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Course Transfer Information

Transfer Evaluations are being conducted at the Economics Undergraduate Office

Office: Social & Behavioral Sciences Building (SBS), Room S-601

Office phone: 631-632-7540

E-mail: ugeconomics@stonybrook.edu

Office hours: The best way to schedule an appointment is via e-mail.

 

Instructions

Students can transfer no more than  four economics courses taken at another institution. A grade of C or higher must be earned for any course counted towards the ECO major, whether taken at Stony Brook or at another school. Most business courses will not transfer to Stony Brook for economics credit, but might be accepted for a business major or minor.

If you have already taken an economics course at another institution and you want to transfer it to Stony Brook you should bring:

  1. the course description from the college catalog and any other material from the course that describes its content (e.g. text book, exams, assignments, syllabus),
  2. your transcript,
  3. a completed transfer course evaluation form, which can be obtained from the transfer office in administration, or from the undergraduate office in the economics department.

Note: You should ignore if the course has already been evaluated by the economics department. Here is a sample of schools in the area that have courses that may transfer to Stony Brook for ECO credit. Please visit each school's respective website for a list of course offerings. This list of schools is not exhaustive.

    • Baruch College
    • City College
    • Hunter College
    • Long Island University C.W. Post
    • Nassau County Community College
    • Queens College
    • St. Johns University
    • Suffolk County Community College
    • SUNY Farmingdale State College
    • SUNY Old Westbury

If you are planning on taking an economics course at another institution, you should consult with the department of economics first to have the course approved. Please bring the course description from the college catalog. In case the course has already been evaluated [see above], you do not need the permission of the ECO department.

An economics course from another school may be applicable for the Stony Brook economics major even if the course is not regularly offered at Stony Brook, provided that the course content is within the field of economics. In this case you will receive a general upper division ECO credit or a general 100 ECO elective credit and can be used to satisfy the ECO major requirements.

For courses outside the field of economics that can be used towards the requirements for an Economics major, a student must have the course(s) evaluated by the corresponding Stony Brook department (not the department of economics). For example, MAT320 Linear Algebra can be taken as an elective from other departments to satisfy the ECO major. If a student has taken a similar course at another school, he/she must have it approved as MAT320 from the MAT department in order to count towards his/her ECO major.

For additional information for Transfer Course Equivalencies, visit Stony Brook's Course Transfer website.

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