Undergraduate Catalog - University of Louisiana at Monroe

70 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA MONROE 2012-2013 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG
service veterans who took DSST as part of the DANTES
program must have DSST subject scores reported
directly to the University from DANTES. The University
of Louisiana at Monroe DSST credit granting policy, a
list of approved DSST exams, and registration forms
are available at testing.ulm.edu. Information concerning
DSST, including study materials, is available at www.
getcollegecredit.com.
6. ULM Credit Examinations
These credit examinations will be given at ULM only
under exceptional circumstances. Credit ex am i na tions
are offered only for those courses which are required as
part of a student’s education program (i.e., core subject
requirement or elective). Each credit examination must be
approved in advance by the dean of the college in which
the student is registered, the dean of the college in which
the course concerned is given, and the instructor involved.
The following regulations will govern the giving of
credit examinations:
a. Permission for credit examinations will be given
only in those instances in which the student has
already gained a fundamental knowledge of the
subject.
b. Permission to take a credit examination will be
granted only to persons who are students, or
former students, of the University of Louisiana
at Monroe in satisfactory academic standing. No
instructor may give a credit examination until the
necessary approvals have been obtained by the
student on forms supplied by the Registrar.
c. In no case will a student be permitted to take a
credit examination in a course if that student has:
(1) audited or taken the course for non-credit,
(2) made an unsatisfactory grade previously in
the course,
(3) received credit for a higher course in a series
of sequential courses.
d. Credit examinations must be taken within the
first month of the semester or within the first two
weeks of either summer term.
e. Credit examinations are indicated as such on
the student’s record. Earned credit is recorded.
Credits earned through credit examinations are
not used in computation of the student’s quality
point ratio, but may be counted as resident credit
for graduation purposes.
7. Credit for Military Service
Honorably discharged members of the U.S. Armed
Forces who are enrolled at ULM may be eligible for credit
for physical education upon submission of military transcripts
to the Office of Recruitment and Admissions.
Additional credit may be granted for course work completed
in service schools where equivalence in terms of
college courses has been recommended for college credit
in the Guide to the Evaluation of Education Experience in
the Armed Services, published by the American Council
on Education (ACE). Official military transcripts (AARTS,
SMART, CCAF, or CGI) must be submitted to the Office
of Recruitment and Admissions for an evaluation of these
experiences. Students should check with their curriculum
advisor, department head, or dean for determination of
whether the credit will be acceptable as a substitute for
coursework in their curriculum.
8. English Department Diagnostic/Placement
Essay and Challenge Exam
English 0090 Students who demonstrate outstanding
performance on the English departmental diagnostic
essay, as determined by a panel of evaluators, may be
exempted from English 0090 (Grammar and Composition)
and allowed to enroll in English 1001. English 1001
students who demonstrate unreadiness for English
1001 on the English department diagnostic essay, as
determined by a panel of evaluators, may be required to
take or repeat English 0090.
Upon satisfactory completion of coursework in English
0090, a student may petition for credit for English 1001
based upon a challenge exam constructed and evaluated
by a panel of English faculty. This credit is subject to the
approval of the department head of the student, the dean
of the college of the student, the English department
head, and the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
CREDIT HOUR SYSTEM AND COURSE
NUMBERING
A credit or semester hour represents a minimum of
one hour of class work or two or more hours of laboratory
work a week, together with the necessary preparation for
one semester of approximately fifteen weeks. The value of
each course of instruction is stated in terms of semester
hours.
Courses are normally numbered according to the
following system: 0000-0099, developmental courses;
1000 to 1099, freshman; 2000 to 2099, sophomore; 3000
to 3099, junior; 4000 to 4099, senior; 5000 to 5099,
graduate; 6000 to 7099, courses beyond the Master’s
level. Certain courses in the 4000 level are accepted for
graduate credit, where so indicated. Graduate status
is required for graduate credit. This course numbering
system does not apply to Professional Pharmacy
(Pharm.D.) courses. See College of Pharmacy section.
COURSE LOAD
ULM schedules courses in three terms during the
academic year: fall (16 weeks), spring (16 weeks), and
summer (ten weeks). Each term may include course
offerings within shorter parts of terms, including first
eight-week sessions, second eight-week sessions,
intersessions (three weeks), Summer I sessions (four
weeks), and Summer II sessions (four weeks). Students
are not normally allowed to take more than 18 semester