Undergraduate Transfer Students

When you apply to the university as a transfer student you are given a Preliminary Transfer Evaluation by the Admissions Department. This evaluation gives credit for the most common courses that students try to transfer, and is based on the contents of the Office of the Registrar's transfer dictionary, which lists courses from many schools along with their UML equivalents.

If a course is not listed on your preliminary transcript you might still be able to get credit by filing an academic petition. It is your responsibility to identify those courses, to present an academic petition to the relevant department, and to back up your request with appropriate documentation in the form of course descriptions, syllabi, etc.

Evaluation of mechanical engineering technical courses is done primarily by the mechanical engineering transfer advisor (currently the Department Chairman, Prof. McKelliget). Since transfer student advising can be a time consuming process, he will schedule an appointment with you prior to orientation/registration. If he sees you for the first time at orientation he will make an appointment for you to return at a later date.

If you feel you should receive additional transfer credits you must fill out an academic petition with words to the effect of ...

"I request that course (course number and name, number of credits, grade received), taken at (name of university) in (semester and year) transfer as credit for course (equivalent UML course number and name) at UMASS Lowell."

To the petition you should attach a photocopy of the relevant portion of your transcript as well as a course description from your university catalog and/or a course syllabus.  Present this to the department transfer officer who may re-direct you to the relevant instructor. 

You must ensure that the Registrar's office has an official copy of your transcript - including completed grades for the semester before you transferred to UML.

International students must provide a full set of transcripts, an educational evaluation from the Center for Educational Documentation (CED) in Boston, and a course description for any course for which they wish to receive transfer credit.  The course description must make it explicit that it is a calculus-based engineering course, rather than an algebra based technology course. In most cases you will need to get your mathematics and science courses transferred before the ME advisor can consider your engineering transfer credits.

The most important thing for transfer students to understand is that the awarding of  transfer credits is a privilege, not a right, and that transfer credits must be requested, and fully justified by the student. Please understand that requests for transfer credit are sometimes refused. Either a university rule is being violated, or the course does not satisfy the requirements of the equivalent UML course.

You must have at least a C- in any course you wish to transfer. 

No course taken at a two-year institution can be transferred as credit for an upper level (300, 400 or 500 level) course. 

Note that if you transfer from an institution that operates on a quarter system the number of credits transferred will be pro-rated. This sometimes presents problems in meeting the 120 credit minimum if you transfer a lot of credits.

The transfer advisor is your advisor during your entry into the program, and for the first year thereafter. After this you should only consult the transfer advisor on matters relating to transfer credits.

Note:  If you have received transfer credit for a mechanical engineering technology course (23.*** rather than 22.***) this course will, in most cases, not count toward the engineering program.

M.E. Undergraduate Curriculum Transfer Guidelines (Effective 2007)

Course		Cr.	Comments
42.101/2	College Writing I/II	(6)	Petition English department or Gen Ed coordinator.
	SS Gen. Ed. Electives	(6)	Petition relevant SS department or Gen Ed coordinator.
	AH Gen. Ed. Electives	(6)	Petition relevant AH department or Gen Ed coordinator.
25.107	Intro. to Engg. I	(2)	Most 1st year intro to engineering courses. Exception possible if entering with extensive engineering or technology coursework. Petition ME Transfer Coordinator.
25.108	Intro. to Engg. II	(2)	Engineering based intro. to computer tools/CAD/drawing/programming classes. Possible exception for entrance with extensive engineering or technology coursework.  Petition ME Transfer Coordinator.
92.131 92.132 92.231	Calculus I Calculus II Calculus II	(12)	Most 12 cr. science and engineering calculus sequences acceptable. Petition Math department.
92.236	Eng. Diff. Eqns.	(3)	Most 3 cr. differential equations courses.  Credit for 92.234 acceptable.  Petition Math department.
95.141 96.141	Physics I +Lab	(4)	Most 4 cr. calc-based, with lab, Physics I (mechanics) courses. Petition Physics department.
84.117 84.119	Sel. Topics Chemistry +Lab	(4)	Credit for UML Chem I + Lab. Petition Chemistry department.
95.245 96.245	Physics of Matter +Lab	(4)	Most 4 cr. calc-based with lab heat light sound courses. petition Physics department.
22.201   22.202	Des. Lab I Des. Lab II	(4)	3D CAD (e.g. Solidworks, ProEngineer, Autocad), engineering drawings, dimensioning and tolerancing. Machine shop experience (lathes, milling machines.) Petition with Instructor.
22.211	Statics	(3)	Most calc-based engineering statics courses acceptable. Petition ME Transfer Coordinator.
22.296	Mech Behav Mat’ls	(3)	Most engineering materials science courses acceptable. Credit for 22.295 acceptable. Petition ME Transfer Coordinator
22.212	Mechs. of Materials	(3)	Most calc-based engineering strength of materials courses acceptable. Petition ME Transfer Coordinator
22.213	Dynamics	(3)	Most calc-based engineering rigid body dynamics courses acceptable. Petition ME Transfer Coordinator
22.242	Thermodynamics	(3)	Most calc-based engineering thermodynamics courses
16.211 16.212	Fundamentals of Electricity + Lab.	(4)	Most 4 cr. with lab electricity courses – Petition E dept. transfer advisor.  Possible waiver for Physics (electromagnetism) courses.
45.334	Engineering Ethics	(3)	This course double counts as a Gen Ed (AH).  If you satisfy the ME requirement but not the Gen Ed requirement you will need to make up the Gen Ed.  A non-engineering ethics course is acceptable only in extenuating circumstances. Petition Philosophy department.
49.201/2	Economics I or II	(3)	This double counts as a Gen Ed (SS).  If you satisfy the ME requirement but not the Gen Ed requirement you will need to make up the Gen Ed.  E.g. An engineering economics course might be acceptable to ME but possibly robably not as a Gen Ed. You can take Eco I (Micro) or Eco II (Macro). If both, you can count the second as another Gen. Ed.  Petition Economics department.
Transfer credit for Mechanical Engineering 300 and 400 level courses will, in general, only be awarded for equivalent courses from a four-year ABET accredited engineering program.  Petition course instructor, with final OK coming from Chair or Transfer advisor.
22.321	Mech. Des. I	(3)	Linkage design course with design-build-test experience.  See Prof. Sherwood.
22.361	Math Methods	(3)	Linear algebra, numerical methods, and statistics. See Prof. McKelliget
22.322	Mech. Des. II	(3)	See Prof. Niezrecki.
22.302	ME Lab I	(3)	See Prof. Avitabile.
22.381	Fluid Mechanics	(3)	These 3 courses together constitute a traditional 2 course fluid flow + heat transfer sequence + thermofluid design projects.  Petitions to Prof. Charmchi.
22-341	Cond & Rad Ht Tr	(3)
22.342	Convective Proc.	(3)
22.311	Applied Strength	(3)	See Prof. Sherwood.
22.451	Dynamic Systems	(3)	See Prof. Avitabile
22.403	ME Lab II	(3)	See Prof. Avitabile
22.425	Design Machine Elements.	(3)	See Prof. Niezrecki
22.473	Design Theory & Constraints.	(3)	See Prof. Shina
22.423	Capstone Design	(3)	See Prof. Shina
22.441	Analysis Thermal Fluid Proc.	(3)	See Prof. Charmchi
	ME Tech Elective	(9)	If you have spare senior level ME credits that have not been used elsewhere you could get some transfer credits here.  See ME transfer coordinator

Transfer Agreements

Keene State College BS in Mathematics and Physics (pdf)

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