Does Ohio State give credit for CLEP examinations?
Ohio State will award credit for acceptable scores on the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams. Credit is awarded for subject exams only. Score reports should be forwarded to Undergraduate Admissions for review.
How does Ohio State convert semester hours to quarter hours for U.S. institutions?
Semester hours can be converted to quarter hours by multiplying the semester hours by 1.5. For example, if you took a class that was 4 semester hours, it would transfer as 6 quarter hours. Because we cannot award fractional credit hours, 3 semester hour courses will receive 4 or 5 quarter hours alternately, instead of 4.5 credit hours each.
How does Ohio State award credit for results of GCE, IB, German Abitur, and Canadian CEGEP exams?
Ohio State may award transfer credit for exemplary performance on the GCE, IB, German Abitur, or Canadian CEGEP exams, as shown below. (Contact an international undergraduate admissions counselor for additional information).
- GCE A Levels (Advanced Levels)
- 15 quarter hours for grades A through E except general papers
- GEC AS Levels (Advanced Supplementary/ Subsidiary Level)
- 8 quarter hours for grades A through E except general paper
- IB (International Baccalaureate)
- 8 quarter hours for grades 4 or higher for higher level exams
- German Abitur
- up to 15 quarter hours for subjects studies throughout the 12th and 13th years, as well as the major subjects (leistrungskurse) passed with a grade of ausreichend or better
- Canadian CEGEP
- transfer credit for C- or better
Will Ohio State evaluate my credit before I submit the application for admission?
We are unable to provide you with an evaluation of the transfer credit that you might receive. This is a time-consuming process that is not done until we are ready to offer admission to an applicant.
How is transfer credit awarded?
In general, transfer credit is awarded for non-technical, non-remedial courses in which a grade of C- or higher is earned. Some courses will be evaluated as direct Ohio State equivalents. Other courses cannot be fully evaluated until you arrive on campus and meet with designated faculty members in the appropriate programs.
What is general credit?
General credit, designated as Gen, is awarded when a specific course equivalency is possible but cannot be readily determined. Many academic departments want to review transfer course work on a case-by-case basis, so they instruct Undergraduate Admissions to award general credit for certain kinds of courses. Your academic advisor may advise you to have the general credit further evaluated to determine a specific course equivalency, if possible. This action will help you to avoid registering for courses which may duplicate previous course work.
What is special credit?
Special credit, designated as Spl, means that Ohio State does not offer a course equivalent to the course you completed, but the course is recognized as being college level. Special credit may be used to fulfill degree requirements upon approval by your academic advisor in your college office. Special credit is usually used as elective hours.
What is undefined technical credit?
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.
What is deferred or unknown credit?
Deferred or Unknown is the designation given to course work that may or may not be 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.
What is technical credit?
Technical credit is awarded for technical course work that is acceptable as undergraduate credit at Ohio State. Like general and special credit, technical credit counts toward overall earned hours, but application of such credit toward degree programs is determined by your academic advisor in your college office. Technical credit is rarely awarded by Ohio State during an initial transfer credit evaluation; it is usually the result of having deferred credit further evaluated by an academic department.
How does Ohio State calculate transfer credit from international institutions?
For international institutions using a semester system, semester hours will be converted into quarter hours. For other international institutions, the maximum number of credit hours that can be awarded for a year's work is 48 quarter hours.
The 48 hours is portioned out to each course according to the relative unit value of all courses. The actual credit awarded by our office may be less than 48 hours. For example, Ohio State does not award credit for English composition courses taken in a country where English is not the native language. In addition, no credit is awarded for courses completed with a grade lower than C-.
I have been admitted to Ohio State and want to know exact course equivalents for the classes I am transferring. When will I know how my credits transfer to Ohio State?
When you arrive on campus, you will meet with an academic advisor who will determine how your previous course work will apply to your program of study. We cannot give you specific information before you arrive on campus.
What documents will help Ohio State to evaluate my credit?
Please bring a syllabus for each course that you have completed. The syllabus should include a description of the course content, the length of the course, and how much time was spent in the course. Also, we suggest that you consider copying the index and first pages of the textbooks that you used in each class. This will help the transfer credit evaluators to evaluate your course work correctly.
If these documents are not originally in English, please have them translated into English, preferably by the institution publishing them.
How long will it take to earn my bachelor's degree?
The amount of transfer credit that you receive, along with the specific courses awarded credit, determine your standing at Ohio State. We cannot be specific about how long it will take you to earn a bachelor's degree. An academic advisor in your college office can determine this once your course work has been completely evaluated after you arrive on campus.
Ohio State's degree programs do not follow a year-by-year curriculum. Therefore, if you are admitted with two years of transfer credit, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to complete your bachelor's degree in two additional years. Specific courses awarded credit, along with the total credit hours awarded, will determine your actual standing.
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