Statewide Transfer Initiatives

Ohio Transfer 36

Ohio Transfer 36 is a subset or a complete set of general education requirements at Ohio public colleges and universities. Courses are guaranteed to transfer to any of Ohio’s public institutions of higher education. Ohio Transfer 36 represents a common body of knowledge and academic skills and is comprised of 36 semester hours of courses in the following areas:

• English Composition/Oral Communication (Minimum of 3 credit hours)
• Mathematics, Statistics & Logic (Minimum of 3 credit hours)
• Natural Sciences (Minimum of 6 credit hours - one lab course required)
• Social & Behavioral Sciences (Minimum of 6 credit hours from two disciplines)
• Arts & Humanities (Minimum of 6 credit hours from two disciplines)

The additional 12 credit hours should be chosen based on a student’s academic interests.

Transfer Assurance Guides (TAGs)

TAGs are courses that move beyond general education (OT36) into pre-major and major courses. TAGs are developed, approved, and monitored by Ohio’s public institutions for higher education. Courses in a TAG are guaranteed to transfer and apply directly to the major. The approved TAG courses for Sinclair Community College are as follows:

Career-Technical Assurance Guides (CTAGs) 

Military Transfer Assurance Guides (MTAGs)

In order to streamline the awarding, transferability, and applicability of college credit, service members and veterans are guaranteed to earn certain types of credit(s) or course(s) as specified in the Military Transfer Assurance Guides (MTAGs). The approved MTAG courses for Sinclair Community College are as follows:

Industry Recognized Credential Transfer Assurance Guides (ITAGs)

ITAGs are a statewide transfer initiative that guarantees the awarding of college-level credit to students who earn agreed-upon, industry-recognized credentials. The award of credit is based upon the knowledge, skills, and competencies gained through credential attainment, regardless of where the learning to prepare for the credential took place. The approved ITAG courses for Sinclair Community College are as follows: