Transfer students may use this form to request an appeal of business coursework taken before admission to Boston University. Students may NOT appeal business coursework that was taken at another institution after they matriculate to BU. Students may appeal for transfer equivalency only once per course, and must do so in the first semester of enrollment in Questrom.
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.
Courses Eligible for Appeal
You must have received Questrom elective credit for the course(s) you are appealing. For example, if you took Financial Accounting at your previous institution, your transfer credit evaluation must show QST AC 2** 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 section.
The following subjects are available for appeal:
Financial Accounting – appeal for AC221
Managerial Accounting – appeal for AC222
International Management – appeal for IM345
Business Law/Introduction to Law – appeal for LA245
Information Systems – appeal for IS223
Management Communications/Communications* – appeal for SM275
Dynamics of Leading Organizations/Organizational Behavior – appeal for MO221
Statistics or Business Statistics I** – appeal for QM221
Statistics or Business Statistics II – appeal for QM222
Statistics or Business Statistics II using Python – appeal for BA222
You can search for these classes and a description of course content on MyBU Student. This may help determine if your course is a potential match
*If you received business communications or communication credit evaluated as COM CO1**, this can be appealed for SM275
**If you received statistics credit and it was evaluated as CAS MA113, CAS MA115, CAS MA116, or CAS EC203, this will cover your QM221 requirement. Please email the UDC to request that your record be updated by the external transfer advisor
Grade Requirements
Students entering Questrom in the summer/fall of 2021 or after must have received a C or better for the course you are appealing.
Students entering Questrom prior to fall of 2021 must have received a B or better for the course you are appealing.
Your grade from your previous coursework will not appear on your BU transcript
Syllabus Requirements
A syllabus for each course you are appealing is required for review. Your syllabus must include:
- Textbook information
- Week by week breakdown of topics covered, not just a listing of Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc.
- Length of the course
- Assessment methods (homework, papers, quizzes, exams, etc)
Intra-University Transfers to Questrom
Intra-University Transfers (IUTs) to Questrom who are external transfers to Boston University and took business course(s) prior to attending BU must submit appeal(s) within two weeks of receiving the IUT acceptance email. For these student, this is the only opportunity to submit appeal(s) and have your course(s) reviewed. Appeals received after the two week deadline will not be considered. Appeals will be reviewed and students will be informed by the 15th of the following month.
Deadlines
External Transfer Students who were direct admits into the Questrom School of Business for the Fall 2024 semester may first submit by July 15, 2024, appeals submitted by this date will receive a response before the start of the academic year. Following this, appeals received by September 18, 2024 will receive a response before spring course registration.
One final review of new Fall 2024 external transfer credits will take place until Friday, November 1, 2024. NO EXTERNAL CREDITS WILL BE REVIEWED AFTER THIS DATE. Responses submitted at this time are not guaranteed to have a response prior to registration.
External Transfer students to other colleges at BU may appeal previous business coursework at any time during their first year at BU. For those planning to intra-university transfer into Questrom, their appeals must be received within two weeks of receiving their Questrom admittance email at the absolute latest.
Business Course Equivalency Appeal Form
Business Course Transfer Equivalency Appeal Form
To request transfer equivalency for business courses that you took at your previous university or college. Students may appeal for transfer equivalency only once per course, and you must do it in your first semester of enrollment in Questrom.
Boston University Questrom School of Business
Undergraduate Development Center
Rafik B. Hariri Building
595 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 102
Boston, MA 02215
Undergraduate Development Center
Rafik B. Hariri Building
595 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 102
Boston, MA 02215