Student Action for Transferring a Course
1. If you find the course you want on Penn State’s database, print the chart (showing that course’s transfer information) as documentation that Penn State will accept that course for transfer. (No further approval is required!)
If you would like to take a course not included in Penn State’s database, see below, and then follow the instructions in 2.
2. After taking coursework at another institution, request that the school send an official transcript directly to Penn State. It can be sent by mail to Undergraduate Admissions, The Pennsylvania State University, 201 Shields Building, University Park, PA 16802-1294. Alternatively, the school can send transcripts to Penn State via fax (814-863-7590), Parchment, eScrip-Safe, or the National Student Clearinghouse. If an e-mail address is required, use admissions@psu.edu.
3. When you receive notification from Undergraduate Admissions indicating that your transfer credits have been added to your PSU record, pay the $25.00 evaluation/recording fee in person or by mail to the Office of the Bursar, 103 Shields Building.
4. Verify that the transfer has been processed by checking your academic record using Degree Audit or LionPATH. Students may view their transferable credit in the LionPATH Student Center. Locate the Academics section and select Transfer Credit: Report in the drop-down menu to view the official course, test, and other transfer credits. All transfer credit listed in the LionPATH Student Center is now part of their Penn State record.
Instructions for evaluating a transfer course at Penn State
Students already admitted to Penn State who has completed college courses at another institution:
To expedite the course review process, please email course syllabi for TRN XFRPEN (transfer pending review) courses listed on your Evaluation of Transferable Credit to crediteval@psu.edu. If not available electronically, please mail syllabi to Undergraduate Admissions, The Pennsylvania State University, 201 Shields Building, University Park, PA 16802-1294. You may also fax syllabi to 814-863-7590.
If emailing syllabi, please follow these instructions:
- Include your name and PSU ID number in the subject line.
- Indicate the institution and state where course work was taken.
- Attach each syllabus as a separate .pdf or Microsoft Word file.
- Attach no more than four syllabi per email.
- Do not send syllabi for multiple institutions in the same email.
Please do not submit brief course descriptions instead of syllabi. Course descriptions are only accepted in extenuating circumstances (e.g., school no longer exists).
It can take up to six weeks from the date a syllabus is received to the time your Penn State record is updated from a TRN XFRPEN to a specific course evaluation. We encourage you to submit course syllabi for transfer pending review courses as soon as you are able. If you do not submit your course information, your transfer pending review credits will be reassigned to general credit (TRN XFRGEN) during your first semester of enrollment at Penn State.
LionPATH is the best place to monitor your transfer credit. Your Transfer Credit Report updates immediately upon departmental review of your XFRPEN courses, or additional transfer credit is added or updated on your Penn State record.
You can access LionPATH at lionpath.psu.edu. To view your course, test, and other transfer credit evaluations, navigate the Academics tab, select Academic Records within the Academics menu, and click the View Transfer Credit Report.