Please note: The department can only grant approval to transfer courses that have received, or are in the process of receiving A&S College credit. If transfer courses are not granted College credit, they cannot be applied to the English major or minors.
Credit requests must be approved through the undergraduate coordinator in order to be recorded with the department; approval directly from a faculty member is not valid.
First-Year Writing Seminars
Visit the "AP & Transfer Credit" or "FWS Substitutions" section of the John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines website for information and instructions regarding FWS classes and substitutions.
Introductory English composition or non-creative writing courses taken at other institutions (such as courses with a WRIT subject code), are considered equivalent to an FWS and will not be granted English major or minor credit.
Study Abroad
Visit Arts & Sciences Study Abroad for information about study abroad as an Arts & Sciences student.
Major Credit: The online Approval of Study Abroad Credit form is provided by A&S Student Services and automatically sent to the department. If you hope to apply a course to a specific major distribution requirement (i.e., pre-1800 or literature of the global south), you must include this request in the notes on your study abroad application. After you return from abroad and your transcript is received, the process will repeat and the department will be able to give final approval.
Minor Credit: Follow instructions below for transfer credit, minus the A&S form.
Transfer Credit
For more information: as.cornell.edu/registrar/transferring-credits
Major & Minor Credit:
- Send the following documents to the Undergraduate Coordinator (Aurora Ricardo, ar2368@cornell.edu):
- *Application for Credit from Other Institutions form (provided by the A&S Registrar, usually during your initial credit evaluation). You must include your proposed equivalent course if you wish to be granted course equivalency (i.e.; you want an intro to creative writing course to fulfill the pre-requisite for enrollment in our intermediate or advanced courses).
*Not applicable to non-A&S students, students requesting credit for one of the department's minors, or students requesting major credit for a non-ENGL Cornell course - Syllabus or reading list and course description from all courses for which you are requesting transfer credit.
- Brief explanation of what type of credit you are seeking and why, along with any major/minor distribution requirements you hope the course can be applied to (if applicable).
- *Application for Credit from Other Institutions form (provided by the A&S Registrar, usually during your initial credit evaluation). You must include your proposed equivalent course if you wish to be granted course equivalency (i.e.; you want an intro to creative writing course to fulfill the pre-requisite for enrollment in our intermediate or advanced courses).
- The undergraduate coordinator will process and submit your credit request to the appropriate faculty member, inform you of the decision or requests for further information, and return the signed form to you for submission to the College, if applicable.