Instructions for Off-Campus Study Approval
To take academic coursework at another institution and have transfer credit applied to your Oswego record.
Student
Complete this Off-Campus Study Approval form before enrolling in any off campus coursework.
Be sure to clearly indicate the exact subject and course number, along with the title and number of credits.
Meet with your advisor to have a clear understanding of how the course(s) will affect your degree progress in your major, minor, etc.
Check the repeated course box if repeating an Oswego course in which you earned a D or E grade. Be sure to review the course
repeat policy in the College Standards and Policies section of the catalog.
Both you and your advisor must sign this form. If a course does not have an established equivalency on the Transfer Course Guide,
additional signatures will be required – please see sections below.
Upon completion of the course(s), have an official transcript sent directly from the transfer institution to:
SUNY Oswego
Registrar’s Office*
301 Culkin Hall
7060 State Route 104
Oswego NY 13126
* For SUNY Oswego students who are participating in a SUNY Oswego Study Abroad program, the
overseas transcript will be sent to the Office of International Education and Programs.
Please note the following catalog language regarding upper division credit applicability:
o Community College courses which are equivalent in content to SUNY Oswego upper-division courses (course numbers 300-
499) will be transferable as equivalents, but with lower division credit. Lower division courses at four-year colleges may also
be deemed as equivalent to upper division courses at Oswego, but they too will only transfer in as lower division courses. In
any instance where the equivalent Oswego course is lower division, an upper division course at another institution will be
treated as lower division.
If you plan to cross register/use the SUNY Financial Aid Consortium, you must also submit a SUNY Cross Registration request at
suny.edu/crossregister (login using your Oswego credentials).
Advisor
Verify that the student has not already transferred in the maximum amount of transfer credits.
Please review notation above regarding upper division credit applicability.
Verify the course has an established equivalency listed on the Transfer Course Guide. If no equivalency is established, refer the
student to the Department Chairperson of the department that would offer such a course (not the chairperson of the students
major) and to the General Education Director, if the course is also needed to meet a General Education requirement.
o Note: if the course transferring is simply to be used towards overall credits, and not to fulfill a specific degree requirement,
Department Chairperson approval is not necessary.
Check the appropriate category in which the transfer course will be expected to fulfill (i.e. major, Gen Ed, etc.)
Review course repeat policy and impact with student.
Department Chairperson
Review/approve the course(s) listed to establish a transfer equivalency, if one is not already established on the Transfer Course
Guide. Please indicate the SUNY Oswego course equivalent, or indicate if elective credit (i.e. ENG 1XX) should be granted.
Director of General Education
Review/approve any course(s) to be taken for General Education credit if such course is not already designated as fulfilling General
Education.
o Note: if the course transferring in is simply to be used towards overall credits, and not to fulfill a specific degree
requirement, Director of General Education approval is not necessary.
o The SUNY General Education Dashboard of approved courses can be found here:
http://system.suny.edu/academic-affairs/acaproplan/general-education/general-education-dashboards/
Revised:3.2020