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Does OSU give credit for the CLEP examination?
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OSU will award credit for acceptable scores on the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams. Credit is awarded for subject exams only. General information about CLEP can be found at http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/about.html.
To schedule a CLEP test at Ohio State, please call (614) 292-2241. Two separate fees are collected, a $65 testing fee payable to CLEP and a $20 administration fee payable to OSU.
To obtain more information or request an application, please contact:
The Office of Testing
090 Pressey Hall
1070 Carmack Road
Columbus, Ohio, 43210
Tel: (614) 292-2241
If you have taken the CLEP at another institution and wish to earn examination credit through the CLEP program, you must have your official score report(s) sent to:
The Ohio State University
P.O. Box 182003
Columbus, Ohio 43218-2003
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How does the Admissions Office convert semester hours to quarter hours for U.S. institutions?
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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.
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How is transfer credit awarded?
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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 OSU equivalents. Other courses cannot be fully evaluated until you arrive on campus and meet with designated faculty members in the appropriate programs. Students who have taken course work at other Ohio institutions may want to use the Course Applicability System (CAS), which offers course descriptions, equivalencies, and planning guides. You may access this system by going to http://www.transfer.org.
Courses from an Ohio public institution taken AU05 and beyond:
If a course with a grade of D or D+ was taken at an Ohio public institution AU05 and beyond, credit can be awarded for that course. View a complete list of Ohio public institutions at http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/ourweb/Transfer_Credit/ohiopublics.pdf
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What is general credit?
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General credit, designated as Gen, is awarded when a specific course equivalency is possible but cannot be readily determined. It may be desirable to have the general credit further evaluated by the designated department to determine a specific course equivalency. This action will help you avoid registering for courses that may duplicate previous coursework. Professional Admissions will send a transfer credit evaluation to you after you pay the acceptance fee.
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What is Special Credit?
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Special credit, designated as Spl, means that OSU 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.
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What is Technical credit?
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Technical credit, designated as Tech, is awarded for technical coursework that is acceptable as undergraduate credit at OSU. 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 the International Admissions Office during an initial transfer credit evaluation; it is usually the result of having deferred credit further evaluated by an academic department.
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