CREDIT BY EXAMINATION
A student who evidences prior proficiency for selected courses due to previous work or educational experience may apply for credit by examination provided the student is currently enrolled in the college or has completed all admission requirements. The student desiring to attempt such an examination must initiate a request with the Vice President of Instruction. The Vice President of Instruction will process each request according to the following conditions:

1. The course must be listed in the course description section of the current college catalog and have 
     been approved for credit by examination by the Administration.

2. The course may not be included in the contract with the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

3. All requests for credit by examination must be approved by the Vice President of Instruction. Under 
    circumstances when a request is disapproved, such disapproval with reasons therefore,
    will be presented to the Executive Committee of the College for action and/or information.

4. No student may sit for credit by examination unless the student can provide, in writing, valid reason(s) 
    for being examined.

5. No student may attempt more than ten percent (10%) of the required credit hours per curriculum by 
    means of credit by examination.

6. Since all courses do not lend themselves to credit by examination, the instructor in a curriculum will 
    present a list of courses suitable for credit by examination to the Vice-President of Instruction. 
    These lists will be updated with the revision of each general catalog. Interim additions or deletions
    will be  announced through addenda to the current catalog.

7. The examinations are to be totally comprehensive standardized tests approved by the curriculum 
     committee and on file with the Vice President of Instruction. Since the examination will be 
     comprehensive, the student should be aware that some examinations may require 
     several hours to complete and should prepare accordingly. If standardized tests are unavailable 
     for courses approved for credit by examination, local completely objective tests will be 
     prepared by the local instructor(s) and approved by the curriculum committee.

8. Where a curriculum requires a practical application of skills, a demonstration of such skills as part of 
     the examination will be included.

9. Students who fail a credit by examination will not be reexamined on that course for credit.

10. Students who have failed or withdrawn from a course with a failing grade will not be permitted to take 
       credit by examination. At the end of each quarter the instructor will indicate on the 
       appropriate grade report whether a student withdrawal was passing or failing. 

11. All credit by examinations must be given at the main campus of Bladen Community College by the 
      Vice President of Instruction or the appointed representative.

12. Any student who wishes to obtain credit by examination must pay a test fee equal to the tuition fee for 
      the course for which credit is sought.

13. Students who want to take credit by examination must submit their request(s) by the twenty percent 
       point of the quarter in which the examination is to be given.

14. Credits earned by examination are considered in the same way as transfer credits and will not be 
       used in the computation of grade point averages.

15. Grades given for credit by examination should be either a "CR" for satisfactory or a "U" for 
      unsatisfactory. A minimum grade of 70% will be required for passing any test taken 
      for credit by examination.