09-10-2013, 04:10 PM
A lot of the time it's just not as simple as "This school accepts x number of CLEP/DSST credits". For instance, my local state university accepts CLEP and other credit by exam. There's no set cap, though the school does have a 30 credit residency requirement for graduation, and none of your transfer credit counts toward your GPA. However, they only accept certain exams, and most of them are for elective credit rather than direct class equivalency. They also have their own cut-off scores, instead of accepting the cut-off scores recommended by CLEP or DANTES. The tests are also not necessarily granted the amount of credit recommended by the testing companies. You really have to examine each school's policies completely, and it can be complicated.
For instance, at my local school, the CLEP Biology exam instead of counting for six credits, counts as four - it's considered equivalent to the Intro Biology w/ Lab course that they offer, *if* you score at least 58. However, for science majors, it is *not* considered equivalent to the two-course eight-credit Fundamentals of Biology, which is a pre-requisite for every subsequent biology course. If you score above 60 on the exam, you can petition to have the Fundamentals of Biology pre-requisite requirement waived, but the exam still only counts as four credits and you have to make up the difference by taking an extra advanced biology class. The Chemistry exam only counts for elective credit, and doesn't even count as a science GER.
Similarly, the university accepts the DSST Statistics exam as equivalent to a 200-level statistics course. However, it is *not* considered equivalent to, and it does not replace, the 300-level statistics course that is required by all Bachelor of Science seekers at that school.
They also only grant three credits apiece for any of the CLEP Literature exams. On the other hand, they give extra credits for the language exams (16 instead of twelve, if you pass one at the more advanced level), because they count each semester of foreign language as a four credit class instead of three.
If you pass either of the CLEP economics exams with a 50, then they count as an elective course. If you pass with a 58 or better, then they count as course equivalent to ECON A201 or A202, and it satisfies a Social Science GER.
And these are just a few of the details. So clearly, it would be misleading to say that the University of Alaska accepts up to 90 credits of CBE, when the real story is so much more complicated.
For instance, at my local school, the CLEP Biology exam instead of counting for six credits, counts as four - it's considered equivalent to the Intro Biology w/ Lab course that they offer, *if* you score at least 58. However, for science majors, it is *not* considered equivalent to the two-course eight-credit Fundamentals of Biology, which is a pre-requisite for every subsequent biology course. If you score above 60 on the exam, you can petition to have the Fundamentals of Biology pre-requisite requirement waived, but the exam still only counts as four credits and you have to make up the difference by taking an extra advanced biology class. The Chemistry exam only counts for elective credit, and doesn't even count as a science GER.
Similarly, the university accepts the DSST Statistics exam as equivalent to a 200-level statistics course. However, it is *not* considered equivalent to, and it does not replace, the 300-level statistics course that is required by all Bachelor of Science seekers at that school.
They also only grant three credits apiece for any of the CLEP Literature exams. On the other hand, they give extra credits for the language exams (16 instead of twelve, if you pass one at the more advanced level), because they count each semester of foreign language as a four credit class instead of three.
If you pass either of the CLEP economics exams with a 50, then they count as an elective course. If you pass with a 58 or better, then they count as course equivalent to ECON A201 or A202, and it satisfies a Social Science GER.
And these are just a few of the details. So clearly, it would be misleading to say that the University of Alaska accepts up to 90 credits of CBE, when the real story is so much more complicated.
DSST | Astronomy - 68 | Anthropology - 73 | HTYH - 450 | Intro to Comp. - 454 | Religions - 459 | Lifespan Dev. - 419 | Counseling - 409 | Substance Abuse - 456 | Geography - 463 | Environment & Humanity - 463 | CLEP | A & I Lit - 75 | Humanities - 57 | Psych - 64 | Western Civ I - 57 | College Comp. - 65 | College Math - 61 | Ed. Psych - 65 | US History I - 68 | Soc Sci & History - 69 | Western Civ II - 53 | US History II - 61 | UExcel | College Writing - A | Social Psych - B | Abnormal Psych - B | Cultural Div. - B | Juvenile Delinquency - B | World Pop. - A | Psych of Adulthood & Aging - A | Straighterline | Intro to Philosophy - 75% | American Gov. - 89% | Macroecon | Microecon | Bus. Communication | Bus. Ethics | Cultural Anth. - 96% |
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AAS in Intelligence Operations Studies - Graduated 2015!
BA in Social Sciences & Humanities from TESU - in progress
186 credits and counting...