Transfer & Articulation

Articulation Agreements

Articulation agreements are formal partnerships between institutions that define how college credit is recognized and transferred. Sinclair Community College uses articulation agreements to avoid duplication of coursework, promote efficient use of resources, and support students’ transition into and between postsecondary institutions. The College maintains agreements with secondary schools, hospitals, professional organizations, and colleges and universities.

Articulation agreements can be categorized in two ways:

• Incoming Agreements: Agreements with secondary schools, hospitals, and professional organizations outline how credits will be recognized at Sinclair Community College. This option, known as articulated credit, allows eligible students to receive college credit for approved prior learning. For more information, contact an Academic Advisor at (937) 512-3700 or email plaprograms@sinclair.edu.
• Outgoing Agreements: Agreements with other colleges and universities specify how Sinclair Community College programs and courses transfer to those institutions. Information about current agreements is available at: www.sinclair.edu/agreements

Articulation and Transfer Policies for Degree-Seeking Students

Begin your four-year degree at Sinclair Community College and take advantage of small class sizes, caring faculty, supportive staff, and affordable tuition.

Students can:

• Complete many freshman- and sophomore-level courses before transferring to a four-year institution.

• Earn an associate degree at Sinclair and apply many of those credits toward a bachelor’s degree.

• Fulfill most general education requirements by completing courses within the Ohio Transfer 36 before transferring.

Students may transfer to and from Sinclair by following a few simple steps. Be sure to consult both a Sinclair academic advisor and the intended transfer institution.

Transfer of Credit to Sinclair

To ensure that credits from another institution transfer efficiently to Sinclair, follow these steps:

1. Request Official Transcripts

Contact all previously attended colleges or universities and request that official transcripts be sent to:

Sinclair Community College
Registration & Student Records
444 West Third Street
Dayton, Ohio 45402-1460

Upon receipt of a transcript, Sinclair will notify the student by mail. Within 15 business days, the Student Records department will evaluate the coursework and determine course equivalencies. A full report of transfer credits will then be mailed to the student.

Sinclair accepts credits from colleges and universities accredited by regional accrediting associations.

2. Meet with an Academic Advisor

An advisor will help determine appropriate courses for the student’s degree program. If all official transcripts have not yet been received, students should bring unofficial copies to their advising appointment.

3. Register for Classes

Transfer of Credit from Sinclair

To ensure that Sinclair credits transfer efficiently to another institution (transfer institution), follow these steps:

1. Meet with an Academic Advisor

Meet with the appropriate Sinclair academic or faculty advisor and communicate regularly with a representative from the transfer institution. Early and consistent advising helps ensure appropriate course selection.

2. Follow Transfer Admission Procedures

Complete the transfer admission requirements of the receiving institution.

3. Send Official Transcripts

Request that official Sinclair transcripts be sent to the transfer institution and confirm that they have been received and evaluated.

For additional information, visit: www.sinclair.edu/transcripts

Important Reminders

• Meet with an academic or faculty advisor early in your academic career. Students are responsible for keeping advisors informed of their intended academic program and/or transfer plans.

• Contact the transfer institution as soon as possible and request specific course recommendations to align your Sinclair coursework with their requirements. Consulting advisors at both institutions helps ensure accurate and timely transfer information.

• Always confirm course selections with the transfer institution. Sinclair is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is recognized by the Ohio Department of Higher Education. As a result, most credits transfer to other colleges and universities. University Parallel courses generally transfer more readily than technical courses. Due to the specialized nature of many career-program courses, some may not be designed for transfer. Exceptions include courses covered by approved articulation agreements with four-year institutions. An academic advisor can provide additional information about these options.

Acceptance of Transfer and Articulated 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 or after Fall 2005 from Ohio public institutions of higher education. Students who successfully completed Associate of Arts (AA) or Associate of Science (AS) degrees prior to Fall 2005 with a 2.0 or better overall grade-point average would also receive credit for all college-level courses they have passed. While this reflects the baseline policy requirement, individual institutions may set equitable institutional policies that are more accepting. 

