thefuture101

I am taking a course at my current college called Applied Physics.

The course content: PHY 1001 is an introductory course in general physics outlining topics in mechanics, matter, magnetism, electricity, heat and wave phenomena. The course is intended for students in technical or vocational fields. The student will learn to analyze and solve problems using analysis in algebra and written composition projects.

Would this transfer as a physics credit?

thefuture101

Someone please answer that knows!
I need to sign up for the course by next Monday!!

CUAmbassadors

Hello,

Unfortunately, I do not know the answer to this question, but if call or email the admissions office, they will be able to either give you a response or point you in the right direction. They can be reached at admissions@cornell.edu or at 607.255.5241. Please feel free to email us if you have any questions.

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thefuture101

First off thank you for the response.

After a little more research on the Cornell site, I tried to match any physics course description to the one I posted. While there is not an exact match this seems close:

Cornell's "fundamentals of physics I"

CUAmbassadors

I am guessing from your original post that you are applying as a transfer student, correct?

The Admissions office has this to say about transferring credit from another college:

"Parallel courses from any accredited college transfer easily to Cornell. Unless the course is not equivalent to a Cornell course or you have received less than a "C" grade ("C-" in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations), you may assume that credits will be transferred. The credit evaluation you will receive after you are accepted indicates which courses do or do not receive credit here. This evaluation will also tell you whether a course meets a specific graduation requirement or counts for elective credit only."

from: Will all my courses transfer? | Admissions

Also, I would read the CALS transfer credit policy here: Transfer Credit Policy | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

If you want a more specific answer about that specific course credit transferring, I would have to again recommend talking to the office itself. Sorry I can't be more specific.

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thefuture101

Basically what you are saying is that admissions does not check if the course transfers, but rather they acknowledge that I am taking a recommended course. Then after I am accepted they check to see if the exact physics course is comparable to one at Cornell.

I'm not sure if you read my previous posts but I applied to CALS AEM for spring 2013. So as you may know, a physics/chemistry course is recommended.

So to restate the 1st paragraph, by taking the physics course, admissions will acknowledge that I am taking a recommended course.
Then after they check to see if it transfers?

And yes I re-read the transfer policy and it does say that if it does not match they will figure something out like you said.

thefuture101

Good afternoon,

I emailed last night the physics department and I received a firm answer that the above course would transfer.

CUAmbassadors

That's great to hear! Please let us know if you have any further questions.

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