Transfer credit

As a new student with transfer credit, you may be wondering exactly how your courses fit into your intended degree program, especially if those courses have not been evaluated as Ohio State equivalents.

It is recommended, and required for some majors, that you have necessary evaluations done prior to scheduling classes at orientation. Having this credit evaluated will allow you to take courses for which you are well prepared and will avoid duplicating courses that you have completed elsewhere. Here are some guidelines to assist you:

• Look at your Transfer Credit Report and identify any General (courses numbered G000.xx) and/or Deferred credit (appearing in a separate section of the report).
• Check the "Recommendations for Your Major" section below to see if you need to have this General and/or Deferred credit further evaluated.
• For further credit evaluation, contact the appropriate Transfer Credit Coordinator (view a list of coordinators online at registrar.osu.edu/transfer_credit/tcc_list.asp). Please provide the following materials whether you are sending a fax, mailing information, or meeting with a Transfer Credit Coordinator:
  
  1. A copy of your Transfer Credit Report
  2. A copy of your transcript
  3. A course syllabus and/or other information that is sufficient to determine the content and level of the course, such as a copy of the title page and table of contents from the text book(s) used in the course with the chapters that you covered clearly marked.
  4. General, Special, or Deferred credits in subject areas not specified in the "Recommendations for Your Major" section usually do not need to be evaluated prior to orientation. Your advisor may be able to apply these courses to your degree requirements. At your orientation program, you can talk with an academic advisor about the need to further evaluate additional courses.

Recommendations for your major

If your intended major is in one of the following colleges or schools, you should seek further credit evaluation in the subjects indicated. It is recommended that you have these courses evaluated at least two weeks before your orientation.

Description of transfer credit types

If the Transfer Credit Evaluator could not identify exact Ohio State course equivalents for your previous college course work, you will find some or all of the following designations.

G000.xx: General credit is awarded when there may be an equivalent course at Ohio State, but the Transfer Credit Evaluator could not make that determination.

S000.xx: Special credit is awarded when there is no specific course equivalent at Ohio State.

T000.xx: Technical credit is awarded for technical course work that is acceptable as undergraduate credit at Ohio State.

Und Tech: Undefined Technical credit is awarded for technical course work that is acceptable as undergraduate credit at Ohio State, but cannot be assigned to an existing Ohio State department.

D000.xx or Unknown: Deferred or Unknown credit is designated when the Transfer Credit Evaluator cannot determine if this course work is acceptable as undergraduate credit. It is not included in the total hours awarded, nor is it added to your Ohio State record until a transfer credit coordinator further evaluates the course(s) to determine whether or not credit can be awarded.

If you have been awarded any of the above types of credit, you can find a list of transfer credit coordinators at registrar.osu.edu/transfer_credit/tcc_list.asp.

Credits awarded

Whenever possible, you have been awarded exact Ohio State course equivalents.

In the section of your Transfer Credit Report labeled "These Courses Transfer to Ohio State," your courses are listed by course department, course number or type of credit, and quarter hours of credit. Semester hours are multiplied by 1.5 to calculate equivalent quarter hours. An example follows:

1. Term of course completion
2. Ohio State course name and number
   G000 = General Credit
   xx = a unique identifying number assigned to your General, Special, Technical, or Deferred credit
3. Total quarter hours earned for course
4. K is the Ohio State transfer grade designation
   2 = combination of two or more grades at previous institution
   A = grade at previous institution (does not include + or -)
5. Name or abbreviation of previous institution
6. Course name and number(s) taken at previous institution equivalent to Ohio State course

If you attended an institution with a non-traditional credit hour system, the maximum number of transfer credit hours that you can expect to receive per year is 48 quarter hours.

Key to departmental abbreviations

ACCTMIS	Accounting and Management Information Systems
AEDECON	Agricultural Environmental and Development Economics
AFAMAST	African-American and African Studies
AG&CONS	Agricultural and Construction Systems Management
CRPLAN	City and Regional Planning
CIRTECH	Circulation Technology
CSE	Computer Science and Engineering
EEURLL	East European Languages and Literature
EALL	East Asian Languages and Literature
EDUPL	Education: Educational Policy and Leadership
EDUPAES	Education: Physical Activity and Educational Services
EDUTL	Education: Teaching and Learning
EEOB	Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
FCSED	Family and Consumer Sciences Education
FDSCTE	Food Science and Technology
CSFMRSM	Consumer Sciences, Family Resource Management
GEODSCIE	Geodetic Science
HCS	Horticulture and Crop Science
HDFS	Human Development and Family Science
HIMS	Health Information and Management Systems
LARCH	Landscape Architecture
MATSCEN	Materials Science and Engineering
NELC	Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

This is a partial listing. A complete list can be found at registrar.osu.edu/transfer_credit/depts.asp.

Provisional credits

Also listed on your credit evaluation in the section labeled "Provisional Credits" are the courses that were in progress when you applied to Ohio State. Credits listed here will be added to your Ohio State record once we receive your final transcript, showing the courses satisfactorily completed. Remember to have final and official transcripts sent as soon as possible to the admissions office listed below.

Undergraduate Admissions
P.O. Box 182646
Columbus, OH 43218-2646
(614) 292-3980
askabuckeye@osu.edu
undergrad.osu.edu

Transfer credit planning

Students transferring to Ohio State from a variety of Ohio colleges and universities can check how their incoming credit will transfer to Ohio State using u.select. Please note, however, that this credit evaluation is not official until transcripts have been received by Ohio State from your previous institution and is for educational purposes only.