Students with academic or life
experience in a foreign language are urged to enroll at
a level appropriate to their skills. As an incentive for
students to enroll at their actual level of ability, TCU
offers the opportunity to earn advanced placement credits
through two ways: by means of exams administered by the
College Board (AP or CLEP), in which the student may earn
up to 12 semester hours credit, or by entering at a level
beyond the first semester:
Earning advanced placement credits according to entrance
level
Students
whose first foreign language class at TCU is beyond the
first semester level may earn additional language credit
(if credit has not already been awarded for transfer, CLEP,
or AP work) as follows:
If the first foreign language
class is at the second semester level and a grade of B or
higher is earned, three semester hours credit will also be
awarded for the first-semester course. That is, the student
will earn a total of six hours of credits for taking a three-credit
course.
If the first foreign language
class is at the third semester level and a grade of B or higher
is earned, six semester hours credit will also be awarded
for the first and second semester courses. That is, the student
will earn a total of nine hours of credits for taking a three-credit
course.
If the first foreign language
class is at the fourth semester level and a grade of B or
higher is earned, nine semester hours credit will also be
awarded for the first, second and third semester courses.
That is, the student will earn a total of twelve hours of
credits for taking a three-credit course.
If the first foreign language
class is beyond the fourth semester level and a grade of
B or higher is earned, nine semester hours credit will also
be awarded for the second, third and fourth semester courses.
That is, the student will earn a total of twelve hours of
credits for taking a three-credit course.
What
if the student does not earn a B or higher?
If
the student takes a foreign language class at a level
beyond the first one and earns a C or D, advanced placement
credits are not awarded. However, the student will be
deemed to have satisfied the course for the purposes
of the foreign language requirement of the UCR. For
example, if a student's first foreign language class
at TCU is at the fourth semester level and the student
earns a C as the final grade, the student will not receive
advanced placement credits but will have satisfied the
foreign language requirement.
