Course Exemption or Credit for Life Experience
Matriculated students may petition for exemption from a specific course in the curriculum on the basis of previous study or, on occasion, for life-experience; The Petition for Course Replacement Form is completed online and submitted to the School/Program directly for approval.
Students will be required to submit substantiating evidence with this form of how their experiences have met specific course objectives. If an exemption is granted, credit may be awarded based on School/Program petition review and approval and no fee will be charged for the exempted course(s). For exemptions where no credit is awarded, the requirement being exempted will be fulfilled, but the credits for that requirement will need to be made up by electives as approved by the School/Program faculty advisors.
If the student enrolls in a course and then decides to exempt the course, a request to do so must be made to the student's faculty advisor and the course instructor no later than two weeks into the semester. Each program determines the maximum number of credits students may exempt.
Please note: For the Accelerated BSN program, exemptions are not allowed.