course.

Questions regarding this policy should be directed to the Questrom School of Business Undergraduate Development Center (UDC), by either visiting 595 Commonwealth Ave., Suite 102, calling 617-353-2650, or emailing questromudc@bu.edu.

Previous coursework that will not be awarded credit toward degree requirements includes coursework in classes for which Questrom does not offer equivalent or similar courses, regardless of level (e.g., sports marketing, fashion business courses).

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Liberal Arts Credits

Most liberal arts courses are awarded transfer credit if they have been completed at regionally accredited institutions. Your preliminary credit evaluation lists courses that have been evaluated as direct equivalents of liberal arts courses that are required for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree.

Boston University may also award credit for strong scores in the College Board AP, International Baccalaureate, A-Level, and/or German Abitur Exams. Acceptable exams are limited to the liberal arts.

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Other Credits

Credit is not granted for internships, physical education, dance, musical group/class, or ROTC courses, or for activities such as orientation, choir, band, or student service.