failed a few courses; can I take exams for credit for those courses

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Hiya,

I'm posting for a friend. I've encouraged her to join this forum but I don't think she's ready yet. I've just convinced her she can return to college after 30 years and be successful. She's looking at TESU, COSC, EXC and maybe WGU.

She said she read an article which stated if you take a college course and fail it, you cannot take an exam for credit and receive credit for that subject. Is this true?

Here's what she has from the 1980s from a state university:

Western Hist <1500 = pass
Europen Hist >1500 = pass
Research Skills = pass
Phys Ed = pass

I told her I thought these two courses were obsolete and she probably would not receive credit for them.
Data processing systems = pass
Intro to Computer Networks = pass

She became very sick near the end of the following semester. Due to her sudden and debilitating illness, she failed her exams or wasn't able to take final exams for the following courses, each of which she failed.
College Algebra
Health
English Comp 1
Philosphy

Thanks to a post on this forum, both she and I took advantage of the recent DSST sale to buy 2, get 1 free. We each bought 6 and got 3 free for a total of 9. We were told the vouchers must be used by September 30. We can do this! :willynilly::

Anyhow, she plans to take Health & Human Development for her first exam next week as she failed it due to her own health 3 decades back. Since she read that she could not take an exam for credit for a course she has already taken and failed, she's a bit nervous. This seems unreasonable as if you take an exam for credit and fail it, you simply retake it. Why would it be any different if you take a course and fail it than if you take an exam for credit and fail it?

All these courses are on one transcript so she doesn't want credit forgiveness as she wants to apply the credits she passed to her future degree, assuming she cannot pick and choose.

She is scheduled to take the Health & Human Development exam this Thursday, 7/6/17. Can anyone confirm or deny this potential policy for TESU, COSC, WGU & EXC? I've read though the college catalogs for TESU & COSC but I cannot locate anything this specific in either catalog.

Any info would be very helpful. Thank you!