Academic
Policies
Advanced standing
Advanced
standing may be achieved in six ways:
- Demonstrating
appropriate achievement on Bowling Green placement tests,
which leads to exemption from courses but not credit.
- Passing
an examination administered by an academic department
of the University (see Credit by examination,
below).
- Completing
a college-level course in high school and earning a
prescribed grade in an Advanced Placement examination
administered in the high school through the College
Entrance Examination Board (CEEB). This leads to college
course credit and/or exemption. (For more information
contact the Office of Registration and Records on the
main campus, or the Office of Student Services at BGSU
Firelands.)
- Attaining
appropriate scores on specific CLEP subject examinations.
This leads to credit as approved by appropriate academic
departments. (Not all academic departments accept credit
for completion of CLEP Examinations.) For more information
on CLEP subject examinations, contact Continuing Education,
International and Summer Programs. For information on
scheduling a CLEP subject examination, contact the Counseling
Center.
- Passing
a higher-level course in sequence with a grade of "C"
or above and thereby earning credit for lower-level
sequence courses in prescribed departments.
- Admitted
students with considerable work/life experience matching
specific course content may be eligible for credit through
writing a portfolio about what they have learned. Students
will be required to complete an interview with the director
of Adult Learner Services and a preparatory English
course to participate in Portfolio Assessment.
Credit
by examination
An undergraduate student currently registered for at least
two semester hours may gain credit by examination with
the approval of the student's dean and the department
involved. The minimum registration level must be maintained
for the entire term. The student wishing credit in a course
must not have enrolled in the course previously and must
present sufficient evidence of prior study or experience.
The course cannot be a prerequisite for any course the
student has completed. Once approved, the examination
must be completed within four weeks of the approval. This
option may not be repeated. An $80 fee is assessed for
a credit-by-exam course. Credits by Examination are graded
on a "S/U" basis. Further information on procedures
is available at the student's college office.
Credit
may be earned by attainment of appropriate score levels
on selected subject examinations of the College Level
Examination Program (CLEP). See Continuing
Education, International and Summer Programs.
A
student may also receive credit for coursework taken at
another institution, in which the final grades were equivalent
to "C" or better but which did not transfer
because of BGSU policies, by taking a validation examination.
A
student in the School of Nursing may validate previous
nursing knowledge through transfer credit, testing, certification
or portfolio.
Graduate
courses for undergraduates
Under specified circumstances undergraduate students with
excellent scholastic records may register for graduate
coursework prior to having received the baccalaureate
degree. For further information see the Graduate
Catalog, Graduate courses for undergraduates.
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