#13

Date: 3/19/13 / Author: Diane Douglas / Author’s Title: Registrar
New Policy Title: Retroactive Credit / Administrators to Review: / Liz Blue
Old Policy Title: This section did not exist in the 10-12 catalog, other than a paragraph in the Spanish Program
The signatures required to draft/change policy are listed below and must be followed in the order presented.
1 / Review and Comment: / Provost’s Signature: / Date:
2 / Academic Affairs Endorsement: / Faculty Signature: / Date:
Faculty Senate Endorsement: / Faculty Signature: / Date:
3 / FINAL APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD AS OFFICAL UWS POLICY / Chancellor’s Signature: / Date:
Create as UWS Policy #:
4 / UW Regent approval required? / UW Policy Number Affected:

I.  Background and Purpose:

II.  Current Policy Language:

2.1 Retroactive Credit is transcripted for students who acquire learning in vertical content courses in which higher levels are dependent on skill and knowledge learned at lower levels. If lower level learning can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of faculty who offer vertical content course such as foreign languages, student may request to enroll in the higher level course. Students who earn a grade of B- or higher in the higher level course will be awarded retro-credit posted on the official transcript in the term in which the higher level course was completed.

2.2 Retroactive credits for lower level language courses are only awarded for completing courses numbered 102, 201, 202, or a 300-level course with a grade of B- or higher. For example, if students place into a 300-level foreign language course and earn a B- or higher, they would receive retroactive credit for 101, 102, 201, and 202 in that foreign language, and it would be posted to the official transcript. Retroactive credits are not awarded for upper division language courses.

2.3 Students should ensure that the faculty teaching the higher level course complete and send the Retroactive Credit formto the Registrar requesting the posting of retro-credit.

III. Draft Policy Statement:

IV. Policy Procedures: