For information on how to apply to Ohio State, honors programs, financial aid, and where to send your transcripts, visit the Department of Physics admissions webpage for more information.

Visit www.transfer.org to find out which courses from other colleges and universities transfer directly to Ohio State.

It's important to know the difference between general, special, and technical transfer credit. To figure out what your transfer credit means, how to get it evaluated, and how it applies to your major, visit How to read and understand your Transfer Credit report

Some students come in with general credit from many different areas of study. In order to get the credit to apply to a specific course at OSU, students must visit the department in question. To get a complete list of contact information for the transfer credit coordinator in each department at OSU, visit: http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/ourweb/Transfer_Credit/TCC_List.html

Don't know what your AP Physics scores mean? Want to see if you can test out of a physics course?
Then visit www.physics.ohio-state.edu/undergrad/emcredit.php for more information.

If you get general transfer credit for a course that's been taken at another institution, please visit the Department of Physics to get this credit evaluated. Physics specific transfer credit is handled by:
Dr. Edward Adelson
Office: 1036 A Smith Laboratories
Phone: 614-292-2067
Email: adelson@mps.ohio-state.edu
In order to evaluate your transfer credit for specific courses within physics, the following items are needed:
• An "Ohio State Transfer Credit Evaluation" form or "Ohio State Additional Credit Evaluation" form that was sent to you by Admissions at Ohio State, or both when credit on both of them needs to be evaluated. (You will have an Additional Credit form only when more than one transcript has been sent to Admissions.)
• Sufficient information about your physics courses to be able to determine their content and level. This can consist of Assignment Sheets or syllabi. If your college has a web site with this information posted on it, you do not need to have printed information. The course descriptions in some colleges' bulletins list both subject matter and math requirements. Other bulletins are so vague as to be essentially useless. When web sites must be consulted, you can help greatly by finding the web site for your college and finding out how to get to the course information on that site before seeing Dr. Adelson.

If you have not kept any such information and it is not posted on the web, you will have to obtain this information from your previous college yourself. You can contact your previous university's physics department via email if their web site provides appropriate information as to whom to contact. (However, we may have a previous evaluation for the course on record. In that case, no information is needed.)

You may fax a copy a copy of the documents and information listed above to Dr. Adelson at 614-292-7557. Be sure it is addressed to Dr. Adelson and that your (current) name and address and how to contact you by phone or email are provided. You may also mail a copy to him addressed to:

You may make an appointment to see Dr. Adelson by calling him at 614-292-2067.

DO NOT SEND ANY INFORMATION CONTAINING YOUR GRADES OR YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER BY EMAIL.