MSE-WE Transfer Credit Procedures
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New MSE and WE graduate students with graduate credit earned at other schools are required to submit the Transfer Credit Request form below.
Often graduate students entering our program have completed graduate courses at other universities. This may take the form of individual courses and/or a Master's degree. These previously earned graduate credits may be transferred into Ohio State to be applied toward degree requirements.
Two sets of requirements may be addressed by using the procedures below:
- Graduate School minimum credit requirements
The Graduate School requires a minimum number of credits to earn an MS (30 credits) or Ph.D. (80 credits). By transferring in previously earned credits this minimum number of credits can be reduced.
GND--Graduate Non-Degree credits must be transferred into the degree track using this process. - MSE-WE degree-specific requirements
The MSE and WE degrees require students to address certain categories of courses to fulfill the MS or Ph.D. requirements. Previously earned graduate credits may be petitioned to be applied toward these degree-specific requirements. It is expected that the student and advisor have discussed the proposed transfer before submitting the form below.
Please note: These are two separate processes to apply transfer credit against two different sets of requirements. Please contact Mark Cooper (.73, 614-292-7280) with any questions after having reviewed the information below.
Submit Transfer Credit Request form
Use this form to alert the MSE-WE Graduate Studies Coordinator, Mark Cooper, of your interest in transferring credits. Mark will follow up with instructions specific to your request.
Accordions
Students who have earned graduate credit in engineering, math, physics, or chemistry at another school may petition to transfer credit from the previous school to be applied toward the graduate credit minimums needed for an MS (30 credits) or a Ph.D. (80 credits). Credits transferred into the Grad School may take two forms, as a block or as individual credits:
- Block transfer of previous Master's
For students seeking a Ph.D. who have earned a relevant MS at another school, the previous MS can be counted as a block of 30 credits toward the 80 credits required for a Ph.D. In other words, after transferring in the prior MS, the student must earn at least 50 graduate credits at OSU to earn a Ph.D., rather than 80 credits.
(ref: Graduate School Handbook sec 7.1)
- Individual course transfer
Students may transfer credit earned for individual graduate courses. This would come from graduate credits earned while a Bachelor's student or in a Master's program. If approved, these credits will appear on the OSU transcript as transfer credit with a grade of "K"; these courses will have no effect on the student's OSU GPA.
Note that this is different than the process for applying credits toward in-department degree requirements as described in the lower sections.
No course, taken outside of Ohio State, with a grade lower than "B" may be transferred to OSU. Grades earned in courses taken outside of OSU are not included in the student's OSU GPA.
To petition to transfer credits, please submit a Transfer Credit Request form. Further instructions will be provided by Mark Cooper(.73, 614-292-7280) after submission of this form.
Moving Graduate Non-Degree (GND) credits into the MS or Ph.D. degree
Credits earned in Graduate Non-Degree status do not automatically move into the student's degree track; GND credits stand apart from those credits earned after admission to a degree. It is the student's responsibility to request to move these credits into the degree track. To do so, the student should submit a Transfer Credit Request form describing the request. Further instructions will then be provided.
Notes:
- No more than ten (10) credits taken while in GND status may be applied toward student's MSE or WE degree requirements.
- Grades earned in all GND credits, whether transferred into a degree track or not, count toward the student's OSU cumulative graduate GPA.
Students may also wish to waive the need for specific courses or categories of coursework required by the MSE degree. Students wishing to do so must complete the Transfer Credit Request form.
Minimum grade required for transfer consideration = B
If proposing a direct equivalency with an OSU course, the student must prove that s/he has covered all major subjects taught within the OSU course. This will require the student to review the syllabus of the OSU course and show that the previously taken course (or courses) has covered all of the relevant subjects. For example, if a student took a graduate level Thermodynamics course at another school and wishes to waive the need to take MATSCEN 6730, s/he must review the 6730 syllabus. The student must then prove that s/he has addressed all major subjects in 6730 by presenting the syllabus of one or more previously completed courses.
While the grade received at the previous school will not be transferred * to OSU, any approved transfer credits will be applied against the MSE degree requirements. Any approved petition will thus reduce the graded credits required of the student for a given degree. This will be detailed in the response to the petition. Approved petitions will be noted in the student's department academic record.
* Note that the student's OSU GPA can only be generated from graded courses taken at Ohio State; grades received at another school are not applied to the student's OSU GPA.
Students with OSU Graduate Non-Degree (GND) credit
Students with relevant Graduate Non-Degree credit earned at Ohio State may request to have this GND credit applied toward their MATSCEN degree requirements.
- GND credits sit "outside" any credits earned after admission into the MATSCEN degree. In other words, GND credit is not automatically moved by the Graduate School over to the student's MS or PhD track.
- Up to 10 credits earned while in GND status may be transferred.
- To move GND credit the student must submit a Transfer Credit Request form to describe what credits are being transferred. Instructions will be provided.
Students may also wish to waive the need for specific courses or categories of coursework required by the WE degree. Students wishing to do so must complete the Transfer Credit Request form.
Minimum grade required for transfer consideration = B
Students admitted to the WELDENG-PhD program
- No transfer credit may be used to address the 21 credits of in-WELDENG, 7000+ graded graduate requirement.
- Any student who holds an MS in a relevant field is required to go through the Graduate School’s MS transfer process by way of GradForms.osu.edu (Transfer of Graduate Credit process). This will then reduce the student’s required total credits to be earned for the PhD from 80 to 50.
- Such a student (MS to PhD) is required to take 21 graded graduate credits in WELDENG at the 7000-level or greater.
- 12-13 of these credits must come from the WELDENG Core courses
- 8-9 credits must come from WELDENG 7000-level courses
- The non-WE credits permitted in the PhD requirements (sec. I A 3) are automatically waived once the MS transfer has been approved in GradForms.
- Students admitted into the PhD track starting with a BS degree (BS to PhD) are required to take 30 graded graduate credits as described in the WELDENG PhD requirements.
- If the student has graduate credit beyond the Bachelor's degree, but not a Master's degree, this credit may be petitioned to apply toward the non-WE graded graduate credit portion of the PhD requirements (sec. I A 3).
Students admitted to the WELDENG-MS program
- No more than 6 graduate credits (20% of the 30 minimum credits required for an MS) may be petitioned for transfer into the MS degree.
- No transfer credit may be used to address the 15 credits of in-WELDENG, 7000+ graded graduate requirement.
Students with OSU Graduate Non-Degree (GND) credit
Students with relevant Graduate Non-Degree credit earned at Ohio State may request to have this GND credit applied toward their WELDENG degree requirements.
- GND credits sit "outside" any credits earned after admission into the WELDENG degree. In other words, GND credit is not automatically moved by the Graduate School over to the student's MS or PhD track.
- Up to 10 credits earned while in GND status may be transferred. These may be--typically are--WELDENG 7000+ credits and may be Core or non-Core courses.
- To move GND credit the student must submit a Transfer Credit Request form to describe what credits are being transferred. Instructions will be provided.
Additional information
Questions?
Please contact Mark Cooper (.73, 614-292-7280).
MSE Graduate Studies Committee Chair: Dr. Roberto Myers
WE Graduate Studies Committee Chair: Dr. Boian Alexandrov
Transferring Graduate Non-Degree (GND) credits earned at OSU
Students who have earned graduate credit while part of the GND program must request that these GND credits be transferred from non-degree status and applied to the student's degree track.
Please complete the Transfer Credit Request form to request GND transfer. Additional instructions will be provided.
Note that no more than 10 credits taken while in GND status may be transferred into a student's graduate degree track.