Pass/Fail courses, credit-by-examination credits, experiential learning courses, and other non-traditional credit courses that meet these conditions will also be accepted and posted to the student record.

Advanced Placement (AP) Exams

The State of Ohio, in partnership with its public institutions of higher education, has established policies to facilitate a smooth transition from high school to college and among Ohio’s public colleges and universities.

Beginning in the Fall term 2009:

1. Students who earn a score of 3 or higher on an Advanced Placement (AP) exam will receive the aligned course(s) and corresponding credit for the exam area successfully completed.

2. General education courses and credits awarded will apply toward graduation and will satisfy general education requirements if the equivalent course fulfills a requirement.

3. If no direct course equivalent exists for a completed AP exam area, elective or area credit will be awarded in the appropriate academic discipline and applied toward graduation, where such elective options are available within the major.

4. Additional credit may be awarded for scores of 4 or 5. The amount and type of credit granted for higher scores vary by institution and academic discipline.

In disciplines with highly sequential coursework, particularly in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), students are strongly encouraged to consult with academic advisors to ensure they have the appropriate foundation for success in advanced courses.

A complete list of approved AP courses for Sinclair can be viewed at: https://reports-cems.transfercredit.ohio.gov

Application of Transfer and Articulated Credit

Application of credit is the decision process performed by the receiving institution to determine how the credits it has accepted and recorded on the student’s official academic transcript will or will not apply toward program and degree requirements. While the receiving institution makes this decision, it will do so within the parameters of this Policy. 

Apprenticeship Pathway Programs

The Apprenticeship Pathways initiative advocates for individuals completing apprenticeships by incorporating their learning into academic credit, thereby saving them time and money and encouraging them to advance their academic credentials to contribute to a strong, educated workforce. 

Ohio apprenticeship programs partner with public two-year institutions to provide technology-specific statewide articulation agreements that recognize non-traditional prior learning. College credit is awarded toward a technical associate degree. Each agreement simplifies student advising by outlining how apprenticeship training in a certain pathway applies to an applied associate degree and lists remaining courses required to complete the degree. The application of the credit toward a technical associate degree in these agreements is guaranteed at the participating receiving institutions.

Career-Technical Assurance Guides

Collaboration among the Ohio Department of Higher Education, the Ohio Department of Education, and other key stakeholders led to the development of policies and procedures to create statewide career-technical discipline specific articulation agreements and further ensure that students completing coursework at an adult or secondary career-technical institution can articulate and transfer agreed-upon technical courses/programs to any Ohio public institution of higher education and among Ohio public institutions of higher education “without unnecessary duplication or institutional barriers.” 

Career-Technical Assurance Guides (CTAGs) are statewide articulation agreements that guarantee the recognition of learning which occurs at public adult and secondary career technical institutions and have the opportunity for the award of college credit toward technical courses/programs at any public higher education institution. CTAGs serve as advising tools, identifying the statewide content guarantee and describing other conditions or obligations (e.g., program accreditation or industry credential) associated with the guarantee. 

A complete list of approved CTAG courses for Sinclair can be viewed at https://reports-cems.transfercredit.ohio.gov

Sinclair’s Approved Career-Technical Assurance Guides (CTAGs)     

College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)

The State of Ohio, working with public institutions of higher education and statewide faculty panels has developed policies to recognize students’ prior learning and to facilitate the articulation and guaranteed transfer of such learning between Ohio’s public colleges and universities.

College credit is guaranteed for students who achieve an established College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) test score for exams that have been endorsed statewide as college level. Statewide faculty panels aligned CLEP exams to equivalent Ohio Transfer 36 (OT36) and Transfer Assurance Guide (TAG) courses, as appropriate. If an equivalent course is not available for the CLEP exam area, by default, endorsed elective or area credit will still be awarded and applied towards graduation.

Specific endorsed alignments and scores for individual CLEP exams that are outlined in the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) Endorsed Alignment Policies document are available on the Ohio Department of Higher Education website at https://transfercredit.ohio.gov.

