Transfer Credit Approval Versus Course Evaluations
- Transferring credit to Rutgers -New Brunswick requires approval from the student's school.
- The relevant department at Rutgers must evaluate the content of the course to determine if it is equivalent to one that they offer.
- If you have questions about school transfer requirements, please inquire with your school.
Link to SEBS Office of Academic Services
Transfer Evaluations for Life Sciences
Current SAS Students looking for transfer credit preapproval, please see: https://sasundergrad.rutgers.edu/transferpreapprovals.
- Please submit course syllabi (including lecture schedules and textbook information) for evaluation.
- For Transfer Course Evaluations, for courses taken before transfer to Rutgers, please see guidance and portal for departmental evaluations at: https://sasundergrad.rutgers.edu/transferpreapprovals
Current SEBS Students looking for transfer credit preapproval for life science coursework, please use: Transfer Course Preapproval Process | School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
- Please submit course syllabi (including lecture schedules and textbook information) for evaluation.
- For Transfer Course Evaluations, for courses taken before transferring to Rutgers, please see: Forms | School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Students in other schools or colleges (such as MGSA, Engineering, RBS, or SEBS) must contact their own academic services office for information on transfer course preapproval, the process, and the requireddocuments.
Transfer Requirements for the Division of Life Sciences
- Because every department structures its curriculum differently, mixing first-year introductory biology courses between multiple schools results in students missing important content.
- Thus, we require that all semesters of introductory life science coursework be conducted at a single institution.
- The Division of Life Sciences must evaluate all coursework before any equivalent course can be determined. Please contact the Director of Advising, Biological Sciences, for assistance.
- Any non-Life Sciences course (for example, Chemistry, Physics, or Calculus) must be evaluated by the appropriate department at Rutgers.
- Most courses at the New Jersey County and Community Colleges have been evaluated and their Rutgers transfer status listed on NJ Transfer.
Residency Requirement for Biological Sciences
- Students who plan to major in Biological Sciences must keep in mind that a maximum of 16 credits of coursework from among General Biology, Genetics, and the Life Sciences electives may be transferred from any institution outside of Rutgers-New Brunswick.
- Those students who wish to minor in Biological Sciences are limited to 3 courses taken at institutions outside of Rutgers-New Brunswick.
General Biology at Other Rutgers Campuses
Camden:
General Biology I with lab (50:120:101 and 107) and
General Biology II with lab (50:120:102 and 108)
(Both semesters must be taken at a single campus)
Newark:
Concepts in Biology (21:120:200 or 28:120:200, 4 cr) and
Foundations in Ecology and Evolution with lab (21:120:205 or 21:216:205 or 28:120:205 and 206, 4 cr) and
Foundations in Molecular and Cellular Bio with lab (21:120:201 and 202, 4 cr)
(All three semesters with labs must be taken for equivalency to General Biology at New Brunswick.)
Please note that "General Biology" at Newark (21:120:101 and 102) is no longer a class for science majors, effective Fall 2011 and later.
Winter and Summer Session Courses
- Winter session courses of greater than 1 credit will not count for the major. All courses toward the Biological Sciences major/minor must run for at least 5 weeks to count.