Petitioning Process for OSU Courses

There are a few different categories of course petitioning for OSU. Please read below to determine which best fits your situation. If you have any questions please contact your academic advisor for more clarification.

If you wish to petition a previous course to meet an OSU Bacc Core requirement please follow the process below after checking in with your academic advisor.

Students interested in petitioning a transfer course to complete a major or minor requirement will need to work directly with their academic advisor. Each major may have a different process for this departmental approval. 

Step 1

Work with your advisor and review the Bacc Core: Criteria and Rationale for the category you would like to petition. Verify that the transfer course completed does indeed meet the criteria. If you feel it does, go on to Step 2.

Step 2

Complete the Transfer Credit Petition for Bacc Core process.