Conditions for Transfer Admission

1. Graduates who are considered transfer students under the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) definition, who hold associate degrees from Ohio’s public institutions of higher education, and who have completed an approved Ohio Transfer 36 shall be admitted to an Ohio public institution of higher education, provided that their cumulative grade-point average is at least 2.0 for all previous college-level coursework and that all other institutional admission criteria, such as space availability, adherence to deadlines, payment of fees, and grade-point average requirements that are fairly and equally applied to all undergraduate students have been satisfied. These students shall receive admission priority over graduates with an out-of-state associate degree and other transfer students with transferable and/or articulated college credit.

2. Associate degree holders who have not completed the Ohio Transfer 36 at an Ohio public institution of higher education will be eligible for preferential consideration for admission as transfer students, provided that the institution’s admission criteria such as minimum academic standards, space availability, adherence to deadlines, and payment of fees are fairly and equally applied to all undergraduate students.

3. To encourage completion of the baccalaureate degree, students who are not currently enrolled in or who have not earned a degree, but who have earned 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of credit toward a baccalaureate degree with a cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.0 for all previous college-level coursework, will be eligible for preferential consideration for admission as transfer students, provided that the institution’s admission criteria, such as minimum academic standards, space availability, adherence to deadlines, and payment of fees are fairly and equally applied to all undergraduate students.

4. Students who have not earned an associate degree and who have not earned 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of credit with a cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.0 for all previous college-level coursework will be 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 academic units on an equal basis with students native to the receiving institution.

Admission to an institution as a transfer student does not guarantee admission to specific majors, minors, or fields of concentration. Some programs have additional academic and non-academic requirements beyond those for general admission (e.g., background checks or grade-point averages higher than 2.0 or higher than the institutional average required for admission). Once admitted, transfer students are subject to the same catalog requirements and academic regulations as native students. Furthermore, transfer students shall be accorded the same class standing and privileges as native students based on the number of credits earned. All residency requirements must be completed at the receiving institution.

General Education

Sinclair Community College believes every educated person should possess a set of basic, common knowledge, skills and attitudes. Through Sinclair’s courses and programs of study, a student acquires breadth of knowledge and gains competence to achieve independent intellectual inquiry. Upon completion of the associate degree at Sinclair, the student will be able to demonstrate the following six general education outcomes:

1. Oral Communication: the creation of common understanding through the use of verbal and nonverbal messages in a variety of contexts.
2. Written Communication: the creation of understanding through composition and synthesis of the written word.
3. Information Literacy: the ability to effectively locate, evaluate, and use information.
4. Critical Thinking: the application of higher order analytical and creative cognitive processes.
5. Cultural Diversity and Global Citizenship: the ability to apply knowledge of cultural diversity to real world context by acknowledging, understanding, and engaging constructively within the contemporary world.
6. Mathematical Reasoning and Problem Solving: the application of quantitative problem-solving skills to the mathematical modeling, analysis and interpretation of real-world problems.
7. Artificial Intelligence: the ability to use Artificial Intelligence effectively and appropriately.

Note: For programs that require a multicultural elective, the following Ohio Transfer 36 courses meet the multicultural requirement.

• Multicultural General Education Electives
     

Industry Recognized Credential Transfer Assurance Guides

Industry Recognized Credential Transfer Assurance Guides (ITAGs) are a statewide transfer initiative that guarantees the awarding of college-level credit to students who earn agreed-upon, industry-recognized credentials. The award of credit is based upon the knowledge, skills, and competencies gained through credential attainment, regardless of where the learning to prepare for the credential took place.

The approved ITAG courses for Sinclair can be viewed here https://www.sinclair.edu/about/offices/provost/articulation-transfer/industry-recognized-credential-transfer-assurance-guides-itags/

Sinclair’s Approved Industry-recognized Assurance Guides (ITAGs)    

Institutional Transfer

The Ohio Department of Higher Education in 1990, following a directive of the 118th 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. Additional legislation from the 125th Ohio General Assembly also initiated the development of a statewide system for articulation agreements among state institutions of higher education for transfer students pursuing teacher education programs.

Action by the 126th Ohio General Assembly led to the establishment of criteria, policies, and procedures for the transfer of technical courses completed through a career-technical education institution; and standards for the awarding of college credit based on Advanced Placement (AP) test scores.

