Superior Student Program

Undergraduate students may elect to apply for a special examination to gain course credit toward graduation by independent study.

Applications must be initiated in the student's academic department in advance of the independent study. Approval must be gained from the following offices:

   1) Student's Advisor/Department Head
   2) Student's Academic Dean
   3) Department Head/Dean of Offering Course
   4) Instructor Grading the Exam
   5) Office of the Comptroller


After the approvals have been obtained, then the completed form is submitted to the SRC Center for processing.

Eligibility

• Any Undergraduate student, in a term in which the student is not normally scheduled for college (i.e. on a Cooperative Placement or a "vacation" term), with a Grade Point Average of 3.0 or higher, may request permission to take a special examination to gain accelerated course credit toward graduation.
  
• Student studies independently and arranges an examination date with the department offering the course.

Grading

• The grade earned in the examination is included in calculating the cumulative Grade Point Average.
• Credits earned by this examination count toward graduation requirement.
• The grade will be included on the student's academic record with a special notation indicating it was earned by special examination.
• The instructor grading the examination files the grade earned using the "Request for Change of Grade/Submission of Grade Not Previously Reported" form.

Cost

• The charge for this program is the current year's Special Examination Fee and is payable in the Office of the Comptroller prior to the examination date. The Special Examination fee is non-refundable.
• The Office of Comptroller will signify payment by stamped receipt on the face of this application.