Current Students...Transfer...Transfer Module

Seamless transfer: The Ohio Transfer Module is a set of courses that fulfills the general education requirements at public colleges in Ohio. You can take the Transfer Module at Columbus State, then transfer to another college to finish your bachelor's degree.

The Transfer Module contains 54-60 quarter hours (or 36-40 semester hours) of course credits in English composition, mathematics, fine arts, humanities, social science, behavioral science, natural science, physical science and interdisciplinary courses.

Contents Of This Page

• Background

• Transfer Module

• Transfer Assurance Guides

• Conditions for Transfer Admission

• Acceptance of Transfer Credit

• Responsibility of Students

• Appeals Process

Background

The Ohio Board of Regents in 1990, following a directive of the 119th Ohio General Assembly, developed the Ohio Articulation
and Transfer Policy to facilitate students’ ability to transfer credits from one Ohio public college or university to another in order to avoid duplication of course requirements.

A subsequent policy review and recommendations produced by the Articulation and Transfer Advisory Council in 2004, together with mandates from the 125th Ohio General Assembly in the form of Amended Substitute House Bill 95, have prompted improvements of the original policy. While all state-assisted colleges and universities are required to follow the Ohio Articulation and Transfer Policy, independent colleges and universities in Ohio may or may not participate in the transfer policy.

Therefore, students interested in transferring to independent institutions are encouraged to check with the college or university of their choice regarding transfer agreements. In support of improved articulation and transfer processes, the Ohio Board of Regents will establish a transfer clearinghouse to receive, annotate, and convey transcripts among state-assisted colleges and universities. This system is designed to provide standardized information and help colleges and universities reduce undesirable variability in the transfer credit evaluation process.

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Transfer Module

The Ohio Board of Regents’ Transfer and Articulation Policy established the Transfer Module, which is a subset or entire set of a college or university’s General Education curriculum in A.A., A.S., and baccalaureate degree programs. Students in applied associate degree programs may complete some individual transfer module courses within their degree program or continue beyond the degree program to complete the entire transfer module. The Transfer Module contains 54-60 quarter hours or 36-40 semester hours of course credit in English composition (minimum 5-6 quarter hours or 3 semester hours); mathematics, statistics and formal/symbolic logic (minimum of 3 quarter hours or 3 semester hours); arts/humanities (minimum 9 quarter hours or 6 semester hours); social and behavioral sciences (minimum of 9 quarter hours or 6 semester hours); and natural sciences (minimum 9 quarter hours or 6 semester hours). Oral communication and interdisciplinary areas may be included as additional options. Additional elective hours from among these areas make up the total hours for a completed Transfer Module.

Courses for the Transfer Module should be 100- and 200-level general education courses commonly completed in the first two years of a student’s course of study. Each state-assisted university, technical and community college is required to establish and maintain an approved Transfer Module.

Transfer Module course(s) or the full module completed at one college or university will automatically meet the requirements of individual Transfer Module course(s) or the full Transfer Module at another college or university once the student is admitted. Students may be required, however, to meet additional general education requirements at the institution to which they transfer. For example, a student who completes the Transfer Module at Institution S (sending institution) and then transfers to Institution R (receiving institution) is said to have completed the Transfer Module portion of Institution R’s general education program. Institution R, however, may have general education courses that go beyond its Transfer Module. State policy initially required that all courses in the Transfer Module be completed to receive its benefit in transfer. However, subsequent policy revisions have extended this benefit to the completion of individual Transfer Module courses on a course-by-course basis.

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Transfer Assurance Guides

Transfer Assurance Guides (TAGs) comprise Transfer Module courses and additional courses required for an academic major. A TAG is an advising tool to assist Ohio university and community and technical college students planning specific majors to make course selections that will ensure comparable, compatible, and equivalent learning experiences across the state’s higher-education system. A number of area-specific TAG pathways in the arts, humanities, business, communication, education, health, mathematics, science, engineering, engineering technologies, and the social sciences have been developed by faculty teams.

TAGs empower students to make informed course selection decisions and plans for their future transfer. Advisors at the institution to which a student wishes to transfer should also be consulted during the transfer process. Students may elect to complete the full TAG or any subset of courses from the TAG. Because of specific major requirements, early identification of a student’s intended major is encouraged.

Students who complete Columbus State’s degree requirements in Communication Skills, Mathematics, Humanities, Biological and Physical Sciences, and Social and Behavioral Sciences will automatically have completed the Transfer Module.

