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These procedures pertain to undergraduate students only.

Procedures:

1. Application forms are available in the office of the dean of the School (hereafter,
   “dean of the School” should be understood as the dean of any School, New College, or University Programs.) which offers the course. Only those students who have the equivalent in knowledge or training of the material presented in the course outline should apply for the examination.
2. The student will pay an examination fee of one-third the per-semester-hour tuition charge to the Office of Student Financial Services and show the receipt to the Dean of the School before the application to take the test is approved.
3. Application must be approved by the Dean of that School, who will make a judgment regarding reasonable chance of success. If the application is approved, the Dean will refer the application to an instructor who is teaching or has taught the course.
4. The instructor will administer the test and grade it.
5. The application will be returned by the instructor to the Dean of the School with an indication of the results of the test.
6. Application will be forwarded to the Registrar if credit is to be granted for the student.

Credit by Exam Policies:

1. To receive credit, the student must perform at C level or above on the examination.
2. The grade recorded on the transcript will be CR (credit).
3. The course number, title, credit hours, and grade will be placed on the student’s permanent record with the understatement “University Credit By Examination.”
4. Credit by examination may be attempted only one time for any given course. The
   course challenged must be for the current academic year. A student may petition
   the Dean of the School for a waiver of this policy.
5. A maximum of 15-semester hour’s credit may be obtained by challenge; challenge
   credit does not fulfill the residency requirement.
6. A student may not take an examination for credit for a course previously attempted
   without special permission of the Dean of the School.
7. The examination will normally be given during the first week or the last three weeks of a long semester. The Dean of the School will assign to an appropriate faculty member the responsibility for administering the examination.
8. The designated instructor will prepare and grade the examination. The instructor
   will also report the grade to the Dean of the School, who will report the information
   to the Registrar.
9. There will be no refund of the examination fees in case of failure to establish credit.
10. Credit earned by examination will not become part of the student’s permanent record until an equivalent number of semester hours has been earned in regular classes at St. Edward’s University.