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Matched Legal Cases: ['ART 1313', 'ART 1316', 'ARTS 1311', 'ART 1413', 'ARTS 1301', 'Art\n3', 'ART 1413', 'ART 1301']

Credit by Exam Policies MSU will accept up to 60 hours of credit by examination, limiting CLEP, DANTES, and Proficiency Exams to a maximum of 30 hours. Contact Testing Services for more information. MSU Admissions evaluates AP, CLEP, IB and DANTES credit as transfer credit. MSU proficiency Exams will be posted to the student's academic record upon completion of nince semester credit hours at MSU.
Credit by examination may be earned through the College Board Advanced Placement Program (AP), Proficiency examinations administered through the MSU College Offices, the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Subject examination only, International Baccalaureate Program (IB) and the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Educational Support (DANTES) standardized examinations. DANTES credit will not be accepted for business, speech, history, English, or foreign language courses. Credit by examination may not be used to satisfy the minimum residence requirements for the degrees or for honors awarded at graduation. Credit by examination assumes the student has had no formal classroom instruction, as an enrolled student or as an auditor, in the course being challenged.
College Level Examination Program (CLEP) -- Subject Examinations The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) is a national testing program administered by the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, New Jersey. The CLEP is administered in two parts, the CLEP General Examinations and the CLEP Subject Examinations. MSU does not award credit on the basis of CLEP General Examinations. MSU will grant credit on the basis of CLEP Subject Examinations scores according to the following policy: CLEP SUBJECT EXAMINATIONS MINIMUM SCALE SCORES
EquivalentMSU course
Infor. Systems & Comp. App
Introducation to Management
ACCT 2143, 2243
MKTG 3723
ENGL 2613 or 2623
ENGL 2327 or 2328
ENGL 2813 or 2823
French - first year
FREN 1134, 1234
French - second year
FREN 2133, 2233
German - first year
GERM 1134, 1234
German - second year
GERM 2133, 2233
Spanish - first year
SPAN 1134, 1234
SPAN 2133, 2233
BIOL 1144, 1544
BIOL 1413, 1411
CHEM 1141, 1241
CHEM 1143, 1243
* Majors in the health sciences should check with their advisers before taking science courses by examination. SOCIAL SCIENCES
POLS 1333 or 1433
CLEP exams are administered by appointment through the MSU Testing Services Office. Credit will be posted to the permanent record by the Midwestern State University course number, hours, and grade points, but will be designated as CLEP credit.To request CLEP scores call 1-800-257-9558 or write to:College BoardP.O. BOX 6600 Princeton, NJ 08541-6600MSU is a test center for subject examinatinos and the reporting school code is 6408.
High school students with superior academic achievements in any of the following areas may earn college credit in these fields through the College Board Advanced Placement Program. Midwestern State University reserves the right to change policy in keeping with actions of the Texas State Legislature or the University Board of Regents. It is to the prospective student's advantage to contact MSU Admissions. The following grades may be awarded for the test scores: 5 = A, 4 = B, and 3 = Credit. If the student takes both English Composition & Literature and English Language & Composition and scores at least a 4 on both exams, the student will receive 3 hours for Rhetoric and Composition ENGL1113, Rhetoric and Composition and 3 hours of sophomore literature elective credit. The course and grade are posted to the student's permanent record and designated as Advanced Placement credit. Please note that some subjects require a higher score to receive collge credit. Those subjects are noted by an asterisk (*) and scores of 4 or 5 are required.The College Board Advanced Placement Program exams are administered only through cooperating high schools and only once each spring. Arrangements for the testing are to be made with the high school counselor. Official scores must be received from College Board. AP reports are mailed to MSU in June or July.
To request Advance Placement test scores call (888) 225-5427 (toll-free) or write to: AP ExamsP.O. Box 6671Princeton, NJ 08541
The transcript should be sent to:Midwestern State UniversityAdmissions Office3410 Taft Blvd.Wichita Falls, TX 76308-2099 AP Examinations
Texas CommonCourse Number
HIST 1133, 1233
*Art: Drawing
ART 1313, 1323
ART 1316, 1317 *Art: History
*Art: Studio
ARTS 1311, 1312
BIOL 1411, 1413
CHEM 1141, 1143, 1241, 1243
Classics: Virgil
Soph. foreign language elective
COSC 1420
Computer Science B 7
Computer Science 1044, 1053 COSC 1420, 2320
Economics 2433
*English Comp. & Literature
*English Language & Comp.
*Environmental Science 4
ENSC 1114 ENVR 1401
HIST 1333, 1433
MATH 1634, 1734
MUSC 1603, 1613
MUSI 1311, 1312
PHYS 1144, 1244
PSYC 2301 Spanish Language
POLS 1333 GOVT 2301 World History
History 1333, 1433
2311, 2312Note: N/A indicates that a Texas Common Course Number is not applicable to the course.
