I will be transferring colleges in the spring and am encountering an issue I will need to address once assigned an advisor but want to have some idea of what the outcome will be.
I am a Social Studies/History Education Major and my major is broken into three parts (Lower Level Social Sciences, Higher Level Social Sciences and Professional Education Courses).
I have completed 18 of the 30 credits in the Lower Social Sciences portion of my major (this section is 10 specific, required courses). As it turns out half of each portion must be completed in residence, my understanding was half of the major, not the specific sections must be done in residence. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with a situation like this, do they normally just have you retake courses or substitute courses to meet residency requirements?
I know in the end this will be a discussion to have with my advisor but I do not have one yet.
Without knowing the college, others are unlikely to be able to help you. You may want to carefully read all relevant policies and requirements on your college’s web site. If anything is unclear, try asking the department directly.
I should have put the college in the post, not sure why I didn’t. It’s Millersville University.
You will need to discuss this with your department. They will be able to tell you how it is handled.
When happykid transferred from her CC to the state U, one of her classes was accepted as fulfilling the content covered in one of the upper level courses required for her major, but didn’t count as an upper level course. As a consequence, she was required to choose an extra upper level course in her major so that she would have enough upper level credits.
Yes that’s the major. No the policy only shows up in my degree audit, apparently that first bloc with micro economics, human geography etc must have 50% finished in residence. The publicly available policy refers only to the major as a whole.
I know I’ll need to talk to my department I just wondered generally what happens in a case like this. I’m mostly concerned they wouldn’t allow me to continue on in the program if I can’t meet residency requirements (though that might be unreasonable fear).