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To petition for credit, a student must complete the request form and

present it to the chairperson of the department offering the course

being challenged. (The relevant academic dean in consultation

with the faculty reserves the right to deny students permission to

take examinations for credit.)

Courses passed by examination are credited to the student's aca-

demic record. Successfully challenged course(s) are not considered

a part of the course load for full-time students during the academic

year.

The examination for any challenged course will be administered to

the student only one time. Should the student fail, the petition will

be filed in the academic record (not on the official transcript).

Prior to the administration of any challenge examination, students

will be expected to pay a fee established by the University.

Life Experience Credit

Life experience is defined as learning experiences students have had as

part of their employment or daily life, which equate with learning expe-

riences otherwise achieved as part of coursework at Edinboro

University. It is the policy of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania to

award credit for life experience in those cases deemed appropriate by

faculty evaluation and administrative review. Life experience credit may

not be used in lieu of internship credit.

Life experience credit procedures are administered by the Office of Non-

Traditional Student Services. Responsibility for the award of credit rests

with the dean of the school in which the student has applied for credit.

Students who are interested in exploring life experience credit should

contact the coordinator of Non-Traditional Student Services. If appro-

priate, the student submits an application and then prepares a detailed

portfolio describing the experience for which credit is being requested.

The coordinator reviews the completed portfolio and sends it to the

appropriate department chair. The chair directs the material to appropri-

ate faculty for evaluation. Faculty members recommend specific credit,

if any, to the dean. The dean reviews the material and the recommenda-

tions of faculty, approving or adjusting the amount of credit or courses

for award, and returns the material to the Non-Traditional Student

Services Office.

The coordinator informs the student of the life experience credit decision

and ensures administrative procedures for financial and credit award

transactions. If the student wishes to appeal, the coordinator will act as

the mediator between the student and other University offices. If further

evaluation is deemed advisable, there will be no further cost to the stu-

dent, as long as the evaluation takes place in the same field as the origi-

nal evaluation.

When the process of evaluation, award of credit and fee payment is

complete, the Non-Traditional Student Services coordinator notifies the

coordinator of records and registration of the credits to be posted to the

student's transcript.

Academic Recognition and Honors

Dean's List

Undergraduate degree students who earn at least twelve semester hours

of credit (exclusive of courses taken for a satisfactory or unsatisfactory

grade or courses being repeated to remove D+, D or F grades) during an

academic semester and who earn a quality point average of 3.40 or bet-

ter for the semester are identified for that semester as Dean's List stu-

dents, providing no grade of D+, D, F, I, R, or WF is earned. NOTE: If

I or R grades are changed within the established time limit, students will

be identified as Dean's List students provided they meet the other quali-

fications for Dean's List recognition. This recognition of academic

achievement is recorded on the transcript. The University's Public

Relations Office informs the hometown newspaper of Dean's List stu-

dents of this academic recognition.

Undergraduate degree students who earn less than twelve semester hours

of credit during an academic semester who at the conclusion of the

semester have earned, since their last recognition as a Dean's List stu-

dent, twelve consecutive semester hours of credit (exclusive of courses

taken for a satisfactory or unsatisfactory grade, or courses being repeat-

ed to remove a D+, D or F grade) in a part-time student status with a

quality point average for the twelve semester hours of 3.40 or better are

identified for that semester as Dean's List students, providing no grade

of D+, D, F, I, R, or WF is earned. NOTE: If I or R grades are changed

within the established time limit, students will be identified as Dean's

List students provided they meet other qualifications for Dean's List

recognition. This recognition of academic achievement is recorded on

the transcript. The University's Public Relations Office informs the

hometown newspaper of Dean's List students of this academic recogni-

tion.

University Celebration of Excellence

The University Celebration of Excellence is held annually during the

spring semester to recognize student academic achievement. Honorees

include individuals who will graduate with academic honors at the May

Commencement ceremony, students completing the University Honors

Program, Departmental Honors Award recipients and members of aca-

demic honor societies.

Honors at Graduation

The University grants honors recognition at its Commencement cere-

monies, the annual University Celebration of Excellence, and on diplo-

mas and official transcripts to those individuals who have been awarded

the baccalaureate degree and have achieved excellence. The University

does not grant honors for work toward the associate or master's degree.

The determination of honors at the Commencement ceremonies and the

University Celebration of Excellence is based upon a student's academ-

ic record at the conclusion of the previous semester or summer session,

since these events are held prior to issuance of final grades for the

semester in which they are held. The determination of honors for post-

ing on diplomas and transcripts will be based upon a student's complete

academic record, including final grades issued for the semester in which

the Commencement ceremony is held.

To be eligible for honors recognition at graduation:

A student must have attempted and earned at least 60 semester

hours of credit at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and have

earned a cumulative quality point average of at least 3.40 (4.00

scale) for all credits graded on the A through F scale earned at

Edinboro University. This applies to both indigenous and transfer

students.

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