The Ohio Board of Regents' Transfer and Articulation Policy established the Transfer Module, which is a specific subset of the entire set of a college or university's general education requirements. The Transfer Module contains 54-60 quarter hours or 36-40 semester hours of specified course credits in English composition, mathematics, fine arts, humanities, social science, behavioral science, natural science, physical science and interdisciplinary coursework.

A student at BGSU who intends to transfer to another Ohio school may wish to complete the BGSU Transfer Module, which will thereby satisfy appropriate portions of the other school's general education requirements. Similarly, a student who has completed the Transfer Module at another Ohio school will automatically meet the requirements of the Transfer Module at BGSU, once the student is accepted. The student will have thus completed the University general education requirement at BGSU, except for the requirement of a course in cultural diversity in the United States. Depending on which courses are used to meet the arts/humanities and social science components, the student may also need to take an additional course in international perspectives. See University general education.

Requirements

• ENG 111
• 3 or more hours from: MATH 115, 116, 120, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 134, 135; STAT 211, 212
• 6 or more hours from: ACS 200, 230; ART 101, ARTH 145, 146; A&S 250; CHIN 216; CLCV 241, 242; HNRS 260; ENG 150, 200, 261, 262, 264, 265, 267, 269; ETHN 220; GERM 260; MUCT 101, 125, 221, 233, 235; PHIL 101, 102, 103, 204, 211, 212, 230; POPC 160, 165, 220; THEA 141, 261
• 6 or more hours from: ECON 100, 200, 202, 203; ENVH 210; ETHN 211; GEOG 121, 122, 225, 230; HIST 151, 152, 180, 205, 206; HNRS 201, 240; POLS 110, 171, 172; PSYC 201; SOC 101, 202, 231
• 6 or more hours (including at least one of the starred lab courses) from: ASTR 201, 212; BIOL 101*, 104*, 204*, 205*; CHEM 100, 109*&110*, 117*&118*, 125*, 127*&128*, 135*, 137*&138*; GEOG 125; GEOL 100, 104*, 105*, 205, 215; HNRS 250*; PHYS 101*, 201*, 202*, 211*, 212*
• An additional 12 hours selected from any of the above.

Benefits
Students meeting the requirements of the Transfer Module receive the following benefits in addition to satisfying elements of University general education:

1. The policy encourages receiving institutions to give preferential consideration for admission to students who complete the Transfer Module and either the associate of arts or the associate of science degrees. These students will be able to transfer all courses in which they received a passing grade of "D" or better. Students must have an overall grade point average of 2.0 to be given credit for the Transfer Module.
2. The policy also encourages receiving institutions to give preferential consideration for admission to students who complete the Transfer Module with a grade of "C" or better in each course and 90 quarter hours or 60 semester hours. Students must have an overall grade point average of 2.0 to be given credit for the Transfer Module and only courses in which a "C" or better has been earned will transfer.
3. The policy encourages receiving institutions to admit on a non-preferential consideration basis students who complete the Transfer Module with a grade of "C" or better in each course and less than 90 quarter hours or 60 semester hours. These students will be able to transfer all courses in which they received a grade of "C" or better.

Admission to a given institution, however, does not guarantee that a transfer student will be automatically admitted to all majors, minors or fields of concentration at that institution. Once admitted, transfer students shall be subject to the same regulations governing applicability of catalog requirements as all other students. Furthermore, transfer students shall be accorded the same class standing and other privileges as all other students on the basis of the number of credits earned. All residency requirements must be successfully completed at the receiving institution prior to the granting of the degree.

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