CREDIT BY EXAMINATION

 

In order to maintain the integrity of academic standards and adequate administrative oversight, the following procedures, in accordance with Education Code §55753, will be followed when providing students with the opportunity to receive credit by examination.  These regulations apply to all credit-by-examination petitions.

 

General Provisions for Credit by Examination:

 

  1. Credit by examination may be obtained by successfully completing examinations authorized for approved articulated high school or regional occupational programs (ROPs) or by successfully completing examinations developed by organizations external to the Redwoods Community College District (RCCD) (e.g., Advanced Placement tests, College Level Examination Program tests, or College of the Redwoods approved examinations from other organizations).

 

  1. Courses eligible for credit by examination are determined by faculty at College of the Redwoods.

 

  1. Courses eligible for credit by examination are approved by the curriculum committee.

 

  1. Students will receive credit only for approved and active College of the Redwoods courses. Credit will be granted only to students who are enrolled and who are in good standing at College of the Redwoods.

 

  1. Units granted in accord with this policy cannot be used to establish the fifteen (15) units of residency credit required for a degree. 

 

  1. Grades are not issued for credit by examination. The student's permanent academic record will clearly indicate that credit was awarded by examination. It will also indicate which examination was used to award the credit.

 

  1. Requests for credit by examination cannot be made under the following conditions:

a.                   for a course in which the student has previously received a letter grade other than "W";

b.                  for a course that is a prerequisite for one the student has already taken;

c.                   for a course in which the student is currently enrolled;

d.                  in instances where credit has already been granted for the class, totally or partially, from another examination; or

e.                   for a course to be used in the academic renewal process.

 

 

  1. The number of credit units granted by examination will be the same as the number of credit units the students would have earned by successful completion of the course.

 

  1. Units earned under this policy are not considered part of the student's official program and will not be used for registration certification for the Social Security Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs, financial aid eligibility, athletic eligibility, dorm residency, or similar programs.

 

Examinations authorized for high school or regional occupational programs (ROP):

 

The nature and content of the examination shall be determined solely by College of the Redwoods faculty who normally teach the course in the discipline for which credit is to be granted.

 

If College of the Redwoods credit is requested by an approved articulated high school, adult school, or ROP, the appropriate referring institutional program faculty member must submit a credit by examination recommendation form.

 

In order to have a course eligible for credit by examination, a faculty member in the appropriate discipline shall complete the “Credit by Examination” section in the course outline and forward the course outline to the individual in their area responsible for the next step in the curriculum approval process.  Upon approval of the updated course outline, the curriculum committee shall update the “Credit by Examination Table” to reflect the credit-by-examination information recorded in the respective course outline.

 

Advanced Placement (AP), CLEP and Other Approved Examinations

 

Faculty in the appropriate discipline will determine the course(s) eligible for credit by examination and the minimum score requirement for each course in their discipline.

 

In order to have a course eligible for credit, a faculty member in the appropriate discipline shall complete the “Credit by Examination” section in the course outline and forward the course outline to the individual in their area responsible for the next step in the curriculum-approval process.  Upon approval of the updated course outline, the curriculum committee shall update the “Credit by Examination Table” to reflect the respective information recorded in the course outline.

 

 

 

 

 

Approved:  August 15, 1977

Revised:  5/6/96; 6/4/02; 3/7/06