Articulation Policy

Ohio’s Articulation and Transfer Policy is designed to provide opportunities for students to take advantage of their CTE Program involvement. The high standards of Tech Prep and the process of articulating curriculum across high school and college levels will provide less repetition and more opportunities for students to utilize and expand upon the knowledge and experiences gained through the Destinations Career Programs immediately after high school.

Articulation:

• Articulation is the process of comparing the content of courses that are transferred between post-secondary institutions such as colleges or universities.

• The purpose or goal of course articulation is to assure that the courses students complete in high school will not have to be repeated at the institution to which they will be enrolling in the post-secondary level.

• Students are guaranteed the transfer of applicable credits among Ohio's public colleges and universities and equitable treatment in the application of credits to admissions and degree requirements. (CT)² helps more high school and adult career-technical students to go to college and enter with college credit; technical credit saves students money and time; and Ohio business and industry will benefit from more employees with higher education and advanced skills.

CTAG:

• Students who successfully complete specified technical programs are eligible to have technical credit transfer to public colleges and universities. This transfer of credit is described in Career-Technical Assurance Guides (CTAG). CTAGs are advising tools that assist students moving from Ohio secondary and adult career-technical institutions to Ohio public institutions of higher education.

• Each Destinations Career Program at OHVA has a course designated as a CTAG course. This means that once a student takes this course as CTE credit (and passes), the student can transfer this course to any public institution of higher education "without unnecessary duplication or institutional barriers." After graduation, the student needs to fill out a form, have it signed by OHVA indicating that they did take a particular class, and then they can get 3 credit hours for that course put on their college transcript, as long as that post-secondary institution offers that course.

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