APPROVED BY PRESIDENT 1 AUGUST 1991
 
  A.   Policy
 
       Students at UMCP may earn a maximum of 60 (sixty) credit
       hours towards a baccalaureate degree by examination.  Tests
       are administered either through the appropriate UMCP
       department or the College Level Examination Program (CLEP).
 
  B.   UMCP Credit by Examination
 
       1.  Eligibility
 
           In order to be considered for credit by examination a
           student must meet the following criteria:
 
           a.  a minimum of 12 (twelve) credit hours completed at
                  UMCP;
 
           b.  a minimum of a "C" average;
 
           c.  completion of all prerequisite courses or the
               approval of the department chairperson, the dean,
               and the vice president for academic affairs.
 
           Note: Requirements a. and b. may be waived for entering
           freshman by the department chairperson and the dean.
 
       2.  Grading
 
           a.  A student may cancel application for credit by
               examination at any time prior to the completion of
               the examination with no entry on the permanent
               record.
 
           b.  The examination instructor shall make the grade
               available to the student prior to formal submission
               of the grade.
 
           c.  A grade of "C" or better must be obtained to
               establish credit by examination.
 
           d.  If a student elects not to have the grade posted, a
               symbol of "W" shall be recorded. No course may be
               attempted more than once using credit by
               examination.
 
           e.  Grades earned using credit by examination shall be
               posted on the transcript and used in computing grade
               point average. Such grades shall be accompanied by
               the notation "By exam" or "By CLEP" as applicable.
 
       3.  Miscellaneous
 
           a.  Credit be examination will not be accepted for any
               part of the final 30 (thirty) semester hours without
               permission of the Vice President for Academic
               Affairs.  With such permission, six of the final 30
               (thirty) credit hours may be by credit by
               examination.
 
           b.  Applications for examinations shall be approved on
               an individual course basis.
 
           c.  The instructor must certify on the report of
               examination that copies of the examination questions
               and the student's answers have been filed in the

               Office of Admissions and Regulations.
 
  C.   College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
 
       1.  No more than 30 (thirty) hours of credit can be received
           through CLEP testing.
 
       2.  Credit may only be granted to students receiving 50% or
           more on the general examinations.
 
       3.  In accordance with the recommendations of the Council of
           College-Level Examination Program, UMCP accepts for
           college credit the mean score achieved by students in
           the national norm groups who earned grades of "C" in
           comparable courses.
 
       4.  No credit may be granted for CLEP tests which are
           repeated.
 
       5.  The amount of credit to be awarded shall be determined
           by the major department and the department in whose
           discipline the course falls.
 
       6.  CLEP credit shall be granted on a pass/fail basis and so
           entered on the student's record with the notation "By
           CLEP."
 
       7.  An official, original CLEP score report must be sent
           from the College Board directly to the UMCP Office of
           Admissions and Registration to be accepted.