2001-2002 - Cochise College

ACADEMIC PROCEDURES& INFORMATIONCREDIT BY EXAMCochise College offers credit by exam,Credit by exam IS useful wtlen you wish to demonstrateyour pnor knowledge by testing out o fa course, You must register tor those courses Inwhich you WIsh to establish credit by examYou must meet the followlf1Q critena to beeligible to request credit by examsa currently enrolled at Cochise College2. Have successtun)' completed 12 credits atCochise3. Have completed an application lor credit byexam4 Have obtained the approval althe CampusDean and appropriate faculty member al thedepartment5. Have met required prereqUIsites, if any. establishedby the department.6 Have paid a nonrefundable reduced lee percredit If consumable matenals are used Inthe exam. ar'I addilional fee WIn be charged.If you qualify, you Will take the examinationprior 10 the last day to add classes In a givensemester Of" p10r to an altemallve date aslal>­I,shed by the department. To earn credit byexam, you muSI receive a grade of C or higher,You may not make application for cred,t byexam If you have'IRece,ved college credit In a higher levelcourse2. PrEN!OUSIy challenged the course.3 Pr~ously enro!ied In the course and ra"celved a falling grade,You may challenge onlythosa courses nUfTlbered100 or aboveCredits and grades earned W1U be computedinto your grade point average but may not beused 10 fUllili residency requirements Of" to meetVA or financial aid reqUIrements lor determ,nlnQbenefit status Only full-tIme faculty or deSigneemay admin'ster credit by examination,You may apply 10f" Credit by examination byobtaining an aDP11Cabon Iorm from the Iflstrucbonaldepartment Offering the course at any 01 the foursites' Douglas Campus, Sierra Vista campus,Benson and Willcox. There, you must secure permiSSionand Signatures IrOfTl the appropriate InstructOf"and Instructional administrator,COLLEGE LEVEL EXAMINATIONPROGRAM (CLEP)Cochise College accepts ooth the Generaland the Subject examinations of the CLEP fO(college credits p-OVlded sallsfactory scores areattained Scoles of 500 or above on all Generalex.amnatlOns WIll entlUe you to slx credits In each01 the five General examinations: English CompoSI\lon,Humanities, MathematiCS, Natural SCiences(not to.nclude credit fOI" ~tory SCIencerequlfements) and SocIal Sc~ncesYou must complete at least one CochiseCollege course before credit may be granted forCLEP. Credit earned under CLEP may not beused toward the sixteen resident hours requiredfor a degree Three to Sixteen credits. depend­Ing upon the examination, may be earned bySCOf"es ollilty or better on the sub)ect examinetIOOS.Please contact the Testing Center fOf" a hst01 tests avaJlable and corresponding number 01credit hoursIf you taKe CLEP examinations, duplicatecredit WInnot be awarded III subjOCts at the samelevel You WIll not be awarded credit throughCLEP for courses equivalent 10, or at a lower levelthan. other courses you have already takenthrough formal course work.You may earn up to thirty Credits of collegecredit by taking CLEP examinatiOns. HO'v\Iever.credit granted by Cochise College does not 01>­Ilgale any other college Of" univerSity to acceptsuch credit You may contact the Student DevelopmentCenters for testlf1Q arrangements.45