Transfer Policies

The Human Biology interdisciplinary program allows for transfer credits in a student's course of study. All students should meet with a HumBio student services officer to review your transferable coursework. 

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Because the Human Biology program requires students to craft their own course of study, it is helpful for transfer students to have a sense of what they want to study within Human Biology. Options can be discussed with student services. 

1. Admitted students should schedule a meeting with student services. To make the meeting most productive, submit preliminary transfer credit review, which requires transcripts from all previous institutions.
   1. You will receive an email highlighting which courses would be possible to use towards the Human Biology major.
   2. During your meeting, student services will guide you on which courses will need further review for approval.
2. Submit the Transfer Course Request Form for each course that needs further review. A syllabus is required for review.
3. Complete the declaration process. See How to Declare for more details.
   1. Students who have completed at least two core courses should use SFACT, while other students should start their plan with this planning sheet.
4. Once declared, you must complete the Program Elective eform for every approved transfer class. Be sure to accurately list the requirement category and units for each course, as approved in SFACT. Once approved by the Registrar's Office, the course(s) will be added to your degree audit in MAP. 

All coursework, unless otherwise specified, requires a syllabus and transcript to be submitted to HumBio's student services for review. 

Transfer Unit Restrictions per major requirement:

• HumBio Core: this requirement is generally* not transferable.
• Statistics: parallel courses to the HumBio approved statistics courses are allowed.
• Breadth: no more than 4 courses, up to 15 units of transferable quarter units are allowed (syllabus not required).
• Depth: 1-2 courses, up to 6 transferable quarter units are allowed.
• Upper Division: transfer units are not allowed.
• Capstone: transfer units are not allowed.

*Note: Transfer students entering as a Junior with a year or more of Introductory Biology may submit syllabi for equivalency review for the HumBio Core A-side courses to student services. All other students should plan to take the HumBio Core sequence. 

Any transfer credits accepted by Human Biology must be on the Stanford record, requested through the Registrar's Office. Please review the additional Transfer Credit Policy from the Registrar's Office.