External Required Course Approval Process

  • Students planning to transfer credit for a CGS required course must follow the evaluation process outlined below and additionally make an appointment with the appropriate CGS Divisional Chair for course evaluation.
    • Humanities: Room 307, 617-353-2876
    • Natural Sciences: Room 407, 617-353-2886
    • Rhetoric: Room 119, 617-358-2917
    • Social Sciences: Room 517, 617-353-2907

    You should go to the scheduled appointment with the appropriate CGS Divisional Chair, with the following materials:

    • Full external course syllabus
    • Full external course description

    If the course has been approved, you must notify CGS Student Services, room 211.

    You must earn a final grade of ‘C’ or higher for BU to accept credit for approved external courses. To get the credits posted on your BU transcript, after completing the approved external course(s), request that an official external transcript be sent directly to CGS using the following address:

    Boston University College of General Studies
    871 Commonwealth Avenue
    Boston, MA 02215

    All electronic transcripts must be sent to cgs@bu.edu. Transcripts should be sent after you have received your course grade.

    Please follow these instructions carefully to ensure that your external transcript arrives to the proper destination so it can be processed in a timely manner.