TESU "special topics"

[rachel83az]

As long as the credits are from different sources, the special topics will "stack". They are the only ones that don't overlap even if the numbers match. Multiple students have shown transcripts with matching "special topics" numbers and no overlap.

Example: You transfer in a course on literature of the Middle Ages from your local university and TESU brings it in as ENG-299 for whatever reason. You may then take English 310: Short Stories from Study.com and get another ENG-299 on your transcript.

However, with TESU's change to using 4-digit numbers, there will probably be less chance of overlap in the future. The local university might be brought in as ENG-2991 and perhaps SDC eventually gets brought in as ENG-2992 or something along those lines. It's even possible that "special topics" will be phased out entirely as more subjects get their own separate number.