先前学习服务学分

本科课程 
Up to 32 credits may be awarded for specific high school completion programs with European or equivalent advanced high school curriculum. See if your high school study is eligible for advanced standing using our by-country 本科入学 证书评估指南.

本科课程先修课程
Qualifying scores on the following national/international examinations will be articulated as transfer credit.

• College Board 跳级 (AP) equivalency table
• Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Exam (CAPE) equivalency table
• 高级标准(AS) & 高级(A)水平等效表
• International Baccalaureate (IB) equivalency table

本科生, completing a standardized exam with outcomes similar to 100 and 200 level classes may earn transfer credit for learning through personal study, 工作或生活经历. Other national or international examinations may also qualify.  

• College Level Examination Program (CLEP) equivalency table
• DANTES Subject Standardized Test (DSST) equivalency table
• Excelsior College (UEXCEL)等效表

如何参加考试并获得学分记录:

1. Discuss credit options with your academic advisor before or during your first semester at Andrews University. 
2. 使用上面的链接查找考试. Be sure you have prior learning to be able to score high on an exam. Then review the equivalency table (links above) to see which course would be articulated for a qualifying score.  
3. Register online to take an exam at any recognized testing center. CLEP考试可以安排在 bet365中文咨询和测试中心.
4. Use free official review materials and othe rresources such as 可汗学院.org  或者免费的在线课程(例如.g. 现代联盟课程与每个列出 CLEP考试). 
5. Request an official transcript sent directly to Undergraduate 招生, 行政道4150号, bet365中文 49104.  Scores at or above the Andrews University minimums (see tables linked above) will be articulated with a passing grade. Do this after your first semester but usually within your first year of study at Andrews. Then review passing grades with your academic advisor as petitions may be needed for core requirements that may allow transfer options.

A limited number of 本科 or graduate credits may be earned through departmentally constructed written, 口头或技能评估, or professional examinations administered by the department. 例如, modern language proficiency and biblical knowledge may be assessed to earn credits or waive a core or general education requirement.

• 联系系主任了解是否有 在线挑战考试 是可用的, and for approval to prepare and take this assessment to prove prior learning and earn credit.
• Learn more about departmental exams at Andrews University.

适用于研究生和本科生学习, some program requirements may be waived or credit awarded in recognition of prior learning through credentials, 专业发展记录, unaccredited college transcripts or certified training.  Validation is the process by which a faculty evaluator reviews substantive evidence, including interview or observation of skill performance. 联系 前期学习主管 or department chair to 了解更多 about how to present documentation for 先验学习验证.

Andrews University may also recognize college-level learning through professional development and training which led to certification, classes or testing recognized by entities such as:

• 美国教育委员会 (ACE) nationally recognized as the evaluator of nontraditional studies, 包括非营利, 企业及专业认证, 军事训练, 标准化考试, 以及未经认证的课程提供者.
• The National College Credit Recommendation Service (NCCRS), like ACE, translates noncollegiate learning into college credits.

Students may apply for prior learning assessment of personal achievements and professional expertise where no standardized or departmental examination 是可用的. 对于研究生和本科课程:

• 在职培训可获学分, 社区服务活动, 非信贷类, and/or special accomplishments which provide evidence of learning aligned with specific class outcomes.
• Evaluations are done on a course-by-course basis through portfolios including reflections on what was learned and documentation of college level learning aligned with specific class outcomes.
• Talk with your academic advisor first, then work with the 前期学习主管 to determine whether an Andrews University faculty evaluator 是可用的 or working through CAEL is best.
• A portfolio may be submitted after completing twelve or more college credits and prior to completing the last twelve credits in a program of study. 
• 使用学习记叙文cklist 可以在这里 和之前的学习组合教练见面 to prepare, submit, and track your portfolio to credit award and payment of the portfolio fee.