34 Academic Information • 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 each AP 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.html for 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 a part 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. • Applications and further information on the procedure, fees and testing schedule are available from the WSU Testing Center. • A student's test scores will be considered if the student drops the same course within the first 3 weeks of the semester. • Students must submit examination scores and a receipt for the $10 application fee to the Admissions Office to initiate the evaluation process. Special Examination • Special examinations may be arranged to earn credit for some WSU courses not covered by CLEP testing. Each department determines which courses will qualify. • Students must provide evidence of sufficient background in the area to be tested. • Applications for Special Examinations and further information about requirements, limitations, and fees may be obtained from the academic departmental offices. Foreign Language Credit for Prior Language Experience • Students with prior language experience may be given foreign language credit by examination or by passing an upper division (3000-level or higher) course with a minimum grade of C. See the Foreign Language Department for applications and more information. Credit for Military Training • Students who have completed at least 24 months of active military service may be granted a maximum of 10 credit hours. These credits are awarded as 3 credit hours which satisfy general education HLTH 1030 and 7 elective credit hours. Weber State University 2013-2014 Catalog