General Information

Students must complete two consecutive years of study at Sarah Lawrence College, and either the junior or senior year must be spent on the Sarah Lawrence campus in Bronxville. Studying on an away or exchange program does not satisfy the residency requirement.

Students are required to successfully complete four lecture courses over four semesters at Sarah Lawrence (20 credits). Successfully completing a full semester abroad (15 credits) will result in five lecture credits. A successful year abroad (30 credits) will result in 10 lecture credits.

• Students who have taken a semester of beginning language elsewhere will have those credits evaluated as regular transfer credits.
• Students who have taken a semester of beginning language elsewhere and want to continue the language second semester at Sarah Lawrence will be allowed to do so, based on the student’s ability to do the course work and on classroom space availability.
• The languages taught at Sarah Lawrence are French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish.

Of the minimum 120 credits required for the BA degree, the following limits apply:

• Maximum of 60 credits in the creative arts
• Maximum of 80 credits in the humanities
• Maximum of 80 credits in the social sciences
• Maximum of 80 credits in the natural sciences and mathematics
• Maximum of 50 credits in one discipline
• Minimum of at least two semester courses (10 credits) in at least three of the four following areas: natural sciences and mathematics; humanities; social sciences and history; creative arts.

The Office of Global Education must approve programs/courses of study in advance. In general, only courses in disciplines offered at Sarah Lawrence are accepted in transfer.

Additional transfer credit policies are as follows:

• Students receive credit for a full semester only if they complete at least 15 semester hours.
• Only courses graded “C” (not “C-”) or better will transfer. Grades of “P” or “Pass” are not acceptable unless defined by the sponsoring institution as equivalent to “C” or better.
• Verify with your off-campus school that credits and grades will be recorded on an official transcript, and arrange to have official transcripts sent directly from the sponsoring college or university to the Registrar's office at Sarah Lawrence upon conclusion of the program.
• All courses must be recorded on an accredited college or university transcript.