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Transfer Credit Approval Form
Make an appointment with the appropriate official at your school (Director of Study Abroad, Registrar,
Dean, etc.) and discuss the issues below and other pertinent questions you might have. School official
must complete and sign this form. Completed forms should be sent to Heidelberg University, 310 E.
Market St. Tiffin, OH 44883. Please note that you need to sign the form as well in order to give
permission to have your official transcript sent to your home campus.
Student’s Name ______________________________________________________________
I. Information on course selection
A. Students can review a list of courses previously taken by AJY students or the AJY
Course Catalog at: http://www.heidelberg.edu/american-junior-year/ajy-academics
B. During the first four weeks in Heidelberg (preliminary course), we will have several general
sessions regarding academic planning.
C. Each student then meets with the Resident Director to discuss his/her tentative course
selection using the current Universität Heidelberg Course Catalog (Vorlesungsverzeichnis).
D. Students discuss their course selection with you via e-mail prior to the start of the University
semester in October or in April. For that purpose, we provide students course descriptions in
German and English.
II. Certification
A. The student named above is in good standing at this institution and has permission to participate
in the American Junior Year at Heidelberg University.
Credit will ___ will not ___ be accepted in transfer subject to the following conditions:
_________________________________________________________
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B. Credit will be transferred back to the home campus (please check one):
___ with grades as listed on the Heidelberg University transcript which will be calculated into the
student'
s cumulative GPA.
___ as equivalent credit (for courses completed with a grade of "C" or better). Grades will not
affect the home campus cumulative GPA.
___ other (Please explain.) __________________________________________________
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C. The AJY program offers students the possibility of applying for 3-credit internships.
Is an internship requiring 120 hours of work, an evaluation by the internship supervisor, and a
journal / PowerPoint presentation acceptable for credit at your institution?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
III. Additional transfer credit issues you may wish to discuss with the above-mentioned student:
Will your college or university accept semester hours credit? How are they converted to the
system in use at your school, whether that is quarter hours, semester hours or course units?
Although there are many exceptions, the normal unit of credit at the University of Heidelberg is a
two-hour (two semester credit hour) course. How will this be treated by your institution? Can two
related courses be combined? Would you recommend to the student to upgrade the credit level for
a course by doing extra credit work, when this is possible? Or does your institution not require a
direct course-to-course equivalency, allowing the student more flexibility?
Can courses taken at the University of Heidelberg count toward fulfillment of general distribution
requirements or major and minor requirements? What conditions apply?
Does the student need to secure a leave of absence from your institution? How can s/he arrange
this?
When in Heidelberg, how can the student best deal with details of course registration, housing
registration, and the like for the term when s/he plans to return to your campus? Can this be done
online? Which offices on campus will need to be contacted?
IV. The transcript for the above named student should be sent to the following person/office:
*** Heidelberg University offers and prefers secure electronic transcript delivery through ***
*** SCRIP-SAFE International®. ***
Prefer Electronic Delivery to: (Review list of schools online at http://www.scrip-
safe.com/products/electronic-transcripts/network-members.aspx).
( ) Electronic Network Recipient: ___________________________________________________
Write name of school as appears on the on
line list
If:
School/Recipient not on list… Electronic Delivery to:
( ) Electronically Outside the Network:
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Name of Recipient: ____________________________________________________________________
Recipient’s Email: _____________________________________________________________________
Confirm Recipient’s Email: ______________________________________________________________
Recipient’s Title/Office: ________________________________________________________________
College/University: ____________________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________________
Requestor’s email: (Electronically sent transcripts ONLY to receive confirmation of sending and receipt)
Email: ________________________________________
Confirm Email: _________________________________
Thank you for taking the time to complete this form. If you have any questions about the academic
policies of the American Junior Year program, please feel free to contact the Resident Director, Hanne
Heckmann, Ph.D. at h.heckmann@uni-heidelberg.de.
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Signature Date
Name (printed)
Title
______________________________________________ _____________________________
Office / Department
College or University
TO THE APPLICANT: I hereby give permission to Heidelberg University Registrar’s Office to release
my transcript to my home campus.
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Date
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Signature
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Name (printed)
Send completed form to:
Heidelberg University, 310 E. Market St. Tiffin, OH 44883
ajy@heidelberg.edu | Fax: (419) 448-2217
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