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Undergraduate Program FAQs
- How do I declare a major or minor in English?
- How do I get an advisor?
- How to resolve transfer of credit issues for courses taken prior to matriculation at Bridgewater.
- If I take a course at another college after admission to BSC, how do I transfer credit?
- How do I get course waivers or substitutions?
- How do I get a prerequisite overridden?
How to declare a major or minor in English
Obtain Declaration of Major or Declaration of Minor form from the English Department secretary who will take your name and assign you an advisor. By the following semester, your name will appear on an advisor list posted on the bulletin board outside of the English Department office. If your name does not appear, see the department secretary in order to be assigned an advisor.
How do I get an advisor?
Usually, you are assigned an advisor when you declare the major. If you are not assigned, see Virginia Smith or Lori LeComte, the English Department secretaries.
How to resolve transfer of credit issues for courses taken prior to matriculation at Bridgewater
Admissions will have given you all your credit information when you transfer into Bridgewater. However, you may have a course that was not specifically designated for a GER or for a English requirement for which you receive only general credit on your transcript. If you want credit for these courses to be correctly designated, you need to obtain a BSC Undergraduate Transfer Credit Equivalency Form from the Registrar and a catalog description of the course that was taken elsewhere. Then you take the form and course description to the department for which you want credit. Get that department's Chair's signature and then take the form to the English Chair for another signature.
If I take a course at another college after admission to BSC, how do I transfer credit?
The procedure is the same as if you took this course before coming to BSC (see above). Obtain an Approval Form for the Transfer of Undergraduate Credits after Admission from the Registrar and a catalog description of the course that was taken elsewhere. Then you take the form and course description to the department for which you want credit. Get that department's Chair's signature and then take the form to the English Chair for another signature.
How do I obtain a course waiver or substitution?
In the English office or online, get a Course Substitution/Waiver Form and take it to the English Chair.
How can I get a prerequisite to a course overridden?
Obtain a Prerequisite Override Form and take it to the Chair of the department.
Last Modified: April 17, 2008
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