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Advanced Credit

You can establish advanced credit in any of five ways:

College Board Advanced-placement Program
You can establish college credit based on an exam taken after completion of a highschool advanced-placement course. The test score necessary to support an award of credit varies depending on the test subject. Specific information is available from IPFW Admissions.
College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)
This program evaluates nontraditional college-level education. A guide to CLEP credit available at IPFW can be obtained from the Admissions office. No credit is awarded for General Examination performance.
Education While in U.S. Military Service
If you are a Purdue University or Indiana University student who
  1. took foreign language courses in service schools;
  2. took courses from the Community College of the Air Force; or
  3. are an Indiana University student who
    1. completed courses that appear in the Evaluation of Educational Experience in the Armed Forces
    2. took DANTES examinations, and/or
    3. completed Air Force Flight School; you may be eligible for credit. Twelve credits are granted for completion of Officers’ Candidate School. Each school/division determines whether credit for military service is applicable to the degrees it sponsors.
Directed Credit/Credit by Examination
For information about “testing out” of courses, see 5. Special Credit, Credit for Military Service, and Excess Undergraduate Credit.
Modern Foreign Languages Placement Test
If you begin foreign-language study in a second semester or higher course in French, German, or Spanish, you may be eligible for special credit for the courses below your placement level. You must apply for this credit through the Department of Modern Foreign Languages (CM 267, 260-481-6836); it is not granted automatically.

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