Legislation from the 130th Ohio General Assembly required public institutions of higher education to: use baseline standards and procedures in the granting of college credit for military training, experience, and coursework; establish an appeals process for resolving disputes over the awarding of credit for military experience; provide specific assistance and support to veterans and service members; adopt a common definition of a service member and veteran; and establish a credit articulation system in which adult graduates of public career-technical institutions who complete a 900 clock-hour program of study and obtain an industry-recognized credential approved by the Chancellor shall receive 30 college technical credit hours toward a technical degree upon enrollment.

While all public 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. Though some Ohio independent institutions follow articulation and transfer initiatives, without faculty review, courses are not guaranteed to transfer as equivalent. However, student mobility is evident in the state of Ohio and thus Public institutions are free and encouraged to enter articulation agreements with Ohio  independent institutions as referenced in the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) policy book. In support of improved articulation and transfer processes, the Ohio Department of Higher Education has established an articulation and transfer clearinghouse to receive, annotate, and convey transcripts among public 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.

Military Transfer Assurance Guides

In response to the legislative requirement (Ohio Revised Code 3333.164) to create a military articulation and transfer assurance guide for college-level learning that took place through military training, experience, and coursework, college credit will be granted to students with military training, experience, and/or coursework that is recognized by the American Council on Education (ACE) or a institutional accreditor that was formerly a regional accreditor military institution, such as Community College of the Air Force. 

In order to streamline the awarding, transferability, and applicability of college credit, service members and veterans are guaranteed to earn certain types of credit(s) or course(s) as specified in the Military Transfer Assurance Guides (MTAGs), which are based on the endorsed baseline standards and procedures by the Chancellor. Equivalent course(s), credits for courses, or block of credit is to be awarded and applied towards general education and/or major course requirements at the receiving institution in accordance with the MTAG guarantee. There is some training, experience, and coursework that the receiving institution may be able to award college credit only toward general or free electives. 

In addition, public institutions of higher education shall ensure that appropriate equivalent credit is awarded for military training, experience, and coursework that meet the baseline standards and procedures according to the Ohio Revised Code 3333.164. This requirement goes beyond credit/course awarded based on the MTAG alignment process. 

A complete list of approved MTAG courses can be viewed at: https://transfercredit.ohio.gov

Sinclair’s Approved Military Assurance Guides (MTAGs)     

Ohio Consortium for Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts

Sinclair Community College is a member of the Ohio Consortium for Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts, a group of 25 two-year and four-year colleges working together to provide clear, consistent transfer pathways in biology, English and psychology for community college students transferring from Sinclair to 14 private colleges in Ohio; all of which have approved transfer pathways that align with the Ohio Guaranteed Transfer Pathways (OGTPs). This assures that the pathway you complete as part of your associate degree will provide a clear path with maximum transferable credit to private colleges and universities across Ohio. You will be able to transfer as a college junior, on track to graduate with your bachelor’s degree.

Ohio Guaranteed Transfer Pathways

The Ohio Guaranteed Transfer Pathways (OGTPs) are designed to provide a clear path for students pursuing an associate degree at Ohio community colleges who plan to transfer to an Ohio public university to complete a bachelor’s degree in an equivalent field. The OGTPs constitute an agreement between public community colleges and universities confirming that community college courses meet major preparation requirements and will be counted and applied toward the bachelor’s degree. Students still must meet all university program admission requirements.

A student who completes all of the coursework within a major-specific Ohio Guaranteed Transfer Pathway (OGTP) will be eligible to earn an associate degree from an Ohio public community college. Successful completion of the OGTP will be recorded on the student’s transcript, and upon transfer to an Ohio public university, the student should receive junior standing and all coursework taken as part of the pathway will transfer to the university toward the completion of a bachelor’s degree in an equivalent field. OGTP builds upon the existing statewide credit transfer guarantees including the Ohio Transfer 36, Transfer Assurance Guides, Military Transfer Assurance Guides, and Career-Technical Assurance Guides.

