What is an OSP “recommended credit”?

We use this phrase because, strictly speaking, the OSP does not grant you course credit; your home institution does. The OSP is a joint offering of CCCU and Wycliffe Hall but the students are not members of the University.  Wycliffe in its own right—i.e., offering a course under auspices of University—does not then offer credit. We recommend grades and credit hours based on guidelines set by CCCU, but your own institution will determine what credit or grades you receive.  You need to work out with your school what credit you will receive before coming to Oxford, as well as whether you can take courses on a Pass / Fail system.  Should your school allow you to take courses Pass / Fail, the OSP will still assign you a grade for that course, which your school may then convert to Pass or Fail.

In practice, OSP credit will function just like your other credits.  Though some schools have their own policies about grades and credits vis a vis off-campus study programs, most CCCU schools. Graduate schools, seminaries and the Open University will accept the recommended credit hours and grades for courses that they are able to transfer.

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