Policies

Students who completed graduate coursework at another institution are encouraged to transfer course units in the winter quarter of their first year of doctoral study. The Director of Graduate Studies will evaluate the transfer of units on a course-by-course basis. Graduate work accepted for transfer of residency does not automatically exempt a student from having to complete a course requirement for the degree. University policies related to the transfer of credit for graduate work done elsewhere are in the Stanford Bulletin.

Courses cannot be double counted as both a substantive and a research methods course.