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Tests for Academic Credit are Challenge Examinations requested by a regularly admitted Elizabethtown College student in hopes of receiving credit for a particular course in the College Catalog. Requests for Challenge Examinations must be approved by the Chair of the Department in which the course is listed. Practicums, internships, research courses, First-Year Seminar and Intellectual Engagement Experience in the Core Program are excluded from Challenge Examinations.
Tests for Placement and/or Waiver are given for placement in a course sequence such as modern languages and mathematics. Credit is not awarded.
All Challenge Testing is graded on a Pass/No Pass basis. A grade of Pass indicates that the credit and/or advanced placement is to be awarded.
Challenge Tests given at the initiative of the College are administered without fee to the student. There is a per-test fee for Challenge Tests given at the request of the student. The fee is for the test itself and is charged regardless of the test results. In addition, 50 percent of the appropriate part-time tuition rate in effect at the time the test is administered is charged for academic credit awarded as a result of performance on Challenge Tests.
Mathematics placement is determined using: 1) high school mathematics courses taken and performance in those courses; 2) SAT mathematics score; 3) the student’s intended major; and 4) student self-evaluation. Students who need additional preparation before taking a college-level math course are placed in Mathematics 011. Students with a placement of Mathematics 011 are required to complete this course prior to enrolling in a Mathematics Core course. Mathematics 011 does not satisfy the Mathematics Area of Understanding and does not count toward graduation credits. Students may challenge their placement level by taking a mathematics placement Challenge Exam during the fall orientation program.
Placement in English writing courses is determined according to a combination of SAT verbal score and performance in high school English courses. Most students are placed in English 100, Writing and Language. Some students are placed in English 150, Advanced Writing and Language, or Philosophy 110, Logic and Critical Thinking. All satisfy the Power of Language – English requirement in the Core Program.
Students are placed into modern languages based on language background and placement test results. Students who have studied a modern language in high school for two years or more must take the appropriate modern language placement test. If students have studied more than one modern language, they take the placement test in the language that they wish to study further at the college level. Students who have studied a language for less than two full years or not at all do not take the placement test and are normally placed at the 111 or beginning level of a language.
Students who wish to use a modern language to fulfill the Power of Language – Other Area of Understanding in the Core Program normally complete a modern language course at the 111, 112, 211 or 212 level. Students, who demonstrate competence at the 111 level, enroll in 112. Students, who demonstrate competence at the 112 level, enroll in 211. If competence is demonstrated at the 211 level, the appropriate course is 212. If competence is demonstrated at the 212 level, then any 300-level course in that language can be used to satisfy the Power of Language – Other requirement, or students can pursue a different language.
Credit by Examination
There are three ways for regularly admitted students to receive academic credits and/or advanced placement by examination: 1) College Entrance Examination Board’s (CEEB) Advanced Placement Program (AP); 2) College-Level Examination Program (CLEP); and 3) successful achievement on an Elizabethtown College departmental examination (Challenge Testing).CEEB Advanced Placement Examinations
With the approval of the Department concerned, the College grants advanced placement and credit to students who perform satisfactorily on a CEEB AP Examination. A complete list of how AP exams transfer to Elizabethtown is available on the Office of Registration and Records’ website in the transfer credit section.CLEP Examinations
Students who have completed high school (or its equivalent) prior to taking the CLEP Examinations may be awarded Elizabethtown College credits, following recommendations of the American Council on Education (ACE) in place when the exam was taken and with approval of the Registrar and the appropriate academic Department. All CLEP Examinations must be completed prior to achievement of sophomore status (30 or more recorded College credits). Up to 29 credits may be awarded for CLEP?exams and none of the credits may duplicate College credits completed or enrolled in at the time of the examination. In order to fulfill Elizabethtown’s Power of Language Core requirement, the CLEP?English Composition exam must be taken with the essay.Challenge Testing
Challenge Testing is a comprehensive term encompassing all tests prepared and/or administrated by Elizabethtown College faculty. The types of Challenge Tests are Tests for Academic Credit and Tests for Placement and/or Waiver.Tests for Academic Credit are Challenge Examinations requested by a regularly admitted Elizabethtown College student in hopes of receiving credit for a particular course in the College Catalog. Requests for Challenge Examinations must be approved by the Chair of the Department in which the course is listed. Practicums, internships, research courses, First-Year Seminar and Intellectual Engagement Experience in the Core Program are excluded from Challenge Examinations.
Tests for Placement and/or Waiver are given for placement in a course sequence such as modern languages and mathematics. Credit is not awarded.
All Challenge Testing is graded on a Pass/No Pass basis. A grade of Pass indicates that the credit and/or advanced placement is to be awarded.
Challenge Tests given at the initiative of the College are administered without fee to the student. There is a per-test fee for Challenge Tests given at the request of the student. The fee is for the test itself and is charged regardless of the test results. In addition, 50 percent of the appropriate part-time tuition rate in effect at the time the test is administered is charged for academic credit awarded as a result of performance on Challenge Tests.
Placement Testing
Entering students are placed in mathematics, English writing, and modern language classes on the basis of criteria established by the relevant academic Departments.Mathematics placement is determined using: 1) high school mathematics courses taken and performance in those courses; 2) SAT mathematics score; 3) the student’s intended major; and 4) student self-evaluation. Students who need additional preparation before taking a college-level math course are placed in Mathematics 011. Students with a placement of Mathematics 011 are required to complete this course prior to enrolling in a Mathematics Core course. Mathematics 011 does not satisfy the Mathematics Area of Understanding and does not count toward graduation credits. Students may challenge their placement level by taking a mathematics placement Challenge Exam during the fall orientation program.
Placement in English writing courses is determined according to a combination of SAT verbal score and performance in high school English courses. Most students are placed in English 100, Writing and Language. Some students are placed in English 150, Advanced Writing and Language, or Philosophy 110, Logic and Critical Thinking. All satisfy the Power of Language – English requirement in the Core Program.
Students are placed into modern languages based on language background and placement test results. Students who have studied a modern language in high school for two years or more must take the appropriate modern language placement test. If students have studied more than one modern language, they take the placement test in the language that they wish to study further at the college level. Students who have studied a language for less than two full years or not at all do not take the placement test and are normally placed at the 111 or beginning level of a language.
Students who wish to use a modern language to fulfill the Power of Language – Other Area of Understanding in the Core Program normally complete a modern language course at the 111, 112, 211 or 212 level. Students, who demonstrate competence at the 111 level, enroll in 112. Students, who demonstrate competence at the 112 level, enroll in 211. If competence is demonstrated at the 211 level, the appropriate course is 212. If competence is demonstrated at the 212 level, then any 300-level course in that language can be used to satisfy the Power of Language – Other requirement, or students can pursue a different language.
