Credit by Examination
Degree- or certificate-seeking students who can demonstrate ability and knowledge in a particular subject may establish credit in certain courses without enrolling in them. They accomplish this by taking a special examination or performing a special assignment, or both, through the appropriate academic unit. If the unit鈥檚 faculty have determined the student successfully completed the exam or assignment in place of the course, the student is awarded the full credit hours for the course, but not a grade (the 鈥淐R鈥 mark is displayed next to the course on the student鈥檚 transcript and is not calculated into the student鈥檚 GPA).
Credit by Examination (CBE) is a Kent State program, separate from the national and university-accepted alternative credit programs (e.g., AP, IB, CLEP).
Kent State credit-by-examination options and their Banner codes are listed below:
- Credit by Exam鈥擜vailable (A): Eligible students may earn credit for the course through a faculty-administered exam.
- Credit by Exam鈥擠epartment Approval (D): Eligible students may earn credit for the course through a faculty-administered exam. The department reserves the right to approve the students who can take the exam.
- Credit by Exam鈥擭ot Approved (N): Students may not earn credit for the course through a faculty-administered exam.
To approve or revise a course for credit by examination, faculty must submit a course revision proposal. Once a course is approved for CBE, faculty in the course鈥檚 academic unit are responsible for administrating the exam.
The full can be found in the University Catalog. A list of courses currently approved for CBE and the application form to earn CBE can be found on the The Financial, Billing and Enrollment Center website.