OGTPs can be found on the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s website at https://transfercredit.ohio.gov/initiatives-upd/ohio-guaranteed-transfer-pathways

The following are approved Ohio Guaranteed Transfer Pathways for Sinclair Community College:

• Anthropology Associate of Arts to Bachelor of Arts
• Applied Business to Bachelors
• Art History Associate of Arts to Bachelor of Arts
• Biology Associate of Science to Bachelor of Science
• Business Administration Associate of Science to Bachelor of Science
• Chemistry Associate of Science to Bachelor of Science
• Communication Studies Associate of Arts to Bachelor of Arts
• Computer Science Associate of Science to Bachelor of Science
• Economics Associate of Science to Bachelor of Arts
• Electronics Engineering Technology Associate of Applied Science to Electrical Engineering Technology Bachelors
• English Associate of Arts to Bachelor of Arts
• Geography Associate of Arts to Bachelor of Arts
• Geology Associate of Science to Bachelor of Science
• History Associate of Arts to Bachelor of Arts
• Mathematics Associate of Science to Bachelor of Arts
• Mathematics Associate of Science to Bachelor of Science
• Philosophy Associate of Arts to Philosophy Bachelor of Arts
• Physics Associate of Science to Bachelor of Science
• Political Science Associate of Arts to Bachelor of Arts
• Psychology Associate of Arts to Bachelor of Arts
• Psychology Associate of Arts to Bachelor of Science
• Social Work Associate of Arts to Bachelor of Arts
• Sociology Associate of Arts to Bachelor of Arts
• Teacher Education Preparatory Pathway to Education Bachelors

Please contact your Sinclair Academic Advisor for additional information or if you intend to complete one of the above Ohio Guaranteed Transfer Pathways.

Ohio Technical Center Degree Pathways

The Ohio Technical Center Degree Pathways (formerly known as One-Year Option) builds upon Ohio’s articulation and transfer system to help more adults accelerate their preparation for work by earning a technical associate degree. Consistent with the philosophy of the Career-Technical Assurance Guides (CTAGs), the One-Year Option guarantees that college credit will be awarded for college-level learning that occurs through adult programs at public career-technical institutions.

Adults who complete a career-technical education program of study consisting of a minimum of 900 clock-hours and achieve an industry-recognized credential approved by the Chancellor shall receive thirty (30) semester hours of technical course credit toward a standardized Associate of Technical Study Degree (ATS) upon matriculation at a public institution of higher education that confers such a degree. The 30 semester hours will be awarded as a block of credit rather than credit for specific courses. Proportional credit is to be awarded toward the ATS degree for adults who complete a program of study between 600 and 899 clock hours and achieved an industry-recognized credential approved by the Chancellor.

The credit earned through the One-Year Option will be applied to ATS degrees bearing the following standardized degree titles:

1. Associate of Technical Study in Building and Industrial Technology
2. Associate of Technical Study in Business Technology
3. Associate of Technical Study in Health and Allied Health Technology
4. Associate of Technical Study in Information Technology
5. Associate of Technical Study in Services Technology

Ohio Transfer 36

The Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Articulation and Transfer Policy established the Ohio Transfer 36, which may be a subset or the entire set of a public higher education institution’s general education curriculum in Associate of Arts (AA), Associate of Science (AS) and baccalaureate degree programs. Students in applied associate degree programs may complete some individual Ohio Transfer 36 courses within their degree program or continue beyond the degree program to complete the entire Ohio Transfer 36 The Ohio Transfer 36 contains 36-40 semester of course credit in English composition (minimum of 3 semester); mathematics, statistics and logic (minimum of 3 semester); arts and humanities (minimum of 6 semester); social and behavioral sciences (minimum of 6 semester); and natural sciences (minimum of 6 semester). Oral communication, Interdisciplinary areas may be included as additional options. Additional elective hours from among these areas make up the total hours for a completed Ohio Transfer 36. Courses for the Ohio Transfer 36 should be 100- and 200-level general education courses commonly completed in the first two years of a student’s course of study. Each public university and technical and community college is required to establish and maintain an approved Ohio Transfer 36.

