Admission Requirements
From the time you are admitted to Ohio University as a first-year student and forward, you may declare any of the A&S majors, except “undecided,” to be enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences. You may not change from an A&S major to undecided if you have 45 or more credit hours. Further, you may earn no more than 90 hours in the undecided category before you must declare a regular major of your choice in Arts and Sciences or transfer to another college at OU.
Transfer to A&S From Other Colleges Within Ohio University
To transfer into the College of Arts and Sciences from another college within the University, you must declare a major in the College of Arts and Sciences and be in good academic standing. If you have earned 45 or more hours, you are not eligible to declare an undecided major in Arts and Sciences.
Courses taken to satisfy requirements in other colleges (e.g. MATH 120 , CSD 378 ) will not necessarily fulfill requirements in the College of Arts and Sciences or in your new major.
As long as your GPA is 2.0 or higher, you may apply to transfer to the College of Arts and Sciences at any time in the quarter. After the 15th day, the change will not become official until the following quarter.
Transfer From Other Universities
Applicants to the College of Arts and Sciences from other accredited collegiate institutions must first meet Ohio University’s transfer specifications as outlined under “Transfer Applicant” in the Admissions section of the catalog. Transfer students may not declare an undecided major in Arts and Sciences.
The College determines the transferability of credit from other institutions, based on whether the institution is accredited or a recognized candidate for accreditation. The College follows the recommendations of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers in recognizing transfer credit. For credit earned at foreign institutions and in other special cases, the College accepts the recommendations of the University Examiner in the Office of Admissions .
The College evaluates credits on a course-by-course basis and assigns an Ohio University course number whenever possible.
Technical credits for nonbaccalaureate-level courses (e.g., office management) are evaluated as technical electives. Although such credits do not meet any specific degree requirement, you may count up to 25 hours of technical credits toward total graduation hours. The benefit of technical credits applied to a degree program at Ohio University may be minimal. If you are currently enrolled in a two-year program with the intention of transferring to Ohio University, it is important to take as much college-level work as possible in areas such as humanities, social sciences, mathematics, and science to improve your chances of completing the four-year degree program within two to three additional years.
Students whose transfer credit is equated as comparable to Tier I-level composition or to quantitative courses are considered to have met the Tier I requirement. Transfer students without comparable credit in composition and/or quantitative courses must complete the requirement.
Student records sent to the Office of Admissions from other collegiate institutions rarely include high school transcripts. Students transferring to Ohio University and the College of Arts and Sciences should order a high school transcript to be sent directly to the Office of Student Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences, so that language placement can be determined.
To fulfill University residency requirements, you are required to complete at least 50 percent of your major concentration at Ohio University, with a minimum of 12 hours at the 300 level or above, and earn a minimum of 48 total hours in residence. If you have a double major, you will need to complete at least 50 percent of the work in each major at Ohio University, with a minimum of nine hours at the 300 level or above in each of the two departments. Additionally, you must maintain a 2.0 GPA. Courses should be approved by the respective departments.
To fulfill a minor in Arts and Sciences, you must complete a minimum of eight hours of coursework at Ohio University at the 300-400 level with a grade of 2.0 or above.
Foreign Language Requirement for Transfer Students
The College of Arts and Sciences requires that all candidates for a B.A. or B.S. degree successfully complete two years of foreign language at the college level, or the equivalent. The table below explains how transfer credit for foreign language courses is evaluated. (For more information about foreign language, see Foreign Language Requirement and Language Placement Table especially as it refers to the value of high school language and proper placement.)
Note that the type of degree (B.A. or B.S.) determines how the two-year requirement will be satisfied. These requirements are determined by the degree program.
Foreign Language Requirement for Transfer Students
SEMESTER HOURS
The B.A. degree requires 24 quarter hours (two years) of one foreign language.
- Students who have completed 16 semester hours of one foreign language, contingent upon the courses being equivalent in content (as determined by the College), will receive credit for 24 quarter hours (two years of instruction) and fulfill their foreign language requirement.
- Students who have completed eight semester hours of one foreign language, contingent upon the courses being equivalent in content (as determined by the College), will receive credit for 12 quarter hours and fulfill one year of their foreign language requirement.
- Students who have completed six semester hours of one foreign language, contingent upon the courses being equivalent in content (as determined by the College), will receive credit for nine quarter hours and need to make up three quarter hours to complete one year of foreign language as required by the degree program.
QUARTER HOURS
The B.A. degree requires 24 quarter hours (two years) of one foreign language.
- Transfer students who have completed 24 quarter hours of one foreign language, contingent upon the courses being equivalent in content (as determined by the College), will receive credit for two years of instruction and fulfill their foreign language requirement.
- Students who have completed 12 quarter hours of one foreign language, contingent upon the courses being equivalent in content (as determined by the College), will fulfill one year of their foreign language requirement.
- Students who have completed nine quarter hours of one foreign language, contingent upon the courses being equivalent in content (as determined by the College), need to take an additional three quarter hours at Ohio University to fulfill one year of foreign language. FURTHER:
- If you are transferring nine quarter hours of language credits, you must complete your foreign language requirement by doing the following:
- Take the language placement test in Spanish, German, or French, offered by the Department of Modern Languages. For other languages, contact Modern Languages Department to arrange a placement test.
- If your placement score indicates an achievement level comparable to the 113 or 213 level of that language, you must complete either 113 or 213 at Ohio University.
- If your placement score is above 113 or 213 of that language, the College will waive the deficient 3 credit hours and accept 9 credits as equivalent to 12 credits, to fulfill the first or second year series. (Transfer credits maintain their 3-hour credit value.)
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