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Most college level courses taken Fall Semester 2010 or after at regionally accredited institutions across the United States will be eligible for transfer with an earned grade of D- or better.  Courses taken prior to Fall Semester 2010 at non-Ohio regionally accredited institutions will be eligible for transfer consideration with an earned grade of C or better.  Courses taken on a pass/fail or credit/no credit basis prior to Fall 2015 will be eligible for transfer consideration if it can be determined that a grade of C or better was earned for the course.  Fall 2015 and after pass/fail or credit/no credit courses are eligible for consideration if it can be determined that a grade of D- or better was earned.

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University uses professionally recognized resources to convert grades in international coursework to U.S. equivalents.

Students who have attended U.S. institutions in regional accreditation candidacy status must validate their previous coursework by earning 32 semester credit hours toward a baccalaureate degree or 16 semester credit hours toward an associate degree with a 2.00 cumulative grade point average at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University before credit earned at that institution will be considered for transfer.  Once an institution achieves regional accreditation, only those credits earned while the institution was in candidacy status or afterwards will be transferable.

An official transcript must be sent directly from the issuing institution to ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University.  ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University accepts electronically exchanged transcripts from other Ohio public undergraduate institutions through the Ohio Department of Higher Education transcript exchange.  Electronic transcripts sent from Ohio private and non-Ohio institutions through a third-party vendor are also accepted and should be sent to transfercrediteval@ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúOH.edu.  Paper transcripts must be mailed directly from the transferring institution to ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University.  ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University will not evaluate or post transfer credit from an ‘Issued to Student’ or hand delivered transcript or other academic record document.  All documents for transfer evaluation and award of credit must be sent directly from the issuing institution to ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University, and if transcripted in a foreign language must be accompanied by an official English translation.  (Note:  Documents classified as official for admission purposes may not be acceptable for transfer credit evaluation.)

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University may require that transcripts from foreign institutions be submitted with a verification report from the quality assurance body and/or Ministry of Education that is authorized to operate by their respective government as an agency of the government.

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University requires that transcripts from Chinese institutions be submitted with a verification report from the China Higher Education Student Information and Career Center (CHESICC) to be considered official and eligible for consideration.

In cases where there is uncertainty of the comparability to the U.S. and/or ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University course level or equivalency, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University may require that the student submit documentation such as course descriptions and syllabi that include a list of required texts/readings for the course, number of class hours required in a course, the dates and length of academic term(s) when enrolled.  This documentation, if recorded in a foreign language, must be accompanied by an official English translation.

Non-collegiate level courses (e.g., in English and Mathematics) that are clearly intended to be a review of secondary school material are often designated remedial/developmental and are not awarded university transfer credit.  Included in this category are selected orientation and study skills courses, speed reading and note taking courses. In a similar manner, English as a Second Language (ESL) courses are not eligible for evaluation or the award of university credit.

Domestic coursework taken under the quarter system is converted to semester credit hours by multiplying the number of quarter hours by .667, e.g. 3 quarter hours x .667 = 2 semester hours.

International coursework measurement can vary greatly among countries, as well as institutions within countries. Course values may be documented in hours, units, quarters, and semesters, and definitions of such values vary between countries and institutions.  Because ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University transfer credit hour values are based on the credit value assigned by the originating institution, an institutional analysis is used to determine a proper and consistent conversion of credit to ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú semester hours.

• Semester academic calendar If the institutional analysis determines the international educational system is comparable to the United States’ system, as well as Ohio State’s semester hour definition of awarding credit, a one-to-one ratio is used to award credit. If international course work is listed as semester hours on the transcript, and an institutional analysis determines that the designation does not hold the same weight as a U.S. semester hour, a ratio (see below) is used to award equivalent credit.
• Calculating ratios: comparing one year’s worth of work When determining comparability of educational institutions (with the exceptions outlined below), the standard practice is to compare one year’s worth of work from the international institution to 30 semester hours. If discrepancies exist between systems, a ratio is used to adjust the hours to equate the transfer work accordingly.
• European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) units In order to equate ECTS units to ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú semester hours, the following conversions are used: i. Continental Europe: 2 ECTS units = 1 U.S. semester hour ii. United Kingdom: 4 ECTS units = 1 U.S. semester hour
• People’s Republic of China: 1 Chinese credit hour = .667 ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú semester hour
• In the absence of documented course titles and grades, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú will determine the target number of semester credits per year of a student’s program and divide that by the total number of courses taken to create a credit ratio.

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University shall evaluate and award transfer credit for undergraduate course work as defined by guidelines established by the academic departments (e.g., English, Mathematics, History, Art). Transfer courses may be evaluated as direct equivalents or generalized credit by the appropriate department.  Where no direct equivalent can be determined by the Office of the University Registrar or the academic department, a ‘T’ number will be assigned as the course number and the credit hours will be applied as elective credit and not an equivalent ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University course.

is an online tool that students can use to view course equivalencies and how courses taken at other institutions may apply to ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University programs.