Policy on College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), Advanced Placement Credit, International Baccalaureate (IB), and Credit by Departmental Examination

North Georgia College & State University offers college credit by examination through the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), the Defense Activities for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES), the Advanced Placement (AP) Program, the International Baccalaureate (IB), and departmental examinations. The following rules govern the awarding of credit by examination.

1. Credit will be awarded only after a student has been admitted to North Georgia College & State University.
2. A student who is currently enrolled in the course or has earned a grade other than a W in the course may not earn CLEP, or DANTES credit for the course.
3. North Georgia College & State University does not awarded course credit through the CLEP General Examinations. Only CLEP Subject Examinations may be used for the awarding of CLEP examination credit.
4. Any academic department may award credit based on departmental examinations.
5. CLEP, DANTES, AP, IB, and departmental examination credits carry no academic grade and are not computed into the grade point average (GPA).
6. The total amount of course credit awarded by examination (CLEP, DANTES, Advanced Placement credit, and credit by departmental examination) may not exceed 30 semester hours (24 hours for IB).
7. Students should be aware that medical, dental and other professional schools may not recognize CLEP, DANTES, IB, and AP examination course credit.