Transfer/AP/IB Credits

Generally, a student can use transfer/AP/IB credit towards no more than half of the Business Studies minor

Transfer Credits

Generally, students can use transfer credits to satisfy half of the requirements of the Business Studies minor.

  • For pre-Fall 2016/Track A, students can use transfer courses to satisfy up to half of their required Economics/Math/Statistics courses (i.e. approximately 2 courses/8 credits) and half of their Financial Accounting/Business Electives (i.e. 1 course/4 credits). 
  • For Track B, students can use transfer courses to satisfy half of the Financial Accounting/Business Electives (i.e. approximately 2 course/8 credits).

Whether you are an external transfer student from another institution or an internal transfer student from another division of NYU, all transfer credit must be evaluated in order to determine its applicability towards the minor. Please wait until your transfer credit is listed as "Posted" in the Transfer Credit Report section of your Student Center. Then:

  • For Economics, Math, Principles of Financial Accounting (when not used as a prerequisite for another Stern course), or a Stern elective (when not used as a prerequisite for another Stern course): Fill out the Business Studies Transfer Credit Form. Your request will be processed within about ten business days. Please note: you do not need to submit a transfer credit evaluation request for a course that has already been approved as equivalent by that's course's home department - e.g., if Economics has already approved your transfer credit as equivalent to ECON-UA 1, you do not need to submit a separate request to Business Studies. Just forward any correspondence that you have from the department demonstrating the approval for this equivalency
  • For Statistics transfer courses:  If you will also need to take STAT-UB 3 (Regression and Forecasting Models), you will need to have your transfer course evaluated directly by Stern. Please consult this website for guidance. Once Stern has approved your Statistics course as a prerequisite for STAT-UB 3, please forward proof of approval to cas.business@nyu.edu.
  • For Accounting/other Stern courses to be used as a prerequisite for a more advanced Stern course: If you plan to you use an a transfer course as a prerequisite for a more advanced Stern course (e.g., you want to use your introductory Accounting course as a prerequisite for ACCT-UB 4, Managerial Accounting), you would need to have your course directly evaluated by Stern. Please consult this website for guidance. 

 

AP/IB/Advanced Standing Credits

Students may use eligible AP or other advanced standing credit to satisfy two of the requirements of the Business Studies minor.

Advanced standing credit can never be used for Regression and Forecasting or any Stern courses. Advanced standing credit can only be used towards:

  • Intro to Macroeconomics (ECON-UA 1)
  • Intro to Microeconomics (ECON-UA 2)
  • Mathematics (specifically, Calculus 1, MATH-UA 121)
  • Statistics (only AP credit awarded as PSYCH-UA 10)

For students who have advanced standing credit equivalent to three or more Business Studies minor requirements:

  • You will need to choose two minor requirements to satisfy with advanced standing credit, and one that you will need to complete with NYU coursework. 
  • For example, a student with a 4/5 on AP Calculus, a 4/5 on AP Macroeconomics, and a 4/5 on AP Microeconomics can only count two of these exams towards the minor - they will need to take a NYU course in place of the 3rd. 

Students in this situation should contact cas.business@nyu.edu for advisement.