Requirement to Earn Credits "In Residence"

Albany recently combined its overall residence requirement and its senior residence requirement and now requires all degree-seeking students to complete 30 of the last 60 credits of coursework toward their degree while they are physically on campus. For students who study abroad for two semesters during their last two years, the residence requirement is more generous: 30 of the last 69 credits cleared must be completed physically at Albany. This means that you may complete more than 30 credits overseas. The 30 residence credits can be completed at any time during your last two years, so you can study abroad during your junior or senior year, or both. If you have any reason to believe that you may have problems satisfying Albanys residence requirements, please contact us for assistance.

Overseas Coursework and your Audit

For Albany students, in addition to your Transcript Supplement, another document will be sent to the Registrar which establishes course equivalents for the work you have taken overseas. This document is only prepared for Albany students: students attending other schools should check with the Office of International Education at their home campus for similar paperwork. Ultimately, it will be your fully completed Overseas Enrollment Report Form, which is subject to revision with the consent of your academic adviser and Albany’s Office of International Education.

This form lists the actual coursework you have taken overseas. Depending upon their content and level, the courses you have taken overseas may be included in your major or may satisfy other requirements. Courses taken overseas do not have to have exact equivalents at Albany to be counted: they may be listed as HIS 30E or 030 (a 300 level history course) or ARH 10E or 010 (a 100 level art history course), etc. and they will still count toward your degree. They will carry the same number of credits at Albany as they were assigned by the administering SUNY campus, even if the corresponding course here carries fewer or more.

Courses that you wish to have considered as possibly satisfying Albany’s new General Education Requirements must be reviewed and approved by the Dean of Undergraduate Studies. Your major adviser cannot make these determinations.