Transfer Credit for BSN Students

undergradate (BSN) Students

To apply for transfer credit please use the new External Course Approval Tool (XCAT) to submit your course information:

https://fission.sas.upenn.edu/sso/xcat/

There are three types of courses:

• Transfer credit - courses taken before matriculation at Penn.
• Study abroad credit - courses taken at a Penn Abroad program.
• Credit away - courses taken outside of a Penn-approved program after matriculation at Penn.

Prior to taking a course you plan to transfer, you must contact an advisor at advisor@nursing.upenn.edu or 215-898-6687.  You must secure approval for credit away courses through the XCAT system BEFORE taking them.  If you wish to speak with a department directly concerning a particular equivalency request in XCAT, please see the department contact list.

The XCAT process is as follows:

1) Obtain a syllabus. 

2) Upload the syllabus through the External Transfer Credit Evaluation Tool (XCAT)

3) Wait to see whether or not it was approved, and if so, email osi@nursing.upenn.edu to let them know.

4) If approved, enroll in the course.

5) Once the course is complete, request an official transcript in a sealed envelope, and bring or mail that transcript to the Office of Student Information (Suite M-24).

6) The Office of Student Information will then post the credit.

You must contact an advisor at advisor@nursing.upenn.edu or 215-898-6687 prior to transfering a course!