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Transfer Module

English Composition
        College Composition – 5-6 hours required
        ENGL 101      Beginning Composition (3) and
        ENGL 102      Essay and Research (3) or
        ENGL 111      English Composition (5)
        Intermediate Composition – 5 hours required
        ENGL 250      Writing about the American Experience (5)
        ENGL 251      The American Identity (5)
        ENGL 252      Images of Men and Women in America (5)
        ENGL 253      American Regional Writing (5)

Mathematics and Logical Analysis – select a  minimum of
        one course
Mathematics–5 hours required
        MATH 116    Mathematics for the Liberal Arts (5)
        MATH 130    Mathematical Analysis for Business I (5)
        MATH 131    Business Calculus I (5)
        MATH 132    Business Calculus II (5)
        MATH 148    College Algebra (5)
        MATH 150    Pre-Calculus (5)
        MATH 151    Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (5)
        MATH 152    Calculus and Analytic Geometry II (5)
        MATH 153    Calculus and Analytic Geometry III (5)
        MATH 254    Multivariable Calculus (5)
        MATH 255    Elementary Differential Equations (5)
        MATH 266    Discrete Mathematical Structures (5)
        MATH 268    Elementary Linear Algebra (5)
        MATH 285    Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations (6)

Biological and Physical Sciences – Select Option I or II.
        OPTION I: Integrated/Interdisciplinary
        NSCI 101        Natural Science I (5)
        NSCI 102        Natural Science II (5)
        NSCI 103        Natural Science III (5)
        OPTION II: Select three courses from at least two
        areas Biological Sciences
        BIO 111          Introductory Biology I (5)
        BIO 112          Introductory Biology II (5)
        BIO 215          General Microbiology (5)
        BIO 125          General Botany (5)
        BIO 126          Introduction to Ecology (5)
        BIO 261          Human Anatomy (5)
        BIO 262          Human Physiology (5)
        BIO 263          Human Pathophysiology (5)
        BIO 174          Biological Sciences I (5)
        BIO 175          Biological Sciences II (5)
        BIO 201          Animal Diversity and Systemics (5)
        Physical Sciences
        CHEM 111     Elementary Chemistry I (5)
        CHEM 112     Elementary Chemistry II (5)
        CHEM 113     Elements of Organic and Biochemistry  (5)
        CHEM 171     General Chemistry I (5)
        CHEM 172     General Chemistry II (5)
        CHEM 173     General Chemistry III  (5)
        GEOL 121      Physical Geology (5)             
        PHYS 117       College Physics - Mechanics and Heat (5)
        PHYS 118       College Physics - Elect, Magnet & Light (5)
        PHYS 119       College Physics - Modern Physics (5)
        PHYS 177       General Physics I (5)
        PHYS 178       General Physics II (5)
        PHYS 179       General Physics III (5)

Arts/Humanities – Select Option I or Option II.
        OPTION I: Select one of the Civilization sequences
        Integrated/Interdisciplinary
        HUM 111       Civilization I (5) and
        HUM 112       Civilization II (5) and
        HUM 113       Civilization III (5) or
        HUM 111       Civilization I (5) and
        HUM 151       American Civilization to 1877 (5) and
        HUM 152       American Civilization since 1877 (5)
        OPTION II: Select three courses from at least two
        areas
        Interdisciplinary
        HUM 205       Medicine and the Humanities (5)
        HUM 222       Classical Mythology (5)
        HUM 245       Music and Art Since 1945 (5)
        Western Arts
        ART 101         History of Western Art (5)
        MUS 101        History of Western Music (5)
        Philosophy
        PHIL 101        Introduction to Philosophy (5)
        PHIL 130        Ethics (5)
        PHIL 270        Philosophy of Religion (5)    
        World/Non-Western Cultures
        HUM 251       History of Latin America (5)
        HUM 252       The Islamic World and the Middle East (5)
        HUM 253       History of China and Japan (5)
        HUM 254       Introduction to African Literature (5)
        HUM 270       Comparative Religions (5)
        Literature
        ENGL 230      Introduction to Dramatic Literature (5)
        ENGL 235      Introduction to Poetry (5)
        ENGL 240      Introduction to Science Fiction (3)
        ENGL 262      Survey of British Literature (5)
        ENGL 264      Introduction to Shakespeare (5)
        ENGL 265      Modern European Lit. in Translation (5)
        ENGL 270      Black American Writers (5)
        ENGL 276      Women in Literature (5)
        ENGL 274      Introduction to Non-Western Literature (5)

