Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3344 - Cleveland State University › Chapter 3344-21 - Policy on Academic Misconduct › Section 3344-21-03 - Credit by examination

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
At Cleveland state university, matriculated students can earn
				credit toward degree requirements through examination. The credit by
				examination program permits a student to begin college work at a level
				consistent with his or her academic background, to avoid repeating course
				material already mastered, to pursue a more flexible schedule, and to reduce
				the time required for graduation. Students may use the credit by examination
				program to demonstrate college level achievements and proficiencies acquired
				outside a university classroom. Most often this means knowledge gained by
				independent study, employment, specialized study courses, or honors courses in
				high school.
(A) Cleveland state
			 university recognizes four different types of examinations for credit.
(1) Advanced placement program ("APP"). This
			 is the oldest credit by examination program. It is offered under the auspices
			 of the college entrance examination board to high school students who have
			 completed an official advanced placement course. Arrangements for testing are
			 made through the high school in which the student is enrolled. CSU grants
			 freshman year credit, (four to twelve term credits), for each examination score
			 of three, four, or five. Credit is available in art, biology, chemistry,
			 computer science, economics, English, foreign languages, history, mathematics,
			 music, physics, political science, and psychology. A transfer student who
			 received APP credit at another institution should have the official score
			 report mailed directly to the CSU admission office.
(2) Departmental examinations. Some
			 departments at the university have developed end-of-course examinations for
			 certain courses or learning sequences in the curriculum. The administration and
			 grading of these examinations, as well as the level of achievement required for
			 credit, are in the hands of the department chairperson. Questions about course
			 examinations for credit should be directed to the appropriate department
			 office.
(3) College level
			 examination program-general examinations ("CLEP-general exams"). This is a
			 series of five comprehensive examinations developed under the auspices of the
			 college entrance examination board. CLEP-general exams are administered at the
			 CSU counseling and testing center as well as at other testing centers across
			 the country and by the defense activity for non-traditional education support.
			 For a score of five hundred or above, credit is granted as follows: Humanities,
			 twelve term hours; mathematics, four term hours; natural sciences, twelve term
			 hours; social science - history, twelve term hours. For a score of five hundred
			 and a satisfactory essay, four term hours are granted in English. Registration
			 forms for the CLEP-general examinations are available at the CSU counseling and
			 testing center, rhodes tower, room 1235. A transfer student who received credit
			 for the CLEP-general exams at another institution should have the official
			 score report sent to the CSU admission office along with his or her college
			 transcript.
(4) College level
			 examination program-subject examinations. These are essentially
			 end-of-course-examinations for thirty-five widely taught undergraduate courses.
			 The examinations are administered at the CSU counseling and testing center as
			 well as at testing centers across the country and by the defense activity for
			 non-traditional education support. Examinations are available for courses
			 taught in the departments of accounting, biology, business law, chemistry,
			 computer and information science, economics, English, foreign languages,
			 history, management, marketing, mathematics, political science, psychology, and
			 sociology. Either four or eight term hours of credit, depending upon whether
			 the course covers one or two terms of work is available for each examination.
			 With the exception of the mathematics examinations all CLEP-subject
			 examinations are composed of an objective and an essay section. An objective
			 examination score of fifty-two and, for most courses, the essay section
			 approved by the department concerned is necessary for credit to be granted.
			 Registration forms for the CLEP-subject examination and additional information
			 about the examinations are available from the CSU counseling and testing
			 center, rhodes tower, room 1235. A transfer student who received credit for
			 CLEP-subject examinations at another institution should have the official score
			 report and essay sent to the CSU admission office along with his or her college
			 transcript.