Academic Advising and Transfer Credit Approval
Whether students participate in a Calvin semester program, Non-Calvin semester program, or exchange program, they should consult with an academic advisor before committing to a program.
- Transfer credit for core requirements must be approved in advance by the Assistant Registrar for Transfer and Continuing Studies.
- Transfer credit for a major or minor must be approved in advance by an academic advisor in the relevant department.
Students are strongly encouraged to obtain all approvals in writing and keep thorough records. Errors can occur during the transfer credit posting process, and having clear documentation makes corrections much easier.
Calvin Semester Programs
Direct-enroll courses
Calvin students who participate in a study-abroad semester take two types of classes: classes taught by Calvin professors (STXX) and classes taught at a host university or institution (direct-enroll). Direct-enroll credits are transfer credits that Calvin students earn from other institutions. Calvin students can earn Calvin core, major, minor, cognate, and elective credit from both Calvin-taught and direct-enroll classes.
In order to ensure that these credits transfer properly, any student who will be taking direct-enroll classes must fill out the course selection form below and submit it to the registrar.
Once you are registered in direct-enroll classes during your semester abroad, you will see STXX 390 on your Academic Progress page. This is used as a placeholder to make sure all your credit hours are accounted for and you maintain your status as a full-time student.
When your direct-enroll transcript arrives, the STXX 390 course credit hours will be changed to zero and the number of Calvin-equivalent credit hours will be listed. Your grades for these classes are treated like regular transfer credits: the Calvin-equivalent letter grade will be generally recorded on your transcript, but will not be factored into your GPA.
Requesting transfer course approval
Note: You only need to submit the COURSE SELECTION FORM (.docx) for courses taught by host universities, not for courses taught by Calvin faculty.
- Print out and complete the course selection form. Make sure it has been signed by your advisor.
- Core Classes:
- See the list below of pre-approved core equivalencies. If your class is already on that list, then credit for those core classes will be automatically applied.
- If your class is not on that list, then attach a course description to your form. The registrar will evaluate the request and determine whether credit can be applied.
- Major/minor/cognate classes: seek approval from your major/minor program advisor. Submit their signed approval along with your course approval form.
- Bring all of your materials to the Assistant Registrar, Rachel Cush (rvc2@calvin.edu), in the Registrar's Office.
Semester Program Pre-approved Core Equivalencies
Below are core equivalencies that have been pre-approved for students in the past. This list is not comprehensive and is continually growing each semester. *Religion Credit: One religion core must be taken at Calvin. For more information, contact the Assistant Registrar.
Liverpool Hope University
Arts & Rhetoric:
- Contemporary Practices in Art and Design
- Dance in Critical Contexts
- Explorations in Fine Art
- Intro to Fine Art
- Social Comment Cinema
- Themes and Issues in Art & Design History
- Topics in Contemporary Theatre
- Intro to Drama
Humanities:
- England Under Henry VIII
- From Romantic to Victorian Literature
- Intro to Buddhism
- Intro to Judaism
- Intro to Prose Fiction
- Intro to Textual Legacies Part 2
- Intro to Textual Legacies Part 3
- Major Authors and Publishing History
- Old, Middle and Early Modern English
- Philosophical Aesthetics 2: From Kant to Croce
- Judaism in the Shadow of the Shoah
Social & Behavioral Sciences:
- Education and Social Justice
- Educational Psychology
- Politics, Economics, and Educational Research
- Understanding Education Policy
- Analyzing Concepts of International Relations
- Key Thinkers 2
- Psychological Criminology
- Explorations in SEN: Exploring Professional Values and Attitudes
- Security, Peace and Conflict
- World Regions: Understanding the World
Mathematical Sciences:
- Intro to Probability and Statistics
Foundations of Christianity II:
- New Testament Epistolary Literature
- The First Theologians: An Intro To Early Christian Thought
- Christianity Encounters the Modern World
- Theology in an Age of Enlightenment
The Arts:
- History of French Cinema
Language:
- Language courses for the major will need to be approved by an advisor.
