Ohio State Global Education students are required to obtain departmental approval for all courses taken during a study abroad program. In most cases, students are encouraged to seek pre-approval of course credit prior to studying abroad. Ohio State Global Education programs have been approved for graded credit and not “K” (transfer) credit.
Process to evaluate courses from foreign institutions for students on official Ohio State Global Education programs:
- Read over the course descriptions and/or syllabi that the student gives you. If insufficient information is provided, please email the student and inform them of what additional information is needed.
- Decide on the Ohio State equivalent course(s). Please assign a specific course number, not “general” or “special” credit. The equivalent course must be an existing course in your department at the time the student studied abroad. Also, take into account that the number of credit hours a student will receive for the course is the same number of credit hours the course is offered at Ohio State.
- Mark down the Ohio State equivalent course(s) on the Qualtrics form and digitally sign.
- You may want to keep a copy for your records.
Many departments have a ‘Study at a Foreign Institution’ course (X797 on the semester system) available and the transfer credit coordinator can choose this option when presented with limited information about a class or if there is no closer equivalent of an Ohio State course.
Upon the student’s return from the overseas institution and receipt of an official transcript, the sponsoring college’s global education liaison will review the credit equivalencies on this sheet to confirm that the student completed the same courses that were evaluated previously by your department. If they are the same, the sponsoring college’s global education liaison will notify the Office of the Registrar of the final results. If the student ultimately enrolls in a course, which has not been evaluated by you, or has additional information about a course, s/he will return to you to have it reviewed.