Credit by exam satisfies degree requirements in the same way as does credit earned by passing courses except that it does not include graduate courses and it does not count as credit earned in residence. Students may retake an exam only after 6 months have elapsed. A credit examination cannot be taken for a particular course more than twice. Unsuccessful attempts to earn credit by examination will not be recorded. Any prerequisites for a course must be satisfied prior to the examination in that course.
Academic departments are responsible for selecting the courses to receive credit.
Performance standards and cut-scores are set by the department in which the courses are taught. These standards hold university wide and cannot be raised or lowered by other departments or administrative units. If a department chooses not to award course credit for their course on the basis of CLEP, APP, SAT II, IB, departmental or other exams, no other program, department or college can accept the exams for that course. Transcripted credit earned via credit by exam by students transferring to SWT will be evaluated for transfer eligibility in the same manner as other traditional course credit. However, credit awarded will be based upon Southwest Texas State University's criteria and required scores.