Section 2:
Core Requirements
2.1 2.2 2.3
2.4 2.5 2.6
2.7.1 2.7.2 2.7.3
2.7.4 2.8 2.9
2.10 2.11 2.12
Section 3:
Comprehensive Standards
3.1.1 3.2.1  
3.2.2.1 3.2.2.2 3.2.2.3
3.2.2.4 3.2.3 3.2.4
3.2.5 3.2.6 3.2.7
3.2.8 3.2.9 3.2.10
3.2.11 3.2.12 3.2.13
3.2.14 3.3.1 3.4.1
3.4.2 3.4.3 3.4.4
3.4.5 3.4.6 3.4.7
3.4.8 3.4.9 3.4.10
3.4.11 3.4.12 3.4.13
3.4.14 3.5.1 3.5.2
3.6.1 3.6.2 3.6.3
3.7.1 3.7.2 3.7.3
3.7.4 3.7.5 3.8.1
3.8.2 3.8.3 3.9.1
3.9.2 3.9.3 3.10.1
3.10.2 3.10.3 3.10.4
3.10.5 3.10.6 3.10.7
Section 4:
Federal Requirements
4.1 4.2 4.3
4.4 4.5 4.6
4.7 4.8

 

 

 
McNeese State University
Compliance Plan for Reaffirmation
 
 

Section 3.4.8: Educational Programs: All Educational Programs

(includes all on-campus, off-campus, and distance learning programs and course work) (See Commission policy "Distance Education)

Judgment of Compliance

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Requirement

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.

Narrative

McNeese State University is in compliance with Comprehensive Standard 3.4.8.

As expressed in the catalog (pg 42) , McNeese does not award credit for courses taken on a noncredit basis.

The University does not award academic credit for nonacademic pursuits such as continuing education courses or experiential learning. However, the University does acknowledge that some “students with special training or experience may have acquired the knowledge that could be gained from certain college courses. Some departments may offer such students credit examinations and give those students college credit for the courses provided the equivalent of a “C” or better is scored on the examinations” (Catalog, 51). Other venues for earning credit through examination include the following:

• College Level Examination Program (CLEP). CLEP examinations enable “both non-traditional and traditional students to earn college credit by examination. [. . . ] Whether or not this credit is acceptable toward a degree is determined by the student’s academic department” (Catalog, 52).

• Advanced Placement Program. The University Catalog states that “[b]y means of the advanced placement program, beginning students with superior ability and academic competence may be awarded college credit in some subjects” (52). In addition to this opportunity, some academic departments offer advanced placement tests to entering freshmen.

• College Entrance Examination Board Advanced Placement Program (CEEB). The Catalog notes that “students who have taken part in the Advanced Placement Program of the College Entrance Examination Board may receive both advanced placement and credit for each examination in which an acceptable grade is earned” (52).

• The McNeese Advanced Placement Program. The University permits beginning freshmen to earn credit by performing satisfactorily in higher level courses. These courses taken must be the first attempt of an academic course in the discipline granting academic credit.

• Credit for Advanced Placement, Correspondence, and Extension Work. The University limits the number of non-traditional credit hours to a maximum of forty-five semester hours.

• Credit for Military Service

The University recognizes military service and grants to students who have completed “four or more months of honorable, federal, continuous active duty” up to two hours in personal fitness and conditioning and two hours in first aid. The Catalog notes that “[a]dditional credit may be given for experience in military occupations and completion of military training as recommended by the American Council on Education in the Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experience in the Armed Services” (54).

Supporting Evidence

McNeese Catalog Page 42