2011-12 Bulletin - Northwest Mississippi Community College

1. The student must be enrolled at Northwest and have completed fifteen
(15) semester hours.
2. The student must have a scaled score of 50 or above.
3. The course must correspond to a course in the current college Bulletin.
4. The credit must be limited to a total of eighteen (18) semester hours and
may not be counted toward the residency requirement for graduation.
5. To obtain credit in English Composition, the student must write an acceptable
essay on a test administered and graded by the Department of English
at Northwest.
6. Use of CLEP credit in a Northwest degree program is subject to the approval
of the Vice President for Educational Affairs and appropriate Division
Director.
The awarding of CLEP credit is administered by the Registrar. Accepted credits are
recorded on the student’s transcript and may apply toward the meeting of the requirements
for graduation. No grades or quality points are given for CLEP credits.
Therefore, such credits are not used in the computing of grade point averages.
Advanced Placement Program
Students enrolling at Northwest Mississippi Community College will be allowed
credit on the Advanced Placement Examination administered by the College Entrance
Examination Board and sponsored by participating high schools. A maximum
of eighteen (18) semester hours with no more than six (6) in one subject area
may be allowed. Credit will be awarded only for minimum scores of three (3) or
more. For an Advanced Placement score of 5, a maximum of six (6) hours will be
awarded. Credit will be awarded only for courses currently listed in the college Bulletin.
The awarding of credit is administered by the Registrar. Accepted Advanced Placement
credits are recorded on the student’s transcripts and may apply toward the
meeting of the graduation requirements. No grades or quality points are given for
Advanced Placement credits. Therefore, such credits are not used in the computing
of grade point averages.
Acceptance of Military Credit
Credit may be granted to those applicants who enroll and upon submission of either
D.D. form 295 or D.D. form 214 which indicates a period of continuous active duty for
at least 90 days. Up to four semester hours of physical education credit may be granted
for basic training, if physical education is required in the student’s major program. Additional
credit for training in formal service schools will be granted on the basis of recommendations
published in A Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences
in the Armed Services in so far as the recommended credit can be evaluated as being
equivalent to a specific course at Northwest Mississippi Community College. The maximum
credit allowed from this source is twenty-four (24) semester hours. No quality
points will be awarded nor will the credits be used in calculating the student’s grade
point average.
Students planning to transfer to another college should familiarize themselves with
the admission policies of that institution.
Northwest reserves the right to cancel the admission or registration to the college
(or to any specific program of the college) of any individual whose attendance at
the college, in the opinion of the Admission Committee, would not be mutually
beneficial to the student and to the college.
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