Transfer Assurance Guide Courses (TAGS)

The Ohio Transfer Module includes some Transfer Assurance Guides, as both required and elective courses. Transfer Assurance Guides then move beyond those courses into additional hours in pre-major and major courses. Courses in TAGs are guaranteed to transfer within Ohio institutions and can apply directly to a student’s major. In its totality, the TAGs become a guaranteed pathway for students and are a very powerful advising tool for faculty and other advisors. EGCC has 80 TAGs in 12 specific discipline areas presently approved matches and continuously working to add more options for students. The TAGs are developed, approved, and monitored by Ohio’s public institutions for higher education. Students must keep in mind that this guarantee only applies to Ohio public universities, although many private institutions in Ohio follow the same directives. Students should make sure to work with advisors at both institutions.

Following is the list of EGCC TAG approved courses. Always check with the transferring institution before making decisions. Students may check the EGCC approved Ohio Transfer Module courses listed under Transfer Module in this section.

Ohio Guarantee Transfer Pathways

Career Technical Credit Transfer (CT²)

Legislation directs the Ohio Department of Higher Education to work collaboratively with the Ohio Department of Education, public adult and secondary career technical education, and state-supported institutions of higher education to establish criteria, policies, and procedures to transfer agreed upon technical courses from one system to another. There are 32 CTAG pathways in 24 specific career-technical areas. EGCC currently has 53 CTAGs in multiple disciplines approved by the ODHE/ODE. We are continuously working to add CTAGs to improve student transferability, reduce time to degree and cost of degrees for students.

Transferology

Transferology is a web based tool used to see how courses taken at one institution transfer and apply toward a degree at another institution. All Ohio two-year and four-year public colleges and universities use Transferology. Create a free account by visiting www.transferology.com. Once a student becomes a member of Transferology (free), he/she can:

• view course information and programs at other institutions
• check course equivalencies between institutions as determined by the receiving institution
• research degree requirements at the institution of your choice
• discover how the courses you have already taken apply toward a degree at another institution
• store your coursework so that the system can analyze your program and let you know what courses you need for the institutions with which you are working
• send additional questions regarding transfer to a college or university

Other Transfer Advantages

EGCC has transfer agreements with many institutions. In most cases, the two years at EGCC also qualifies the student for an Associate of Arts degree from EGCC. Students are encouraged to apply for the two-year degree as many institutions accept two-year degrees in their entirety, rather than evaluate courses one by one. Do keep in mind that successful transfer depends upon careful planning, good advising, and maintaining the goal of a particular major. Changing a major after transferring may result in the loss of transferable credits.