If the score is 4.0 or above on the Advanced Placement Test, this waiver and credit is given automatically. If the score is 3.0 on the test, the department involved determines whether to grant the petition for waiver and credit. Credit for general examinations may be granted on the basis of a score of 500 or more. A student who takes the CLEP general examination in English composition must take the version which includes the essay section. If, due to the constraints of time, this is not possible, the student may take the multiple-choice examination and submit a writing sample to the Chair of the English department.
Credit is awarded to students receiving the recommended passing score.
All credit granted through CLEP and ACT-PEP is tentative until the applicant has been admitted to a degree program and has successfully completed one full year of study at Albertus. Before taking subject examinations, a student already enrolled at Albertus must have the permission of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and, in the case of subjects related to the major, the Department Chair. Credit for Prior Learning Documented learning, not experience, is the basis for credit. This credit must fit appropriately into a degree program. Validation of credit normally includes a CLEP examination or ACT-PEP examination or a challenge examination or a portfolio.