Transfer Credits

In general it is best to check the University's transfer equivalency search page for courses that have been accepted before and meet with an Econ advisor to confirm the transferability of any course you wish to take elsewhere. 

That said, Econ 401 & 402 are two courses that must be taken on the Ann Arbor campus; under no circumstances will we accept transfer credit for these two classes.

Please schedule an appointment with an advisor if you have questions or concerns about these policies.

Students must take a total of 12 economics credits in residence (i.e. on U-M's Ann Arbor campus) including Econ 401, 402, and one additional 400-level class with 401 or 402 as a prerequisite. 

Please schedule an appointment with an advisor if you have questions or concerns about these policies.

Provided the given course transfers to U-M as an equivalent course, you will be able to use that class to satisfy the prerequisite for the major/minor in Economics. Students are encouraged to check the transfer credit equivalency search page to aide in course planning. 

This equivalencies page is a guideline for students. If a given course is not listed in the search results it is likely because it has not been evaluated before not that it necessarily would not be accepted for credit. Students should still meet with an advisor to confirm whether a course will transfer in as listed. Economics advisors can only evaluate economics courses, classes from other disciplines (such as Math) will need to be evaluated by their respective departments. 

The department will award 2 departmental credits in economics to a student who receives a 4 or 5 on the AP Microeconomics exam and 2 departmental credits in economics to a student who receives a 4 or 5 on the AP Macroeconomics exam.  

Such credits are not equivalent to Econ 101 or Econ 102 and do not satisfy the prerequisites for the major, for the minor, or for any 300- for 400-level course in economics. These credits only count towards the overall credit count required by the college to graduate. 

Courses that transfer in with an "X" after them are "departmental credits."

Unfortunately, courses that transfer in as "departmental" credits are not equivalent to any of our Econ courses and do not count towards the major or minor. These "dept" credits are granted to count towards your overall number of credits required by LSA to graduate, the "Econ" in their title is just to designate a department for administrative purposes.

If you have not already contacted the Office of Undergraduate Admissions (734-764-7433) or checked out their website for information about the transfer process, please do so immediately to find out deadlines and requirements for transferring (please note: our department is not involved in the admissions process for undergraduate students, please do not send application materials to our office).

As far as course planning goes, once you have been admitted you can set up an appointment with an economics advisor about transferring courses and planning the remainder of your major. You can do this even before arriving on campus by setting up a remote appointment with an advisor.

In the "note to advisor" section you would put that you will be phoning in to the appointment. At your scheduled appointment time, you can call the advisor (phone numbers are listed near the bottom of the page here), but please note they will not call you.

In the meantime, until you have been admitted or can meet with an advisor, you can get a general idea of what courses you will need to still take by checking out our website to see our department's major requirements and look into the potential transferability of your previous courses on the University's transfer equivalency search page.

Note: This equivalencies page is a guideline for students, if a given course is not listed in the search results it is likely because it has not been evaluated before not that it necessarily would not be accepted for credit. Students should still meet with an advisor to confirm whether a course will transfer in as listed.

Unfortunately we are unable to answer these questions as they are more related to admissions than to our particular major. Our department is not involved in the admissions process for undergraduate students, please do not send application materials to our office

Please contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions (734-764-7433). There may also be some helpful information here on their site about using IB credits.

Please note that our department does accept IB credit for Econ 101 & 102, the introductory micro/macro principles sequence. 

Online and hybrid courses will still need to be evaluated, but yes. No transfer credit will not be denied based soley on the mode of instruction, so online/hybrid courses may be accepted for transfer credit pending evaluation.

Economics advisors can evaluate economics courses, classes from other disciplines (such as Math or Stats) will need to be evaluated by their respective departments. Please contact the appropriate department for their policies and procedures. 

Students who wish to have their courses reevaluated should set up an advising appointment with a Faculty Advisor if they have new supporting documentation. Our advisors take reviewing transfer credits very seriously and are not likely to change the initial evaluation without new information to support the equivalency.