Yeshiva / Seminary Credits
How to Receive Yeshiva Transfer Credit at Brooklyn College During COVID-19
The Transfer Evaluations Office and the Department of Judaic Studies have provided the following necessary steps:
1A. Students must send their official signed and sealed yeshiva transcript to the Transfer Evaluations Office at the address below.
1B. The yeshiva must also send an official letter to the Transfer Evaluations Office at the address below, stating that the student was a full-time student during the period listed on the transcript.
Transfer Evaluations Office
306 West Quad
Brooklyn College
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
2. Students must also e-mail a copy of this transcript/letter to the Transfer Evaluations Office. In addition, students should e-mail a copy of the transcript to Professor Sharon Flatto in the Department of Judaic Studies.
3. Once the Transfer Evaluations Office has received your official paperwork, it will coordinate with the Judaic Studies Department to have the course work validated and evaluated by Professor Flatto. If you are eligible for more than eight transfer credits, you will need to take a Judaic Studies capstone class. Students must pass the capstone class with a grade of B or higher in order to receive their yeshiva transfer credits (a maximum of 27 JUST credits can be granted). If students receive a B- or below, they must re-take the capstone.
4. When the paperwork is evaluated and the student has obtained the necessary capstone grade, the Judaic Studies Department will authorize the Transfer Evaluations Office to post the credits on CUNYfirst. (Degree Works will automatically update in three days from the posting of credits.)
5. Students with specific questions about this process should contact e-mail the Transfer Evaluations Office or the Judaic Studies’ office manager, Christine Holloway-Pinkney.
6. The accepted yeshiva classes and seminary credits will be deemed as elective Judaic Studies courses and designated as JUST 1000E. In this way, they will not interfere with courses required for a student's major.* However, students who are considering minoring or majoring in Judaic studies should speak to Professor Flatto before she evaluates their credits. (This minor or major will not be that cumbersome, as three of the yeshiva / seminary transfer credits would count toward the 12-credit Judaic Studies minor, and nine transfer credits would count toward the 30-credit major. These credits would count as specific college courses and not as Judaic Studies electives.) Yet, if a student decides later in his or her career to minor or major in Judaic studies, this process can be redone retroactively.
7. When the above steps are satisfactorily completed, the Judaic Studies office manager will send an e-mail to convey the number of credits awarded.
* Keep in mind that a student can receive yeshiva / seminary transfer credits only if they attended as a full-time yeshiva student. We will also accept credits that were earned only during standard fall and spring terms. According to Brooklyn College regulations, this means that a student took no more than eight college course credits while simultaneously studying at yeshiva.