Ohio Transfer 36 course(s) or the full Ohio Transfer 36 completed at one college or university will automatically meet the requirements of individual Ohio Transfer 36 course(s) or the full Ohio Transfer 36 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 Ohio Transfer 36 at Institution S (sending institution) and then transfers to Institution R (receiving institution) is said to have completed the Ohio Transfer 36 portion of Institution R’s general education program. Institution R, however, may have general education courses that go beyond its Ohio Transfer 36. State policy initially required that all courses in the Ohio Transfer 36 be completed to receive its benefit in transfer. However, subsequent policy revisions have extended this benefit to the completion of individual Ohio Transfer 36 courses on a course-by-course basis. 

A complete list of approved OT36 courses for Sinclair can be viewed at: https://reports-cems.transfercredit.ohio.gov

Ohio Transfer 36 is a subset or a complete set of general education requirements at Ohio public colleges and universities. Courses are guaranteed to transfer to any of Ohio’s public institutions of higher education. Ohio Transfer 36 represents a common body of knowledge and academic skills and is comprised of 36 semester hours of courses in the following areas:

• English Composition/Oral Communication
     (Minimum of 3 credit hours)
• Mathematics, Statistics, and Logic
     (Minimum of 3 credit hours)
• Arts and Humanities
     (Minimum of 6 credit hours from two disciplines)
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
     (Minimum of 6 credit hours from two disciplines)
• Natural Sciences
     (Minimum of 6 credit hours - one lab course required)

The additional 12 credit hours should be chosen based on a student’s academic interests.

Responsibilities of Students

To maximize transfer credit application, prospective transfer students must take responsibility for planning their course of study to meet both the academic and non-academic requirements of the institution to which they desire to articulate or transfer credit as early as possible. The student is responsible to investigate and use the information, advising, and other available resources to develop such a plan. Students should actively seek program, degree, and transfer information; meet with an advisor from both the current and receiving institutions to assist them in preparing a course of study that meets the academic requirements for the program/degree to which they plan to transfer; use the various electronic course/program transfer and applicability database systems, including Ohio Transfer to Degree Guarantee web resources; and select courses/programs at their current institution that satisfy requirements at the receiving institution to maximize the application of transfer credit. 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 foreign 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 better articulate with the receiving institution’s major.

Transfer Appeals Process

Following the evaluation of a student transcript from another institution, the receiving college institution will provide the student with a Statement of Transfer and Articulated Credit Applicability (Degree Audit Report). A student disagreeing with the application of transfer and/or articulated credit by the receiving institution must file his/her appeal in writing within ninety (90) days of receipt of the Statement of Transfer and Articulated Credit Applicability. The institution shall respond to the appeal within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the appeal at each appeal level.

Student Complaints Following Transfer Appeals at the Receiving Institution

After a student exhausts the appeals process at the receiving institution and chooses to pursue further action, the Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) responds to formal written complaints related to Ohio Articulation and Transfer Policy against public, independent non-profit, and proprietary institutions of higher education in Ohio. While the ODHE has limited authority over colleges and universities and cannot offer legal advice or initiate civil court cases, staff will review written complaints submitted through its established process and work with student complainants and institutions.

Report Problems Transferring Credit

The Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) guarantees the transfer of certain courses between Sinclair and Ohio public colleges and universities. In addition, Sinclair has articulation agreements with universities that guarantee transfer of credit.

If you transferred to either an Ohio public university or a private university Sinclair has an articulation with, and you believe your credits were not transferred as guaranteed by either ODHE guarantees or Sinclair articulation agreements, please complete the report at this link:  Report Problems Transferring Guaranteed Credits

Transfer Assurance Guides

Transfer Assurance Guides (TAGs) courses are pre-major/beginning major courses that have been identified as common requirements across public bachelor’s degree programs. They are guaranteed to transfer and apply to specific TAG-related degree/program requirements as equivalent courses.

TAGs identify common major course work that is guaranteed to transfer. 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.

A complete list of approved TAG courses for Sinclair can be viewed at: https://reports-cems.transfercredit.ohio.gov

Sinclair’s Approved Transfer Assurance Guides (TAGs)    

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