Social and Behavioral Sciences – Select Option I or
Option II.
        OPTION I: Select three courses from the following
        Integrated/Interdisciplinary
        SSCI 100        Globalization: A Social Science Perspective   
        SSCI 101         Cultural Diversity (5)
        SSCI 102         American Popular Culture(5)
        SSCI 105         Law and Society (5)
        OPTION II: Select three courses from at least two
        areas
        Economics/Geography
        ECON 100      Introduction to Economics (5)
        ECON 200      Principles of Microeconomics (5)
        ECON 240      Principles of Macroeconomics (5)
        GEOG 200      World Regional Geography (5)
        Political Science
        POLS 101       Introduction to American Government (5)
        POLS 165       Introduction to Politics (5)
        Psychology
        PSY 100          Introduction to Psychology (5)
        PSY 200          Educational Psychology (5)
        PSY 230          Abnormal Psychology (5)
        PSY 135          Psychology of Adjustment (3)
        PSY 240          Human Growth and Development (4)
        PSY 261          Introduction to Child Development (5)
        PSY 267          Social Psychology (5)
        Sociology/Anthropology
        ANTH 200     Introduction to Physical Anthropology (5)
        ANTH 201     World Prehistory (5)
        ANTH 202     Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (5)
        ANTH 240     Forensic Anthropology (5)
        SOC 101         Introduction to Sociology (5)
        SOC 202         Social Problems (5)
        SOC 210         Sociology of Deviance (5)
        SOC 230         Marriage and Family Relations (5)
        SOC 280         American Race and Ethnic Relations (5)

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Conditions for Transfer Admission

1.     Ohio residents with associate degrees from state-assisted institutions and a completed, approved Transfer Module shall be
admitted to a state institution of higher education in Ohio, provided their cumulative grade point average is at least 2.0 for all previous college-level courses. Further, these students shall have admission priority over out-of-state associate degree graduates and transfer students.
2.     When students have earned associate degrees but have not completed a Transfer Module, they will be eligible for preferential consideration for admission as transfer students if they have grade point averages of at least a 2.0 for all previous college-level
courses.
3.     In order to encourage completion of the baccalaureate degree, students who are not enrolled in an A.A. or A.S. degree program but have earned 60 semester or 90 quarter hours or more of credit toward a baccalaureate degree with a grade point average of at least a 2.0 for all previous college-level courses will be eligible for preferential consideration for admission as transfer students.
4.     Students who have not earned an A.A. or A.S. degree or who have not earned 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of credit with a grade point average of at least a 2.0 for all previous college level courses are eligible for admission as transfer students on a competitive basis.
5.     Incoming transfer students admitted to a college or university shall compete for admission to selective programs, majors, and units on an equal basis with students native to the receiving institution.

Admission to a given institution, however, does not guarantee that a transfer student will be automatically admitted to all majors, minors, or fields of concentration at the institution. Once admitted, transfer students shall be subject to the same regulations governing applicability of catalog requirements as native students. Furthermore, transfer students shall be accorded the same class standing and other privileges as native students on the basis of the number of credits earned. All residency requirements must be completed at the receiving institution.

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Acceptance of Transfer Credit

To recognize courses appropriately and provide equity in the treatment of incoming transfer students and students native to the receiving institution, transfer credit will be accepted for all successfully completed college-level courses completed in and after Fall 2005 from Ohio state-assisted institutions of higher education. Students who successfully completed A.A. or A.S. degrees prior to Fall 2005 with a 2.0 or better overall grade point average would also receive credit for all college-level course they have passed. (See Ohio Articulation and Transfer Policy, Definition of Passing Grade and Appendix D.) While this reflects the baseline policy requirement, individual institutions may set equitable institutional policies that are more accepting. Pass/fail courses, credit by examination courses, experiential learning courses, and other nontraditional credit courses that meet these conditions will also be accepted and posted to the student record.

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Responsibility of Students

In order to facilitate transfer with maximum applicability of transfer credit, prospective transfer students should plan a course of study that will meet the requirements of a degree program at the receiving institution. Students should use the Transfer Module, Transfer Assurance Guides, and Course Applicability System for guidance in planning the transfer process. Specifically, students should identify early in their collegiate studies an institution and major to which they desire to transfer. Furthermore, students should determine if there are language requirements or any special course requirements that can be met during the freshman or sophomore year. This will enable students to plan and pursue a course of study that will articulate with the receiving institution’s major. Students are encouraged to seek further information regarding transfer from both their advisor and the college or university to which they plan to transfer.

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Appeals Process

Following the evaluation of a student transcript from another institution, the receiving institution shall provide the student with a statement of transfer credit applicability. At the same time, the institution must inform the student of the institution’s appeals process. The process should be multi-level and responses should be issued within 30 days of the receipt of the appeal.
 
The Columbus State Community College appeals process begins after the student with previous college credit receives an e-mail, which indicates that some previous coursework may not be applicable to the student’s new degree. The e-mail explains the procedure for requesting a second evaluation of the transcript. If the re-evaluation is not satisfactory to the student, the student may then appeal by asking the Registrar to initiate the next step in the appeals process, which consists of a review of the transcript and supporting documentation by the department housing the academic discipline of the course(s) in question. Appeals denied at the department level will automatically be forwarded to the Dean of Arts and Sciences for a final decision on behalf of the college. If the appeal is denied at this level, the student will be advised in writing of the reasons for the denial and how to appeal to the state level.
 Fulfillment of the associate of arts or associate of science degree requirements assures fulfillment of transfer module requirements.

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