Have you taken some college courses but haven’t earned a degree or certificate? The Alternative Credit Project™ (ACP) provides a pool of online courses that Sinclair College will accept towards your degree (with some restrictions). A national program of the American Council on Education, supported by a generous grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the ACP is designed to help adults finish what they started—a two- or four-year degree, or a post-secondary certificate.
Incoming articulation agreements recognize industry training and credentials for college credit. The Credit Recognition Guides linked below indicate how the equivalent credit may apply to Sinclair Community College certificates and degrees.
This site will be regularly updated with new agreements. Reach out to plaprograms@sinclair.edu if you have any questions or need more information.
Students are encouraged to submit all relevant credentials for evaluation which could result in additional course credit. Credit can be used for a variety of programs beyond those listed in the Credit Recognition Guide, and students should work with their Academic Advisor to create their academic plan.
The following Credit Recognition Guides represent the incoming articulation agreements in place:
Outgoing agreements with other colleges and universities indicate how Sinclair Community College programs and courses will transfer to those institutions. For additional information, please visit the Transfer Student Services page.
The following represents the outgoing articulation agreements that are in place:
Students who successfully complete specified technical programs at Ohio secondary and adult career-technical institutions, and earn a qualifying score on the associated end-of-course assessment, are eligible to have technical credit transfer to public colleges and universities. This transfer of credit is described in Career-Technical Assurance Guides (CTAG).
Industry Recognized Credential Transfer Assurance Guides (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.
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).
Sinclair Community College is a member of the Ohio Consortium for Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts, a group of 25 two-year and four-year colleges working together to provide clear, consistent transfer pathways in biology, English and psychology for community college students transferring from Sinclair to 14 private colleges in Ohio, all of which have approved transfer pathways that align with the Ohio Guaranteed Transfer Pathways (OGTPs). This assures that the pathway you complete as part of your associate degree will provide a clear path with maximum transferrable credit to private colleges and universities across Ohio. You will be able to transfer as a college junior, on track to graduate with your bachelor’s degree!
The Ohio Guaranteed Transfer Pathways (OGTPs) are designed to provide a clear path to degree completion for students pursuing associate degrees who plan to transfer to an Ohio public university to complete their bachelor's degree. The OGTP's constitute an agreement between public community colleges and universities confirming that community college courses meet major preparation requirements and will be counted and applied toward the bachelor's degree. Students still must meet all university program admission requirements, which in some cases may be competitive.
Students may review all Ohio Guaranteed Transfer Pathways available at every Ohio public college and university on the Ohio Department of Higher Education's Ohio Guaranteed Transfer Pathway website. Students who complete these pathways at Sinclair will have the designation "OGTP COMPLETED" on their official Sinclair Community College transcript.
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:
The additional 12 credit hours should be chosen based on a student's academic interests.
TAGs are courses that move beyond general education (OTM) into pre-major and major courses. The 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.