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Transfer students transferring more than 61 credits must earn
credit-satisfying scores on respective CLEP examinations by the
end of their first semester of full-time attendance at Cedarville.
Hours earned through CLEP do not count as hours in residence
toward graduation with honors.
Institutional Test-Out
Qualified students may earn credit toward graduation by passing
the appropriate examinations with a grade of “B” or better. A
student interested in testing out should obtain a test-out request
form from the Office of the Registrar, obtain approval for the test-
out from the chair of the department in which the course is offered,
and pay the test-out fee in the Cashiers Office. Upon completion
of the approval process, the student is responsible to contact the
instructor of the course to schedule the test. At the conclusion
of the testing process, the test-out form will be forwarded to the
Office of the Registrar, denoting whether or not the student met
the minimum criteria for credit. If applicable, credit for the course
and a designation of test-out will be added to the student’s
transcript with a grade of CE (credit by examination). This grade
is not computed into the cumulative GPA. No fee, other than the
initial test-out fee, must be paid to receive institutional test-out
credit.
A student may not test out of a course previously audited. Tests
must be taken during registration week or during the first two
full calendar weeks of the semester. Credits earned by test-out
during a semester do not count toward the 12 semester hours
required for full-time status. No student may earn more than 40
semester hours of test-out credit through tests administered at the
University, CLEP, AP, IB, or any other recognized testing agency.
Hours earned by test-out do not count as hours in residence
toward graduation with honors
International Baccalaureate
The International Baccalaureate (IB) is an internationally
recognized program that enables students to follow a special
curriculum and take specific examinations to fulfill secondary
school graduation requirements. Students can earn up to 18
semester hours for IB Higher Level examinations on which they
earn scores of five, six, or seven. A maximum of six credits is
permitted in any one group. To receive credit, students should
submit IB transcripts to Admissions.
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Credit by Examination