The institution awards academic credit for course work taken on a noncredit basis only when there is documentation that the noncredit course work is equivalent to a designated credit experience.
[Compliance]
Narrative:
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is in compliance with Principle 3.4.8 because the institution does not normally award credit for courses taken on a non-credit basis unless such courses have been evaluated and recommended for transfer credit by the American Council on Education.
UAH does allow the awarding of undergraduate credit by examination. At UAH, a student may obtain a maximum of one-fourth (normally 32 semester hours) of required degree credits by examination. There are four alternatives by which a student may gain credit through examination at UAH: 1) departmental examinations, 2) the Advanced Placement (AP) Program, 3) the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), and 4) International Baccalaureate (IB). Credit by examination is not granted in the following cases: 1) if a student has been enrolled in a comparable course for more than three weeks; 2) to remove a failure already recorded for a course; or 3) to satisfy the residency requirement for graduation. Guidelines and a list of applicable courses are available in the UAH Undergraduate Catalog 2003-2005, pp. 56-59.
