The Ohio Board of Regents Transfer and Articulation Policy established the Ohio Transfer Module (OTM), which is a subset or entire set of a college or universitys general education program. Transfer Module consists of 54 to 60 quarter hours (or 36 to 40 semester hours) of courses in the following areas: English, mathematics, arts and humanities, social and behavioral sciences, natural and physical sciences, and interdisciplinary study.

An OTM course or an entire OTM completed at one college or university will automatically meet the requirements of another college or university once the student is admitted. Students may be required, however, to meet additional general education requirements at the institution to which they transfer. For example, a student who completes the Transfer Module at Institution S (sending institution) and then transfers to Institution R (receiving institution) is said to have completed the Transfer Module portion of Institution Rs general education program. Institution R, however, may require additional general education courses beyond the Transfer Module.

Since many degree programs require specific courses that may be taken as a part of the general education or Transfer Module program at an institution, students are encouraged to meet with an academic advisor at the institution to which they plan to transfer early in their academic career. For example, students who will be majoring in any of the majors in the College of Business at the receiving institution should take the appropriate Business TAG courses as part of their OTM. Specific major requirements such as these require early identification of a students intended major. Advisors at the institution to which a student wishes to transfer should be consulted regarding OTM and TAGS and other general education courses or any specific program requirements that can be completed before transfer.

Current Transfer Modules