Credit by Examination

CREDIT BY EXAMINATION

The college has established the following policy regarding Credit by Examination. Any college student may receive credit in certain courses by the following procedure. The student must be enrolled in SWTJC. Any student with a composite score of 18 on the ACT will be allowed to take departmental exams in those courses if exams are offered. Scores on these departmental exams will be used by the individual departments for grade determination for the student in a particular course. These grades will be recorded on the transcript with the designation of A, B, C, or F. The departmental tests will be given the second week of June and the third week of July. Standardized tests^{^[5]} are available at the present time for the following courses:

English 1301-1302 History 1301-1302

Biology 1411-1413 Government 2301-2302

Scores from the ACT Program will be used in giving credit for ENGL 1301 as follows:

Standard Score of 29 --- Grade A Standard Score of 27 --- Grade B

Credit by Examination from the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) will be awarded as follows:

Advanced Placement Exam (A.P.E.)	Score	Semester Hour Credits	Grade
BIOLOGY	4	4	A
CHEMISTRY	3	4	B
CHEMISTRY	4	8	A, B
CHEMISTRY	5	8	A, A
ENGLISH	4	6	A, B
ENGLISH	5	6	A, A
HISTORY	3	3	B
HISTORY	4	6	A, B
HISTORY	5	6	A, A
PHYSICS	4	8	A, B
PHYSICS	5	8	A, A
SPANISH	4	8	A , B
SPANISH	5	8	A, A

Ninety Minute

English Composition

Score

Semester

Hours

Credits

Grade

ENGLISH COMPOSITION

521-565

ENGLISH COMPOSITION

566-610

CEEB --- SAT (Verbal)
ENGLISH	575-600	3	B
ENGLISH	601-625	3	A
ENGLISH	626-675	6	A, B
ENGLISH	676-800	6	A, A

The College Level Exam Program (CLEP) awards three or four semester hours of credit depending on course. Credit by Examination for the CLEP -- a letter grade is awarded for the following scaled scores:

CLEP -- SUBJECT EXAM

SUBJECT	A	B	C
INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNTING	59	52	47
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT	58	55	47
AMERICAN HISTORY	59	53	46
AMERICAN LITERATURE	57	50	46
BIOLOGY	61	53	49
GENERAL CHEMISTRY	65	53	48
FRESHMAN ENGLISH	62	55	50
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY	55	51	47
COLLEGE SPANISH I & II (8 semester credit hours)	60	55	50
INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY	65	55	47
TRIGONOMETRY	62	55	49
WESTERN CIVILIZATION	63	56	50

^{^[5]}Some institutions will not accept semester hours granted by Standardized Test Scores.

MATHEMATICS	Score	Sem. Cr. Hrs	Grade
MATH 1314	500-560	3	B
MATH 1314	561-800	3	A