40 Academic Information Changing of Grades • Grades may be changed only by the instructor who submitted the original grade. • Students who feel their work has been evaluated unfairly should contact the instructor. • Students who choose to complete a course on a credit/no credit basis may petition the Registrar's Office to have a CR grade replaced by the earned letter grade if they recently changed their major or minor and need the letter grade to meet graduation requirements for the new major or minor. Repeat Courses • Repeated courses will be automatically flagged as part of the grading process at the end of each term. • Each course (unless specifically listed as repeatable for credit in the course description) may be used only once in cumulative hours and GPA. • A course will appear on the transcript each time it is completed, but it will be counted only once in total hours and only the most recent letter grade received will be used to calculate the GPA (CR is not considered a letter grade and will not cause a previous grade to be discounted). • Once a bachelor's degree has been posted to a student's permanent record, courses used for that degree may not be repeated to improve their GPA. Academic Renewal Academic renewal allows students the opportunity to recalculate their GPA by discounting grades of D+ or lower which were earned six or more years prior to the date of petition. • Courses completed prior to the awarding of a certificate, associate or bachelor's degree do not qualify for academic renewal. • Students must be currently registered, attending and have their tuition paid in full. • Academic renewal may be requested only once during a student's academic career. • Applications for academic renewal and detailed policy information are available at the Records Office or at www.weber.edu/records. Credit by Examination or Petition Contact: Records Office Location: Student Services Center, Room 101 Telephone: 801-626-6100 Students may receive WSU degree credit by examination or petition under the following restrictions: • The student must be a WSU-admitted student. • The student must pay the appropriate recording fee in addition to specific test fees. • Credit will not be given if it duplicates previous examinations, petitions or course work for which a student received a grade (A-E) or notation I, T, W, UW, CR, NC, or if the student has registered for the equivalent course covered by the examination or petition. • Credit by examination or petition will not be considered part of the residency requirement. • Credit by examination or petition, although graded with credit (SC), may be used to satisfy major, minor and general education requirements. Advanced Placement Examination (AP) • AP credit is earned by completing one or more high school AP courses and successfully completing the appropriate exam(s) while in high school. • Up to eight WSU credit hours may be earned with eachAP examination score of 3,4, or 5. Credit awarded is at the discretion of the academic department. Some departments require a score of 4 or 5 for the awarding of credit. Please see http:// www.weber.edu/admissions/aptests.htmlfor details. • To have credit evaluated, a student must submit their scores and pay a $10 recording fee. ■ Scores may be submitted to the Admissions Office as apart of the Admissions process, or ■ Scores may be submitted to the Admissions Office in person, along with a receipt for the $10 recording fee payment. • If a student submits AP, CLEP, and IB scores for evaluation, the IB scores will be awarded first If the AP or CLEP credit duplicates the IB credit already awarded, the AP and CLEP credits will be reduced by the amount of credit awarded for the IB Higher- Level Subject in the specific area. International Baccalaureate Credit (IB) • A student who completes the IB Diploma program will receive 30 semester credit hours, a waiver of all Breadth Requirements contained in the general education requirements, and a waiver of the University Diversity requirement. To further waive the Core Requirements of general education, a student must complete the corresponding Higher- Level Subject with a score of five (5) or higher. • If the IB Diploma is not earned, students will be awarded eight (8) semester hours of credit and a waiver of the corresponding general education requirement for each Higher-Level Subject completed with a score of five (5) or higher. • If a student submits AP, CLEP, and IB scores for evaluation, the IB scores will be awarded first If the AP or CLEP credit duplicates the IB credit already awarded the AP and CLEP credits will be reduced by the amount of credit awarded for the IB Higher- Level Subject in the specific area. • A student must be admitted and matriculated at WSU to have IB credit evaluated. • Once test results have been received, students eligible for credit will receive an evaluation from the Admissions Office with instructions about how to have credits added to their transcript. College Level Examination Program (CLEP) • CLEP is a way for students to earn college credit by completing one or more of the General or Subject Examinations administered by the Testing Center. Weber State University 2012-2013 Catalog