Language courses:
- To be determined
From Karoli Gaspar (KG) and Corvinus University (CU)
Rhetoric (Arts and Rhetoric):
- Communication in Fold Culture and Music (KGU)
- Visual Communication (CU)
Humanities:
- History of Civilizations (CU)
- History of Modern Europe (CU)
- 19th & 20th Century Hungarian History (KGU)
- British and American History 2 (KGU)
- Medieval Hungarian History (KGU)
- Communism in East Central Europe (CU)
- Philosophy (CU)
- Selected Topics in NA Literature (KGU)
- Holocaust Literature (KGU)
- Selected Topics in Modern British Literature (KGU)
- Survey of English & American Literature (KGU)
- Topics in American Literature (KGU)
- Hungarian History, Literature, and Culture (KGU)
- Dialogue between Greek Philosophy and Theology (KGU)
Social/Behavioral Sciences :
- Hungarian Language Culture and History (KG)
- International Relations and Institutions (KG)
- SOC 450 The New East-European Uncerclass (CU)
- ECO 131 Microeconomics (CU)
- Urban Sociology (KG)
- Cultural Anthropology (KG)
Arts (Arts and Rhetoric):
- Films and History (CU)
- ART 300 Contemporary Literature, Film, and Visual Arts (CU)
- ART 302: Fields and Sciences: Reading the Arts, Culture and Design (CU)
- Intro to Modern and Contemporary Irish Drama (KGU)
- Hungarian Art and Cultural History (KGU)
Universidad Catolica San Pablo
Arts and Rhetoric:
- Oratoria
- Comunicacion II
- Introduccion a la Comunicacion
- Artes Plasticas
- Art Appreciation
- Musica
Humanities:
- Introduccion a la Filosofia
- Apreciacion literaria
- Historia de la Cultura Occidental I
- Historia de la Cultura Occidental II
- Ethics
Foundations of Christianity I:
- Teologia
Social/Behavioral:
- Psicologia general
- Political Science
- Economia general
- Sociologia, Microeconomia
Arts, Oral Rhetoric, Visual Rhetoric
- Oral and visual rhetoric:
- Historia y concepto del Patrimonio cultural (Art History Department UniOvi)
- Sociedad y cultura españolas (Casa de las lenguas)
- Visual arts
- Arte española (Casa de las lenguas)
- Análisis y técnicas de la obra de arte (Art History department UniOvi)
- Análisis y técnicas de la obra de arte (regular History department UniOvi)
- Historia del arte iberoamericana (Art History department UniOvi)
- Mercado, crítica del arte y comisariado de exposiciones (Art History department UniOvi)
- Performing arts
- Introducción a la musicología (Music Department UniOvi)
Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Psychology
- Psicología (through Psychology Department UniOvi)
- Psicología del trabajo (through Relaciones laborales degree UniOvi)
- Anthropology
- Atropología social (through Educación social Department UniOvi
- Sociology & Social Work
- Sociología (offered through Geography Department UniOvi)
- Sociología (Social Work Department UniOvi)
- Political Science
- Introducción a la ciencia política (Trabajo social or Gestión pública Department UniOvi)
- Economics
- Economía global (Economics department UniOvi)
- Geography
- Análisis e interpretación del paisaje (Geography Department UniOvi)
Mathematical Sciences
- Análisis matemática (Mathematics department UniOvi)
- Estadística (Statistics department UniOvi)
Natural Sciences
- Biología evolutiva (Biology department UniOvi)
Humanities elective options (note: six hours of core Humanities credit come from SPAN 308 and SPAN 309)
- Introduccion a la Filosofia (offered through Art History Department UniOvi)
- Introducción al estudio de la historia contemporánea (History Department UniOvi)
- Historia contemporánea (Philosophy Department, UniOvi)
- Introducción al estudio de la historia contemporánea (Geography Department UniOvi)
- Introducción al estudio de la historia contemporánea (Art History Department UniOvi)
Other:
- Introduccion lingüística al estudio del inglés (has worked as an English 370 cognate)
- Adquisición del lenguage y logopedia (substitutes for SPAN 341 for students with a provably tight schedule; please consult directing professor)
- Corrientes actuales de la lingüística (substitutes for SPAN 341 for students with a provably tight schedule; please consult directing professor)
- Comprensión y producción del lenguaje (substitutes for SPAN 341 for non-education students with a provably tight schedule; please consult directing professor)
- Sociolingüística del español (has worked as an elective for a linguistics degree)
- Sociología de la educación (has substituted for Education 205)
NOTE: you must seek individual approval for any course (including those above) to count as an elective/cognate for another minor/major.
Elective credit (some courses taken previously)
- Introducción a las finanzas
- Psicología de la educación
You are also encouraged to take a course that interests you personally. Many other courses are available at uniovi.es.
- No direct-enroll core equivalencies are currently available.