Independent Study To make possible the college ideal of individual development, independent study opportunity, under faculty supervision, is made available in each academic area. Variable credit is permitted with a maximum of six semester hours in one field of study. To guarantee quality, the special approval of the program director of the area concerned is required.
Credit By Examination and Course Challenge (See Admission section for details.) Wesleyan College participates in a program that awards credit for the successful completion of selected standardized examinations. Credit by examination is possible through the Advanced Placement of the College Board, the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) of the College Entrance Examination Board, the International Baccalaureate Program, and the Cambridge International Examinations (A-levels). For credit to be awarded, a minimum score is required on the CLEP General and Subject examinations, the Advanced Placement examinations (3, 4, 5), the International Baccalaureate higher level (4, 5, 6, 7) and standard level examinations (4, 5, 6, 7), and selected Cambridge International A-level Examinations. Specific minimum scores and course equivalents may be found in the admission section of this Catalogue. Thirty semester hours is the maximum amount of credit a student may receive through CLEP, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, the Cambridge International Examinations, or departmental examination (course challenge). Students having earned the International Baccalaureate Diploma at the conclusion of their high school studies will, upon admission to Wesleyan College, be awarded 30 semester hours of academic credit, with course equivalencies to be determined by the Program Directors in the appropriate disciplines and the Registrar. A student may exempt courses by challenging courses or taking departmental examinations according to the following procedure: Up to nine (9) semester credit hours may be awarded through challenging courses; however, not all departments will approve course challenges. To receive credit through a course challenge the student must 1. be unconditionally enrolled; 2. request in writing a course challenge from the registrar and obtain the written permission from the appropriate program director and course instructor; and 3. pay one-half of the course challenge fee* prior to the course challenge, and pay the remainder of the course challenge fee if credit is awarded. No student will be permitted credit by examination for a course in which she remains enrolled after the Drop/Take period. Course challenges are graded on the Credit/No Credit grade option only. Credit hours for a successful course challenge are posted in the term during which the challenge is attempted and fees are paid. These credit hours do not affect tuition or overload fees. *Declared majors or minors in French and Spanish who have placed out of FRN or SPA 211/212 will not be charged a course challenge fee when they challenge those courses.
Credit and Grading System (See the Grading policy for Nursing in the BSN section of the Catalogue.) To qualify for graduation, a student must complete at least 120 semester hours and have a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or better, and a grade point average of 2.00 in her major. Letter grades are used. They are interpreted below with a statement in the right-hand column as to the number of quality points per credit hour assigned to each letter grade. A: The grade A is reserved for work that is of exceptional quality and showing unusual 4 points insight, initiative, and understanding. B: The grade B is awarded for work that is of superior quality and is consistently above 3 points the average. C: The grade C indicates average performance. It is an acceptable and respectable grade. 2 points D: The grade D is the lowest passing grade and indicates work below average. 1 point F: The grade F indicates absolute failure. 0 points CR: Passing work in a non-graded course taken for hourly credit (not computed in GPA) NC: No credit in non-graded course taken for hourly credit (not computed in GPA) I: Incomplete (not computed in GPA) W: Withdrawal (not computed in GPA). A student may withdraw from a class with the approval of the Dean of the College up to three weeks past the mid-semester date in the fall and spring semesters and one week past this point in May and summer terms. Exceptions regarding the withdrawal deadline are made only in cases of illness or emergency when a W may be granted past this date at the discretion of the Dean of the
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