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  64.0 III-1.40-POLICY ON CREDIT BY EXAMINATION AND PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT
 
 
  (Approved by the Board of Regents, February 22, 1990)
 
 
       An institution may provide its undergraduate students with
  opportunities to earn up to sixty semester credit hours by
  examination.  Such credits may be awarded through standardized
  examinations such as those in the Advanced Placement Program of
  the College Entrance Board (AP), or in the College Level
  Examination Program (CLEP), or through portfolio assessment or
  institutional examinations conducted by the faculty of the
  institution in the appropriate discipline.  The total amount of
  credit earned through either institutionally developed
  examinations or portfolio assessment shall not exceed thirty
  semester credit hours.  At each institution, the source of such
  credit shall be identified on the student's permanent record.
 
 
 
 
  Replacement for:  BOR I-6.00 and BOT X-A.10