Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2012-2013

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2012-2013 Undergraduate Programs
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages – Foreign Language Proficiency
Testing Program
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages (ACTFL) assesses proficiency in over
65 languages. CIU recognizes the evaluation of
ACTFL and will accept their Oral Proficiency
Interview (OPI) and Oral Proficiency Interview-
Computer (OPIc) as evidence of language profi-
ciency and will grant up to 12 credits according to
the recommendation of the American Council on
Education (ACE). CIU will not accept ACTFL
assessment of the English language for foreign
language credit. Additional information regarding
this language proficiency testing program can be
found at . For on-campus assis-
tance in arranging for ACTFL testing contact the
Accademic Success Center.
College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) is
used to establish credit for certain college cours-
es. CIU administers CLEP exams and awards
credit once an official CLEP transcript is received
from College Board. For CLEP exams that are
approved by the university, minimum raw score
requirements for credit and credit hours approved
per exam are listed in the table on the next page.
Credit earned by CLEP examination is not count-
ed toward residency requirements for graduation.
A maximum of 30 hours of CLEP credit may be
earned per transcript. The university will not auto-
matically transfer CLEP credit posted on tran-
scripts from other institutions of higher education.
In order to receive CLEP credit, an official CLEP
transcript from College Board must be provided
to the university.
CLEP TESTING PROCEDURES
Freshmen have a maximum of one academic year
and transfer students have a maximum of one
academic semester to successfully pass English,
including the CIU designed component and Math
CLEP exams. Upper level CLEP exams may be
taken throughout a student’s college career until
their semester of graduation. Students with more
than 96 earned credit hours (an academic senior)
are not allowed to take any CLEP exam which
would be used toward graduation requirements.
Exceptions to this policy would be by petition to
the dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.
To receive credit for ENG 1110 a student must
pass both the College Composition CLEP exam
and a CIU designed Academic Research Exam.
Students are encouraged to take the CLEP exam
prior to arriving on campus because grading of
the College Composition CLEP by College Board
can take up to two weeks. The CIU Academic
Research Exam can be taken during any CIU
undergraduate orientation, or by appointment with
the Academic Success Center. Students are also
encouraged to take any CLEP exam at a CLEP
testing center near them. (The CIU school code
for CLEP testing is 5116. Be sure to select
Columbia International University as your score
recipient.)
If a student has AP credit, the student must waive
(disavow) the AP credit before taking the CLEP
test. The university will not grant AP and CLEP
credit for the same course. When the student
takes the CLEP exam, the CLEP score will be
credited to the student but not the AP credit.
Questions regarding this policy should be directed
to the dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.
Questions regarding scheduling or administration
of CLEP exams should be directed to the
Academic Success Center.