Policies Regarding Summer School Credit
Students at Washington College may receive credit for courses taken in summer school at another college or university if they follow certain rules. The summer school course must be comparable to the kind of courses offered at Washington College. If students are attempting to accelerate their education to graduate in three or three and a half years, they must take care to accumulate the proper number of courses and credits. They should attempt to get a four-hour course at another college, the equivalent of one of ours. If this cannot be done, then two summer courses usually would equal one of ours, or three summer courses would equal two of ours. The procedure for obtaining summer school credit is as follows:
- Obtain a Summer School Permit from the Registrar.
- Consult the faculty adviser and secure approval for the proposed summer program. In some cases the adviser or the Registrar will ask the student to get the approval of a member of the department which offers similar courses at Washington College.
- Return the completed form to the Registrar.
- The Registrar will write to the summer school stating that the Washington College student is in good academic standing and has permission to take summer courses in the other institution if required.
- At the end of the summer, the Washington College Registrar must receive an official transcript of the summer program from the other institution so that proper notation may be made on the student's transcript.