At North Dakota State University opportunity is provided for students to demonstrate evidence of college-level achievement. This level of competency may have been gained through intensive preparation in specific areas in high school, extensive reading in a particular field, on-the-job experience or other types of formal or informal preparation.

• the College Level Examination Program (CLEP),
• the Advanced Placement Program,
• International Baccalaureate,
• DANTES Examinations
• and challenging courses through petition followed by an examination for each particular course.

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CLEP Subject Exams
CLEP Testing Center
General Information
CLEP Exams & NDSU Equivalents
Advanced Placement Exams
Advanced Placement Exams & NDSU Equivalents
International Baccalaureate
Dantes Examinations
Challenging Courses
Contact Information
Language Placement

CLEP Subject Exams
CLEP is a national testing program of the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB). The minimum scores required are those recommended by the American Council on Education (ACE). The following policy governs the use of Subject Examinations at NDSU.

1. The Subject Examination should be taken prior to enrollment in the equivalent or more advanced college-level course.
2. Scores from a Subject Examination may not be used to establish credit for a course previously taken and failed or for a course in which the student is currently enrolled.
3. A year must elapse before a Subject Examination may be repeated.

If you have attended college or have taken college level courses, please check with the Office of the Registrar at NDSU before taking any CLEP test.
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CLEP Testing Center
The NDSU Counseling and Disability Services office has been designated as a national testing center for administration of CLEP Examinations. Examinations are administered by appointment. Registration must be made prior to the administration of the tests. The fee for Subject Examinations is $80.00. Registration forms for the CLEP Examinations and booklets describing these tests are available at the Counseling and Disability Services office or from CLEP on their website.
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General Information
CLEP Examinations may be taken at any national testing center established by CEEB. Credits earned for CLEP Examinations are recorded by the Office of Registration and Records upon receipt of an official score report from CEEB. In recording results from examinations for which an essay is required, the essay must be read and approved by the appropriate NDSU department before credit is granted. Minimum scores for receiving credit on CLEP and Advanced Placement examinations are reviewed periodically and are subject to change. If you have attended college or have taken college level courses, please check with the Office of Registration and Records at NDSU before taking any CLEP test.
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In accordance with the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education policy, NDSU will grant credit for the following CLEP examinations. NDSU does not offer equivalent course work, but some of these credits may count toward meeting NDSU's General Education requirements; otherwise, credits will be counted as general electives.

*Please contact the NDSU Office Registration and Records at 701-231-7745 for more information on credit awarded for this test.

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Advanced Placement Exams
High school students may earn credit for college courses or admission to advanced courses by taking Advanced Placement Examinations. These examinations are given in high schools where advanced placement courses are taught. The examinations are administered in May and require the payment of an examination fee. Contact your high school counselor for further information regarding these examinations. Be sure to contact Advanced Placement (see below) and have your scores sent to NDSU; our code is 6474.

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In accordance with the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education policy, NDSU will grant credit for the following AP examinations. NDSU does not offer equivalent course work, but some of these credits may count toward meeting NDSU's General Education requirements; otherwise, credits will be counted as general electives.

International Baccalaureate
NDSU recognizes the International Baccalaureate diploma for the purpose of admission to the institution. Individual International Baccalaureate Higher Level course work with scores of four or better are forwarded to the appropriate department for the purpose of evaluation and possible awarding of credit and/or advanced placement.

A current list of International Baccalaureate exams that have been evaluated for credit and their NDSU equivalent courses are:

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DANTES Examinations

Originally designed for the military as a way to provide individuals an opportunity to obtain college level credit for what they have learned in nontraditional ways. Now available for civilian use, the DANTES Test Control Officer (TCO) administers the exams on more than 560 military installations and official DSST test centers. The main users of the exams include adult education programs, US Dept. of Defense, and two and four-year colleges and universities.

Official Scores must be sent to the Office of Registration & Records at NDSU for evaluation and recording purposes.

