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Petitioning Courses for Major Credit, Study Abroad, Transfer Credits, Advanced Language & Graduate Level Coures

  • Students wishing to take a course in the College that currently does not have an AIR* course attribute (those designated to count towards the IR major) may petition to have a course count towards their IR Major if they can demonstrate, with a syllabus or research paper, the relevance of the course to their particular course of study in the major.
  • Students wishing to take graduate level courses (either in Arts and Sciences or in one of the professional schools) may petition to have a course count towards their IR Major if they can demonstrate, with a syllabus or research paper, the relevance of the course to their particular course of study in the major. Note that addmition to graduate level courses is strictly at the discretion of the instructor of the course, and the IR Program cannot facillitate your getting permission to take the course.
  • Students may petition to have one (1) C.U. of advanced language training (courses with titles such as "xxxx for Business" or "xxxx for the Professions") count towards their electives in the major 

 

  • Students seeking major credit for courses taken abroad must follow a two step process:
    • If a course does not already have a Penn course number designated for it, students should contact Mark Castillo or Dr. Nishino to inquire if their desired course could potentially fit within the IR curriculum
    • Then, students must apply for Penn credit through the XCAT system. When requesting Penn credit, students should direct their request to the appropriate disciplinary department (e.g. Political Science, Economics, History, Sociology, etc.), not to the IR Program (we do not approve courses for Penn credit).
    • Once the course has been assigned a Penn course number and appears on the student's transcript, students should contact Mark Castillo or Dr. Nishino to update their DegreeWorks pages.  We will provide a confirmation.
  • The process for requesting major credit for transfer credits from institutions other than Penn is the similar to that for study abroad credits

 

Petition Forms (please fill out the appropriate form and email to Dr. Nishino)