OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR
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Transfer/Study Abroad Course Petition for
GE Approval
Review the GE learning outcomes prior to completing the petition form below.
Chapman GE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Shared Inquiry Courses
AI/Artistic Inquiry: Student composes critical or creative works that embody or analyze conceptually an
artistic form at a baccalaureate/pre-professional level. (3 credits) [Revised spring 2013]
QI/Quantitative Inquiry: Student creates sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence
and can clearly communicate those arguments in a variety of formats (using words, tables, graphs,
mathematical equations, etc., as appropriate). (3 credits) [Revised spring 2014]
NI/Natural Science Inquiry: Student is able to use scientific principles and reasoning as a way of
knowing the natural world, distinguishing science from non-science. (3 credits) [Revised spring 2011]
SI/Social Inquiry: Student identifies, frames and analyzes social and/or historical structures and
institutions in the world today. (3 credits) [Revised spring 2013]
VI/Values/Ethical Inquiry: Student articulates how values and ethics inform human understanding,
structures, and behavior. (3 credits) [Revised summer 2016]
WI/Written Inquiry: Student establishes active, genuine, and responsible authorial engagement;
communicates a purpose—an argument or other intentional point/goal; invokes a specific audience,
develops the argument/content with an internal logic-organization; integrates references, citations, and
source materially logically and dialogically, indicating how forms of evidence relate to each other and the
author’s position; and composes the text with: a style or styles appropriate to the purpose and intended
audition, a consistent use of the diction appropriate to the author’s topic and purpose, the ability to
establish and vary authorial voice(s) and tone(s), a choice of form(s) and genre(s) appropriate to purpose
and audience (forms may be digital and/or multimodal), and rhetorically effective use of language. (3
credits) [Revised 2011]
Global Citizen Exploration Courses
GC/Global Study: Student connects contemporary social and/or environmental topics to their origins
and analyzes their effects on our increasingly globalized world. (6 credits) [Revised spring 2012]
CC/Citizenship, Community, Service: Student engages in the theoretical or applied aspects of political,
civic or social engagement in group affiliations (3 credits) [Revised spring 2016]
LC/Language Study: Students complete part of their general education program in a language other than
English. This may be accomplished through a language course at or above the 200-level, a course taught
in the language (other than a language acquisition course), or documented functional language use. (3
credits)
OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR
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Transfer/Study Abroad Course Petition for
GE Approval
Information to be completed by student in order for transfer course to be considered
for a Chapman General Education Category.
This form should be completed in addition to the General Petition Form.
One form for each course and GE category. Attach copy of syllabus.
Student Name: _______________________________
Chapman ID: _________________
Transfer Course Number/Title: _________________________________________________
Course syllabus attached:
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No
University/College: ___________________________________________________________
Course Learning Outcomes, if listed: ____________________________________________
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Chapman GE Category Requested (one category per form): ________________________
All Chapman GE categories have stated learning outcomes, as listed on the previous
page. In the space below or on a separate page, explain how the transfer course for
which you are requesting GE credit meets the Chapman GE Learning Outcomes for the
category you are requesting. In cases where no learning outcomes are listed on the
transfer course syllabus, please explain based on the course description and course
activities:
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