Preliminary Transfer Credit

Ohio Northern University accepts course work for transfer credit from accredited institutions, if a grade of 'C' (2.00 on a 4.00 scale) or better was earned in the course and the content applies towards the student's intended course of study at ONU. Only credit, not grades, transfer.

Transfer credit can be accepted from institutions lacking regional accreditation but having accreditation by an agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

· It is the applicant/student’s responsiblity to provide the required documentation necessary for determination of the acceptability of the work for transfer credit at ONU.

· Credit may be accepted only upon the recommendation of the specific ONU department and/or college in which the coursework is appropriate.

· Before credit is awarded, previous coursework may be subject to validation by examination if recommended by the appropriate ONU college or department.

Under normal circumstances transfer credit evaluations are done only after the student has been accepted to ONU and then just prior to registration for a term or an orientation day. Official documents, received by ONU directly from the issuing institution, are required for all transfer credit evaluations.

If the student applies to ONU, provides official transcripts to ONU, and requests the admissions office to have an evaluation of transfer work, a preliminary evaluation of a transcript will be performed and the results sent to the appropriate college dean for communication with the prospective student.

If official documentation is not provided or there is no specific request from admissions, no preliminary evaluation will be performed.

If the work is from other than one of our feeder schools, as listed on the Registrar’s Office web site, the student must provide course descriptions or syllabi to assist in the evaluation.

If a specific course from one of our feeder schools is not listed for that institution on the web site a course description or a course syllabi must be provided by the student. If the course work has not already been articulated by ONU and a course description or a syllabus is not provided the work would most likely result in being listed as XXX rather than a specific ONU course number.