If you are considering transferring credits:
- Read the GC Policy and Procedure: Transfer of Academic Credits.
- Please check the Student Handbook for your Training Area for specific Transfer Credit Requirements.
- Official Transcripts: If the Admissions Office received official transcripts in your admissions package, please attach a copy of the transcript to the Transfer Credit Form.
- If the there is no official transcript on file, students will need to order an official transcript from the appropriate school(s). (Keep the transcript and original envelope together – they will later be attached to the Transfer Credit Form.)
- Undergraduate courses taken in excess of baccalaureate requirements may not be offered as advanced standing; nor may Graduate courses taken to meet admission requirements.
- The final 30 credits for the PhD degree must be taken at The City University.
- For the PhD Degree, a student may transfer from other accredited universities not more than 30 credits approved by the Department (no grade below B accepted).
- The student’s faculty advisor reviews courses with their advisee – students should be prepared to show course descriptions and syllabus of proposed courses to be transferred.
- Faculty advisor completes the Transfer Credit Form with their advisee:
Please PRINT CLEARLY!
1. Discipline, EMPL ID #, Date of Admission, Name and address of student;
2. Term Ending (Semester in which course was taken), Name of Institution, Course Title and Course Number, Grade received;
3. CUNY Equivalent (Course name AND number OR number of equivalent blanket credits), CUNY Credits (leave blank if Blanket Credits), Graduate Advisor Signature and Date,* and Executive Officer Signature and date.
4. Flag courses on the original transcript that are being transferred
5. If original transcript is not on file in the Admission's Office, attach student’s original transcript and envelope to form. Faculty Advisor should print their name underneath their signature.
6. Advisor signs and dates form
- All original paperwork should be hand delivered or mailed using trackable mail to the APO for review, EO’s signature and processing through the administration.
Please mail paperwork to:
Basya Kasinitz
APO of Academic Support and Student Progress
GSUC/CUNY-Psychology
365 Fifth Avenue, Room 6304.34
New York, NY 10016
- Please make sure the Administrative person of your training area is copied on all correspondence with the Psychology Executive Office.