Responsible Office: Academic Affairs Approved By: President's Council Approved Date: 7/17/2017 Effective Date: 7/17/2017 Category: Academics Description/Purpose: Students may receive credit for a Saint Francis University course by taking an examination in place of the actual course. Procedures: Arrangements for taking an examination may be made by contacting the Center for Academic Success. Examinations are administered on a rotating basis. The cost for one CLEP examination is $80.00, payable to the College-Level Examination Program. A non-refundable service fee of $20.00 is charged and payable to Saint Francis University. Saint Francis University test center code number is 2797. More information regarding CLEP is available at the Center for Academic Success, St. Francis Hall.
Details: Certain Subject CLEP (College-Level Examination Program) examinations, which have been approved by the appropriate department chair, are recognized for the purpose of course fulfillment and credit at Saint Francis University and are administered by the Center for Academic Success in St. Francis Hall. Any individual is eligible to take a CLEP examination. An individual who achieves a qualifying score on a particular examination will receive credit for the course corresponding to that examination. In the absence of local norms, the recommendations of the Center for Academic Success will be followed in determining a satisfactory score. The optional essay section of the CLEP is required by the history department at Saint Francis University. Courses satisfied by means of the CLEP will be listed in a student's file and total credits earned will be recorded on a student's transcript under the heading "Credit-by- Examination." Taking the CLEP will not affect a student's option for P-F grades in that the student will still be entitled to the maximum number of P-F course grades allowable. A student may fulfill a maximum of 30 credits by means of Advanced Placement and/or College Level Examination Program examinations for a bachelor's degree and 15 credits for an associate's degree. A student may substitute a free elective in place of a course requirement satisfied by examination and a student who satisfies a course requirement by examination will not be charged tuition for that course. A student will not be entitled to receive credit for a lower-level course after having taken a higher-level course. This holds true even if the student has failed the higher-level course. For example, a student who has taken Spanish 201 cannot receive CLEP credit for Spanish 102
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