How to use the transfer and readmission credit reclassification calculator
The confusing part of changing major or returning after withdrawal is not how many credits you have, but what those credits turn into under the new major. The same course can count as major credit, drop down to a free elective, or disappear entirely. Enter each course you have taken on its own line along with the new major's graduation requirements, and the page reclassifies every course and reports what is still missing.
Each course carries one of three types. major means the course appears in the new major's curriculum, gened means general education, and oldmajor means a course from your former major that the new curriculum does not list. Major and general education credits stay in their own buckets, while old-major credits are all moved to free electives, moved only up to a cap, or dropped, according to the rule you choose. Under the capped rule a course that straddles the limit is split, with the remainder marked as not accepted. The accepted total is then compared with the requirements to give the credits still needed overall, in the major and in general education.
The calculator follows the types you type in. It does not decide for itself which courses the new major accepts, and it does not filter out courses that fall below a grade threshold. Credit recognition is approved case by case, so confirm the outcome with your registrar.
Frequently Asked Questions
A transfer calculator tests grade thresholds and an overall acceptance cap. This page focuses on reclassifying courses you have already taken into three buckets under the new major: major credit, free elective and not accepted.
Schools differ on whether courses from a former major become free electives, become free electives only up to a cap, or are dropped entirely. Pick the rule printed in your catalog and the page follows it.
The remaining room in the cap is moved to free electives and the rest is marked as not accepted. The reclassified column shows how many credits were moved.