Credit by Exam and Forgiveness of Earlier Academic Record
Credit by Exam and More
Forgiveness of Earlier Academic Record
Credit by Exam and More
The Academic Testing Office, Schofield 226, publishes a booklet called Opportunities for Credit by Exam at UW-Eau Claire. If you wish to explore whether "testing out" or earning credit by exam might be possible for you in a specific course, a discipline, or a category of General Education, pick up a copy of the booklet in Schofield 226. Such tests must generally be attempted before comparable or more advanced coursework is taken. Students considering the possibility of transferring should know that credit earned by exam at one institution is sometimes not transferable to another institution.
Academic Testing also offers a variety of other standardized tests, including the Praxis I and II for education majors**, the LSAT for students planning on law school, the GRE for many graduate schools, and the MCAT for medical school applicants.
**If future teachers need to brush up on reading, writing and math skills, a preparatory computer program for the PPST called Learning Plus is available through the Academic Skills Center. Contact 715-836-5844 for details.
BACK TO THE TOPForgiveness of Earlier Academic Record
Returning nontraditional students, who have completed university-level course work at UW-Eau Claire or elsewhere with five or more years prior to seeking admission or readmission to UW-Eau Claire, may be eligible for forgiveness of poor grades from their earlier academic record. Forgiveness means that grades earned five or more years earlier will not be used in the computation of the total GPA at UW-Eau Claire, although such grades will continue to appear on the student's official transcript. Upon admission or readmission to UW-Eau Claire, students should meet with their advisers to discuss whether repeating courses or seeking forgiveness is the better alternative for them. If the decision is to seek forgiveness the following conditions will apply:
- The student must not have been enrolled in an institution of higher learning for at least five continuous years prior to admission/readmission to UW-Eau Claire except for completion of courses which were a precondition for admission/readmission.
- After admission/readmission, students must earn a GPA of 2.50 or higher in the first 12 credits which count toward the minimum degree requirements at UW-Eau Claire before applying for forgiveness.
- The request for forgiveness must be approved by the student's adviser, the Department Chair if the student has declared a major, and the Dean of the College in which the student is enrolled. The approved request will be forwarded to the Registrar.
- If forgiveness is granted, all courses taken five or more years prior to admission/readmission (and the grades received) will continue to appear on the student's record, but the student's total GPA will be based solely on credits earned after admission/readmission to UW-Eau Claire.
- If forgiveness is granted all credit hours with a grade of "D-" or above earned five or more years before admission/readmission, up to a maximum of 30, may be used to satisfy degree requirements even though they are not included in the student's total GPA.
- Forgiveness of grades earned five or more years before admission/readmission may be granted only once.
Both the academic forgiveness policy and application form are available on the Registrar's Web site at www.uwec.edu/registrar/student/index.htm. Chose Student Services.
