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Credit Transfer, Cornerstone of the University System of Ohio

Credit Transfer, Cornerstone of the University System of Ohio. The History of Articulation & Transfer in Ohio. Ohio has had a statewide Articulation and Transfer Policy since 1990 Assured transfer students the same consideration and treatment as native students

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Credit Transfer, Cornerstone of the University System of Ohio

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  1. Credit Transfer, Cornerstone of the University System of Ohio

  2. The History of Articulation & Transfer in Ohio • Ohio has had a statewide Articulation and Transfer Policy since 1990 • Assured transfer students the same consideration and treatment as native students • Created the concept of a Transfer Module, a subset of general education courses guaranteed to transfer as a whole

  3. Articulation & Transfer Legislation • H.B. 95 (2003) Colleges and universities working together to develop 38 Transfer Assurance Guides (TAGs) • H.B. 66 (2005) An effort to formalize a state-wide guarantee enabling progression from career-technical institutions to public postsecondary education

  4. The Mobility Magnet (Attracts-Retains-Graduates) Baccalaureate Degrees Associate Degrees

  5. Strategic Plan Review The University System of Ohio will raise Ohio’s Educational Attainment (primary goal of the Strategic Plan) by: • Graduating more students • Keeping graduates in Ohio • Attracting more talent to Ohio. These are economic growth drivers.

  6. Strategic Plan Review Meeting these goals will enable Ohio to meet the benchmarks for higher education established by Governor Strickland: • Increase Enrollment in Higher Education by 230,000 by 2017 • Increase the Rate of Graduation by 20%

  7. Guaranteed Transfer • Inform students in advance about courses and programs needed andeligibility fortransfer.

  8. Where we are today • Over 7,600 courses have been submitted • Over 4,500 courses have been approved for the TAG guarantee

  9. If a student takes an approved TAG course then that course is guaranteed to transfer as major credit to any of Ohio’s public institutions. TAG courses are equivalent when they have been matched to the same set of learning outcomes (OAN) and have been approved during the same time period. TAG Transfer Guarantee

  10. Transfer Module with Recommendations Advising Notes Foreign Language (If Applicable) Pre-major and Beginning Major Courses A TAG is Composed of Four Parts

  11. Semester Hour Example TRANSFER TO BACCALAUREATE DEGREE AND MAJOR ASSOCIATE DEGREE Pre-major & Major Courses –Additional hours TAG OHIO TRANSFER MODULE (36-40 semester hours / 54-60 quarter hours) Elective Courses – 16 semester hours • Courses in transfer module that are for major pathway Required Courses – 24 semester hours OTM • 3 hrs. English • 3 hrs. Math • 6 hrs. Natural Sciences • 6 hrs. Arts & Humanities • 6 hrs. Social Sciences

  12. TAG Discipline Areas

  13. Anatomy of a TAG Transfer Module with Recommendations

  14. Anatomy of a TAG Advising Notes

  15. Anatomy of a TAG Foreign Language (if applicable)

  16. Anatomy of a TAG Pre-major and Beginning Major Courses

  17. Understanding Course Equivalency

  18. Five Steps to Course Equivalency • Defining – Joint faculty panels meet to define learning outcomes and credit hour ranges. • Agreeing – Educational partners reach consensual agreement on the learning outcomes via a statewide feedback process. • Matching – Institutions match courses to learning outcomes and credit hour ranges. • Submitting – Institutions submit specific course materials based on learning outcomes and credit hours. • Reviewing – Faculty review panels validate course materials against learning outcomes, recommended credit hour ranges, and other requirements.

  19. What is a match? A match is a set of one or more courses in a subject area that are grouped together as meeting a specific set of learning outcomes, recommended credit hour ranges, and other requirements, represented by a corresponding Ohio Articulation Number (OAN). An OAN is simply a naming convention used to uniquely identify each set of learning outcomes. Because Ohio does not have a common course numbering system, OANs were created instead to act as “connectors.”

  20. Who approves matches? • Faculty panels have been formed based on nominations from both two- and four-year institutions. • These panels consist of faculty members from across the state who have been chosen to represent their discipline. • It is these panel members who make the decisions regarding whether or not a match should be approved.

  21. What qualifies a match for approval? • The match must meet 70% (or in some cases 100%) of the learning outcomes • Credit hours should be taken into account as well because they are commonly viewed as an indicator of breadth and depth. • The match must also meet any other requirements including: co-/prerequisite, laboratory hours, and textbooks.

  22. What is an equivalency? An equivalency exists when a match is approved as meeting a specific set of learning outcomes, identified by an OAN. If two institutions have approved matches to the same set of learning outcomes (and both approvals are effective in the same time period), the matches are equivalent.

  23. Examples of Equivalency Equivalency Approved Match Approved Match Course 1 OAN001 Course A

  24. Examples of Equivalency, cont. Equivalency Approved Match Approved Match Course A Course 1 OAN002 Course B Course 2

  25. Examples of Equivalency, cont. Equivalency Approved Match Approved Match Course A Course 1 OAN002 Course B

  26. What if there is no equivalency? • Sometimes, a school will either not have a course that would fulfill a specific OAN or their course has not yet been approved. • If this does occur, any student who has completed an approved match to the OAN is guaranteed to receive credit in the major for the completed coursework. How that credit applies to the major is up to the receiving institution.

  27. How can equivalencies be viewed? • The TAG Approved Courses Bulletin Board displays all approved matches: http://regents.ohio.gov/transfer/tagcourses • It is able to display approved matches by institution or the course equivalencies that exist between institutions. • The Bulletin Board does not display not approved matches or bilateral agreements.

  28. Key Concepts • A match is the combination of one or more courses that is mapped to meet a set of learning outcomes (the group of learning outcomes is called an OAN). • If two schools each have a match approved to the same OAN (effective during the same time period), the match is equivalent. • In preparing to match to an OAN, credit hours must be taken into account as not only an indicator of rigor but also as a facilitator of equivalency.

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