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Transfer Services

The Advisement Center is dedicated to improving the academic and social experience of all transfer students. By collaborating with our regional community colleges and Oswego's faculty and staff, we provide programs and initiatives that will ease the transition process for transfer students, improve academic performance and learning as well as create opportunities for social interaction and growth.

Your credits come with you. You’ve already done the work. SUNY Oswego accepts earned credits from regionally accredited colleges and universities, and we’ll help you understand how those credits apply to your Oswego degree.

Transferring Made Easy

Just follow these steps and let us help you along the way! For questions, come visit us at the Advisement Center, 151 Marano Campus Center or email [email protected].

Admissions

Check out the basics of how to apply and become part of SUNY Oswego. Visit our Admissions Transfer Applicants page for more information.

  • Apply
  • Acceptance
  • Deposit

Orientation

At your orientation you’ll receive information regarding academics, transitioning, involvement and much more. Follow these steps to get started. See the Orientation section below for more information.

  • Register for Orientation by going to the New Student Portal
  • Activate LakerID
  • Submit Health and Immunization records & fill out the New Student Information Sheet

Begin Your Journey

Your first steps on campus as a new SUNY Oswego student should be getting connected.

Advising Guides

Advising Guides are designed to help informally plan course work at your two-year institution prior to transferring into Oswego. There are two kinds of advising guides in the links below. General advising guides show some of our most popular transfer majors and suggested major courses that will transfer well into each major. Program advising guides show specific degree paths at the community college and how those courses transfer into a parallel degree program at Oswego. For colleges with multiple advising guides, the links below will take you to a folder with all of the available advising guides. 

Please note that these documents are only meant to be used as informal guidance, and changes in curriculum at either institution may occur. We encourage you to work closely with your advisor at the two-year institution and to reach out to Oswego Admissions if you have specific questions.

Planning Your Transfer 

  • Course Equivalencies: Your earned credits transfer to SUNY Oswego. Use our Transfer Course Guide to see how courses you’ve already taken may apply to your Oswego degree. This guide is for planning purposes only and does not replace an official transfer evaluation.
    • Select the state or nation you are transferring from and submit, using the Get Institutions button.
    • Select the institution you are transferring from and submit, using the Get Courses button.
  • Oswego Catalog: Use the Majors and Minors page of our course catalog to look up the requirements for each major at Oswego.

Transfer Orientation

SUNY Oswego believes that our transfer students are unique and so the Transfer Services office has coordinated with Student Orientation and Family Engagement (SOFE) to create an orientation program just for you. After you pay a tuition deposit you will receive an Orientation packet with lots of great information.

  • Pre-Registration: All incoming students are pre-registered into their first semester of classes. This means that prior to you coming to Orientation, once we receive the New Student Information sheet, our Advisement team of highly qualified advisors are working hard to develop a schedule that meets your needs.
  • The Admissions Office will provide a degree audit for you during your transfer process. Once this is done, your advisor will email and collaborate with you to create your new schedule before the semester begins.
  • At orientation, you will meet with a transfer success advisor to further discuss your needs for the upcoming semester.

Running concurrently alongside our student program, we also have a program for parents and guests to provide them with assistance in making their own transition. Visit Student Orientation and Family Engagement (SOFE) for more details.

If you have any questions about our orientation program, please contact our Orientation Office at 315.312.5522.

Contact

Transfer Team

Dr. Corie Kohlbach, Executive Director of Advisement Center
151 Marano Campus Center
[email protected] 

Advisement Center

151 Marano Campus Center
315-312-2387
[email protected]