Midwestern State University's prospective students who earn the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma are offered unconditional admission status to MSU. Students under 21 years of age must submit official ACT or SAT scores with the required writing portion. Scholarships will be offered to these students through the University scholarship program if MSU Admissions is notified by March 1, and students enter MSU directly from high school. It is the responsibility of the prospective IB student to notify MSU Admissions. Students from high schools that offer IB courses but not the diploma may receive credit according to the same criteria. An official IB transcript must be sent to MSU Admissions. All IB students must show proof of meeting the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) requirements prior to their initial enrollment at MSU and meet published university application deadlines.Midwestern State University recognizes the value of the International Baccalaureate program and has approved the granting of credit for the IB Higher and Standard level exams when a score of 5 or higher is obtained. A score of 4 or higher on any Higher level or Standard level exam will be awarded to IB diploma candidates only. Credit will be granted for the following higher level exams: Art, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, English, French, Geography, German, History, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Spanish and Theatre. Standard level credits will be given for Art, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, French, German, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Spanish and Theatre. Where applicable, credit will count toward your major and meet university requirements.
Higher Level Exams: Grades accepted: 7 or 6 = A, 5 = B, (4 = credit for diploma candidates only*) Higher Exam
ART 1413 ARTS 1301
FINC 3733, MGMT 3013
CMPS 1023 COSC 1300 Economics
ECON 3323, 3333
FREN 1134, 1234, 2133, 2233
GERM 1134, 1234, 2133, 2233
History-Europe 6
Humanities Core N/A Mathematics 8
MATH 1534, 1634 MATH 2413, 2414
MUSC 3723/1603**
3 Humanities Core
PHYS 1144, 1244 PHYS 1401, 1402
PSYC 1103 PSYC 2301
SPAN 1134, 1234, 2133, 2233
THEA 1503 DRAM 1310 Grades accepted: 7 & 6 = A, 5 = B, (4 = credit for diploma candidates only*) Credit for the following Standard Exams:
CreditHours EquivalentMSU Course Texas CommonCourse Number Art
3 ART 1413
ART 1301 Economics
6 ECON 2333, 2433 ECON 2301, 2302 Music
6 MUSC 1033/1603** MUSI 1306 or 1310, 1311
THEA 1503
DRAM 1310 **Incoming students from IB programs will need to take a music theory placement exam for advising purposes.
Grades accepted: 7 or 6 (5 or 4 =credit for diploma candidates only*)
CreditHours EquivalentMSU Course Texas CommonCourse Number Biology
8 BIOL 1144, 1544
BIOL 1413, 1411 Chemistry
8 CHEM 1141, 1143,1241, 1243
3 CMPS 1033 N/A
MATH 1534, 1634 MATH 2412, 2413 Mathematical Studies
MATH 1233, 1433
MATH 1314, 1316 Mathematical Methods
MATH 1433, 1634 MATH 1316, 2413 Physics
8 PHYS 1144, 1244 PHYS 1401, 1402 Grades accepted: 7, 6, or 5 = credit (4 = credit for diploma candidates only*)
CreditHours EquivalentMSU Course Texas CommonCourse Number Philosophy
3 PHIL 1033
PHIL 1301 Psychology
3 PSYC 1103 PSYC 2301 Grades accepted: 5 or 4 = credit for the following:
CreditHours EquivalentMSU Course Texas CommonCourse Number French
8 FREN 1134, 1234
8 GERM 1134, 1234
SPAN 1411, 1412Grades accepted: 7 or 6 = credit (5 or 4 =credit for diploma candidates only*): Higher Level Exams
SPAN 1411, 1412Note: N/A indicates that a Texas Common Course Number is not applicable to the course.To request the International Baccalaureate transcript call (212) 696-4464 or visit IB Americas Transcript RequestThe transcript should be sent to: Midwestern State UniversityAdmissions Office3410 Taft Blvd.Wichita Falls, TX 76308-2099
The college dean may allow a currently enrolled student to challenge a course in that college and receive credit by examination. Credit and grade obtained by proficiency examinations are used in determining the grade point average for the semester in which the credit is posted, and they are used in calculating the cumulative grade point average; however they cannot count toward residency hours or graduation with honors. When an examination for credit is taken, only a grade of C or better will be recorded. Credit earned by proficiency examination will be posted to the academic record after the student has earned 9 semester hours in residence at MSU. For continuing students who take a proficiency test, the grade earned is posted to the semester in which the test was taken. If the test was taken during the summer, the student may request that the grade be posted to the preceding spring semester, as long as the student was enrolled during that semester. The request to post credit to the preceding spring semester must be made prior to the end of the summer term in which the test was taken.
Credit by examination assumes the student has had no formal classroom instruction, either as a regularly enrolled student or as an auditor in the course being challenged. It is the responsibility of the college dean to validate the student's request. If approved, the student pays a $35.00 testing fee per course at the University Business Office and presents the receipt to the college dean who will make arrangements for the test.