DANTES Examinations
Examination	Equivalent NDSU Course	Credits	Score
A History of the Vietnam War	Free Elective	3	49
Art of the Western World	Art 111	3	48
Astronomy	PHYS 110	3	48
Business Law	Free Elective	3	44
Business Law II	Free Elective	3	52
Business Mathematics	Free Elective	3	48
Civil War and Reconstruction	Free Elective	3	47
Contemp West Europe: 1946-1990	Free Elective	3	48
Criminal Justice	CJ 201	3	49
Drug and Alcohol Abuse	PSYC 212	3	49
Environ & Human: Race Save Planet	Free Elective	3	46
Ethics in America	Phil 210	3	46
Foundations of Education	Free Elective	3	46
Fundamentals of College Algebra	MATH 103	3	47
Fundamentals of Counseling	Free Elective	3	45
General Anthropology	ANTH 111	3	47
Here's to Your Health	HPER 217	3	48
Human Resource Management	Free Elective	3	46
Human/Cultural Geography	Free Elective	3	44
Intro to the Modern Middle East	Free Elective	3	44
Introduction to Business	Free Elective	3	46
Introduction to Computing	Free Elective	3	45
Introduction to Law Enforcement	Free Elective	3	45
Introduction to World Religions	Free Elective	3	48
Lifespan Developmental Psychology	PSYC 250	3	46
Management Information Systems	Free Elective	3	46
Money and Banking	Free Elective	3	48
Organizational Behavior	Free Elective	3	48
Personal Finance	Free Elective	3	46
Physical Geology	GEOL 105	3	46
Principle of Finance	Free Elective	3	46
Principles of Financial Accounting	ACCT 200	3	49
Principles of Physical Science I	PHYS 211	3	47
Principles of Public Speaking	COMM 110	3	47
Principles of Statistics	Free Elective	3	48
Principles of Supervision	Free Elective	3	46
Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union	Free Elective	3	45
Technical Writing	Free Elective	3	46

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Challenging Courses
Normally a student may earn credit toward a degree only by taking courses on this campus or at other regionally accredited colleges and universities. However, a student who has had some previous training or background, which of itself would not permit granting of credit, may seek credit by special examination. This is known as challenging a course. Such a student should obtain a Petition for Challenge from the Office of Registration and Records and take it to the instructor of the course in which he or she feels competent to write a special examination.

The instructor of the course, the chair of the department, and the dean of the college must approve the request for challenge. Challenges may not be feasible for all courses. A challenge is only permitted for courses in which the student has not previously registered for credit. After such approval and payment of an appropriate fee, the student may write the special examination at the convenience of the instructor and the student. Courses successfully challenged are recorded on the student's record with the notation Credit by Special Exam. Unsuccessful challenges are not recorded.
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Language Placement

Students must adhere to the placement requirements when enrolling in a language course for the first time at NDSU. Enrollment in a course below the student's background level will result in no credit for that course.

If, after appropriate placement, the student's instructor recommends that because of exceptional circumstances the student should be placed at a lower level, full credit at the new level may be granted upon approval by the chair of the department and the student's dean.

1. Students with no previous study or limited experience (less than two years or units in high school) in the language should take 100 level language courses.
2. Students with two or three years or units of a language in high school or one year of college credit should take 200 level language courses.
3. Students with four or more years or units in high school or those who fulfill the Bachelor of Arts language requirement may take 300 level language courses.
4. All other cases will be determined by the department.

A student placed at an advance level may receive NDSU credit for those courses waived, upon fulfillment of the following conditions:

1. The student has completed no previous college-level credit in that language;
2. The student enrolls consecutively in at least two courses within the same level, i.e., 201-202, (intermediate); 311-312 (advanced); and receives a grade of B or better (courses may not be taken pass/fail).
3. The student submits a petition form obtained from the Department of Modern Languages, signed by the instructor and the department chair.

For more information

Counseling and Disability Services
North Dakota State University
Ceres Hall 212
Fargo, ND 58105
Tel. (701) 231-7671
Tiffany.Bendickson@ndsu.edu

Advance Placement Program
PO Box 6671
Princeton, NJ 08541-6671
Tel. (609) 771-7300 or (888) CALL-4AP
apexams@ets.org

CLEP
PO Box 6600
Princeton, NJ 05541-6600
Tel: (609) 771-7865
clep@info.collegeboard.org

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