Transfer student enrollment criteria
for Ohio State’s colleges and schools
Enrollment in your intended major
If it is determined that you are eligible for admission to the university:
…your academic record will be reviewed for enrollment to your major program. Some colleges and schools have requirements in addition to admission to the university, including criteria for GPA, earned hours, prerequisite course work, and/or an audition or portfolio.
If you have applied for admission to a major that has additional criteria (see criteria by college, below) and you are not yet eligible for enrollment in that major:
…you will begin your studies at Ohio State in a pre-major program in your intended college or in University Exploration. Enrollment in a pre-major program does not guarantee admission to your intended major program.
While enrolled in a pre-major program, you will be assigned an academic advisor who will assist you in meeting your general education requirements and advise you on completing appropriate prerequisites for your intended major.
If you are undecided about your major program:
…you will begin in University Exploration, where you can explore available majors and careers while completing general education requirements. Advisors will help you navigate the opportunities at Ohio State, weighing your academic and career goals, interests, and strengths. There are four exploration areas:
- Health Professions Exploration
- Management and Industry Exploration
- Science and Technology Exploration
- Undecided/Exploring
For more information, visit exploration.osu.edu.
Notes:
If you are interested in a professional degree in dentistry, education, law, medicine, optometry, pharmacy, or veterinary medicine, you will have the opportunity to indicate your interest when you apply for admission.
All criteria and standards are subject to change. A minimum grade of “C-” (or the equivalent) is required to transfer prerequisite courses mentioned in this section.
Criteria by college
Architecture (AHR): Transfer students directly enroll in AHR. Those who are interested in city and regional planning enroll as majors. Those who pass a portfolio review and have completed prerequisite course work enroll as majors in architecture or landscape architecture; others enroll as pre-majors. knowlton.osu.edu
Arts and Sciences (ASC): The following comprise the College of Arts and Sciences. artsandsciences.osu.edu
Arts (ASC): Transfer students directly enroll in ASC as pre-majors.
Students who pass a portfolio review in art, art education, or design, or who pass an audition in dance or music, are subsequently admitted to the major.
Humanities (ASC): Transfer students directly enroll in ASC.
Natural and mathematical sciences (ASC): Transfer students in all majors except actuarial science, computer and information science, and middle childhood education* enroll in their intended majors. Actuarial science, computer and information science, and middle childhood education* enroll as pre-majors (admission to these majors is competitive).
*The middle childhood education program does not lead to licensure at the undergraduate level.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (ASC): Transfer students in globalization studies, neuroscience, and political science directly enroll in the major. All other transfer students in ASC directly enroll as pre-majors.
Business (BUS): Transfer students with at least a 3.0 GPA on all previous college course work enroll as pre-major students in the Fisher College of Business. After successful completion of the college application requirements, eligible students will apply to the major program and specialization through a competitive application process. For additional information please visit, fisher.osu.edu/undergraduate/admissions. Transfer students with less than a 3.0 GPA enroll in the Management and Industry Exploration program to consider alternative majors. fisher.osu.edu
Dental Hygiene (DHY): Direct admission to the DHY major requires a separate application. Transfer students with fewer than 30 transferable semester hours (or the equivalent) directly enroll in DHY as pre-majors. Transfer students with more than 30 transferable semester hours (or the equivalent) are considered for direct enrollment as a pre-major on an individual basis. Students not directly enrolled in DHY enroll in the Health Professions Exploration program. dent.osu.edu/dhy
Education and Human Ecology (EHE): Transfer students directly enroll in EHE as pre-majors. Admission to majors varies by program. ehe.osu.edu
Engineering (ENG):Transfer students with at least 30 transferable semester hours (or the equivalent), including credit for at least one calculus course, and a GPA of 2.8 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) enroll as pre-majors. Transfer students with fewer than 30 semester hours
(or the equivalent) are considered using the freshmen criteria. engineering.osu.edu
Environment and Natural Resources (ENR): Transfer students directly enroll in ENR. senr.osu.edu
Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (AGR): Transfer students directly enroll in AGR. Those interested in studying professional golf management enroll as pre-majors. cfaes.osu.edu
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (HRS): Enrollment in HRS majors requires a separate application. Transfer students with at least a 2.5 GPA enroll in HRS as pre-majors. medicine.osu.edu/hrs
John Glenn School of Public Affairs (JGS): Transfer students directly enroll in JGS. glenn.osu.edu
Nursing (NUR): Enrollment in the NUR major requires a separate application. Transfer students with at least 30 transferable semester hours (or the equivalent) and a 3.2 GPA are enrolled as pre-nursing. Transfer students with at least 30 transferable semester hours (or the equivalent), a 2.75 GPA, and an associate degree in nursing are enrolled in the pre-nursing degree completion program. All others must enroll in the Health Professions Exploration program to consider alternative majors. nursing.osu.edu
Pharmacy (PHR): Transfer students with at least 30 transferable semester hours (or the equivalent) and at least a 2.7 GPA who have completed the Ohio State equivalents of Biology 1113 and 1114, Chemistry 1210 and 1220, and Math through 1151 directly
enroll in PHR. Students not directly enrolled in PHR enroll in the Health Professions Exploration program. pharmacy.osu.edu
Public Health (PBH): Transfer students with at least 30 transferable semester hours (or the equivalent) and at least a 2.8 GPA on all previous course work enroll as pre-majors. Students not directly enrolled in PBH enroll in the Health Professions Exploration program. cph.osu.edu
Social Work (SWK):Transfer students directly enroll as pre-majors in SWK. Admission to the social work major requires a separate application. csw.osu.edu
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