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Effective: 8/15/1957 |
Revised: 7/1/2009 |
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SSM 202–05:
Comprehensive Examinations for Undergraduate Course
Equivalence |
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Purpose
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To permit an undergraduate student to establish academic credit
in a field in which he or she has gained experience or competence
equivalent to an established undergraduate university course
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Sources
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ASU General Catalog, “Comprehensive
Examinations”
University Cashiering Services
Individual colleges within the university
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Applicability
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To be eligible to apply to take a comprehensive examination to
establish undergraduate course equivalence, a student must:
- have earned not more than 60 semester hours of credit through
comprehensive, CLEP, international baccalaureate, and advanced
placement examinations
- have earned no credit for a duplicate course
and
- have earned no credit for a course for which this course is a
prerequisite.
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Policy
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An undergraduate student may apply to take a comprehensive
examination to establish credit in a field in which:
- the student’s experience or competence can be
satisfactorily measured through a comprehensive examination
and
- the university offers courses that are listed in the current
ASU General Catalog.
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ProcedureD
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Responsibility
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Action
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Student |
- Obtain an application for comprehensive examination for course
equivalence and any applicable instruction sheet in the department
that offers the course.
- Complete the application.
- Meet with the academic advisor to request approval for taking
the comprehensive examination and to determine if the credit by
examination will meet degree requirements.
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Advisor |
- Approve or disapprove the request.
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If not approved: |
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- Notify the student that the application has not been
approved.
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If approved: |
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- Note in the student’s departmental file both that the
request was approved and how the credit will be used in the degree
program. Ask the student to deliver the application to the
department offering the course.
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Student |
- Return the application to the department that offers the
course.
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Chair of department offering course |
- Review the application.
- Approve or disapprove the application.
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If not approved: |
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- Notify the student that the application was not
approved.
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If approved: |
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- Notify the student that the application has been
approved.
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Student |
- Pay fees and obtain a receipt at University Cashiering
Services.
- Deliver the receipt to the department offering the
course.
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Department offering course |
- Notify the course instructor to arrange for the
examination.
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Instructor |
- Contact the student to schedule the examination.
- Prepare, administer, and grade the
examination.
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Department offering course |
- Send the results of the examination to:
- University Registrar Services
and
- the student.
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University Registrar Services |
- Verify that the student meets eligibility requirements.
- Verify that the comprehensive examination form includes:
- a grade
- the instructor’s signature
and
- an attached paid fee receipt.
- Adjust the student’s academic record to reflect the
examination results.
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Student |
- Verify that the examination results are reflected under Grades & Transcripts and Transcripts & Test Scores, in the My Classes box of the My ASU Web
site.
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