TRANSFER PRE-APPROVAL

Office of the Registrar

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENT:

Please see page 2 for rules regarding acceptable transfer work.

1. Complete Student Section of the form. Use a different form for every school.

2. E-mail the completed form to the advisor whose signature is required below and ask the advisor to enter his/her name in the appropriate space and e-mail the form to the Registrar at registrar@knox.edu.

3. If you wish to use any of the courses to satisfy major or minor requirements, fill out the “PERMISSION TO USE TRANSFER OR OFF-CAMPUS COURSE WORK TO SATISFY MAJOR REQUIREMENTS” form.

4. Include with the form (see page 2) official descriptions of the courses. The form should be received no later than two weeks before the end of the term prior to when the courses are to be taken.

5. After completing the work, arrange for the college where the work was completed to send an official transcript directly to the Office of the Registrar, Campus Box 145, Knox College, 2 East South Street, Galesburg, IL 61401. Credit will not be awarded until the Office of the Registrar receives an official transcript.

STUDENT SECTION

ID Number: Enter ID Number here.	Name of Student: Enter name here.
School where student will take courses: Enter school here.	Term and Year when study will take place: (e.g. SU 2010) Term / Year

Course Number at Transfer College	Course Name at Transfer College	Credits	Registrar’s Use Knox Equivalent
Example	EN 110	College Composition 1	3 sem. hours	ENG 101
Enter course number.	Enter course name.	Enter credits.
Enter course number.	Enter course name.	Enter credits.
Enter course number.	Enter course name.	Enter credits.
Enter course number.	Enter course name.	Enter credits.
Enter course number.	Enter course name.	Enter credits.
Enter course number.	Enter course name.	Enter credits.

ADVISOR SECTION

My signature below indicates that I have discussed the student’s plan for transferring work into Knox.

Faculty advisor signature: Advisor sign here.	Date: Select today’s date.

RULES REGARDING TRANSFER

Liberal arts subjects generally will transfer.

Physical education courses do not transfer.

Usually, approval is not given for more than 3 courses in one summer.

Only grades of C or better transfer to Knox. Hence, do not elect a pass/fail option unless the school’s transcript states that a pass is a grade of C or better.

No more than 18 credits will be accepted from community colleges.

No more than 2.0 credits will be accepted from distance-learning or Internet courses.

Transfer credits are not counted into grade point averages.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Either copy and paste descriptions from the college’s website below or e-mail to the Registrar at registrar@knox.edu.

Paste course descriptions here.