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  7. 01.00.07 – Credit By Examination

01.00.07 – Credit By Examination

Policy

A student who is admitted to or enrolled in a program in the College of Health Professions may be granted academic credit by passing examinations in courses at the discretion of the department/program and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Such credit will be limited to a maximum of 25% of the total professional credits required for the specific degree.

A fee of one-half of the semester credit tuition will be charged for courses challenged by examination. When credits are earned by challenge examination, “CR” will be entered into the student record. This credit will not be used in computing GPA or CGPA.

Approval

Information about the original approval of this policy is not available.

Revision Dates

  • Sept. 8, 2017
  • Oct. 28, 2021
  • Nov. 14, 2024

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