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CREDIT BY EXAMINATION
Credit by
examination will require the approval of the Vice President of Learning after
administration of the exam. The student
shall register for the course and pay the course fee prior to the examination. The fee is non-refundable,
since the student will remain in the course should he or she fail the
examination. Tests will be administered
by appropriate personnel. A minimum
grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 is required of students applying for credit by
examination; students who do not meet this requirement shall not be permitted
to take an examination for credit without prior approval by the Vice President
of Learning. A student who has
previously received a grade in a course may not apply for credit by examination.
A student may
apply for credit by examination no later than the first two weeks of the term
and for no more than two courses per semester. Credit by examination will be
counted as part of a student's load. The
load of courses taken and courses in which one is seeking credit by examination
will not exceed the maximum load allowed per semester. Credit by examination will be given on a
pass/no pass basis only and will not be computed in the student's GPA. A student can attempt an examination for any
course only once and may not drop the course after attempting the examination.
Procedures
1. No later than the first two
weeks of the term, the applicant picks up the Credit
by Examination form from the appropriate department office and completes
the first section of the form.
2. The dean or program
coordinator verifies the student’s eligibility, approves the request, and
returns the Credit by Examination form to the applicant, who then verifies
payment of the course fee with the Business Office.
3. The applicant returns the
Credit by Examination form to the dean, who sends the exam and the
4. After the examination is evaluated,
the dean submits the examination, the course syllabus, and the Credit by
Examination form with a recommendation to award or not to award credit to the
Vice President of Learning.
5. The Vice President of
Learning either grants or denies the credit and forwards information to
Admissions and Records. Admissions and
Records will inform the student of the results within two weeks of notification
from the office of the Vice President of Learning.
Approved: Executive Council, March 4, 1991
Editorial Changes, April 20, 1993
Executive Council, June 9, 1993
Executive Council, June 27, 1994
Editorial Changes, September 12, 2001
Approved: President Allen G. Edwards, September 12,
2001
Approved: President Allen G. Edwards, April 12, 2004
Editorial Changes, September 23, 2004
Approved: President Allen G. Edwards, December 12,
2005
Editorial Changes, July 2008
Reviewed/Recommended:
President’s Staff, September 29, 2008
Approved:
President Allen G. Edwards, September 29, 2008