MSU will accept up to 60 hours of credit by examination, limiting CLEP, DANTES, and Proficiency Exams to a maximum of 30 hours.  Contact Testing Services for more information.  MSU Admissions evaluates AP, CLEP, IB and DANTES credit as transfer credit. MSU proficiency Exams will be posted to the student's academic record upon completion of nince semester credit hours at MSU.

Credit by examination may be earned through the College Board Advanced Placement Program (AP), Proficiency examinations administered through the MSU College Offices, the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Subject examination only, International Baccalaureate Program (IB) and the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Educational Support (DANTES) standardized examinations.  DANTES credit will not be accepted for business, speech, history, English, or foreign language courses. 

Credit by examination may not be used to satisfy the minimum residence requirements for the degrees or for honors awarded at graduation.  Credit by examination assumes the student has had no formal classroom instruction, as an enrolled student or as an auditor, in the course being challenged.

College Level Examination Program (CLEP) -- Subject Examinations 

The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) is a national testing program administered by the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, New Jersey. The CLEP is administered in two parts, the CLEP General Examinations and the CLEP Subject Examinations.  MSU does not award credit on the basis of CLEP General Examinations.  MSU will grant credit on the basis of CLEP Subject Examinations scores according to the following policy: 

Credit will be posted to the permanent record by the Midwestern State University course number, hours, and grade points, but will be designated as CLEP credit.

To request CLEP scores call 1-800-257-9558 or write to:
College Board
P.O. BOX 6600
Princeton, NJ 08541-6600

MSU is a test center for subject examinatinos and the reporting school code is 6408.

High school students with superior academic achievements in any of the following areas may earn college credit in these fields through the College Board Advanced Placement Program. Midwestern State University reserves the right to change policy in keeping with actions of the Texas State Legislature or the University Board of Regents. It is to the prospective student's advantage to contact MSU Admissions. The following grades may be awarded for the test scores: 5 = A, 4 = B, and 3 = Credit. If the student takes both English Composition & Literature and English Language & Composition and scores at least a 4 on both exams, the student will receive 3 hours for Rhetoric and Composition ENGL1113, Rhetoric and Composition and 3 hours of sophomore literature elective credit. The course and grade are posted to the student's permanent record and designated as Advanced Placement credit. 

Please note that some subjects require a higher score to receive collge credit.  Those subjects are noted by an asterisk (*) and scores of 4 or 5 are required.

The College Board Advanced Placement Program exams are administered only through cooperating high schools and only once each spring. Arrangements for the testing are to be made with the high school counselor.  Official scores must be received from College Board. AP reports are mailed to MSU in June or July.

Midwestern State University's Code No. is 6408.

To request Advance Placement test scores call (888) 225-5427 (toll-free) or write to:    

AP Exams
P.O. Box 6671
Princeton, NJ  08541

The transcript should be sent to:

Midwestern State University
Admissions Office
3410 Taft Blvd.
Wichita Falls, TX 76308-2099

 

Credit will be awarded in some programs for DANTES Standardized Subject Tests based on ACE recommendations or on a percentile level which reflects at least 50% of test questions being answered correctly. Acceptable percentile levels are generally at the 40th percentile or above. DANTES SST's are not considered as part of the 12 hour limit on military credits. Credit will not be accepted for business, English, foreign languages, history, or speech courses.

CLEP tests administered and reported by DANTES will be accepted according to MSU's published CLEP guidelines. Midwestern's school code is 9870.

 International Baccalaureate Program

Midwestern State University's prospective students who earn the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma are offered unconditional admission status to MSU.  Students under 21 years of age must submit official ACT or SAT scores with the required writing portion.  Scholarships will be offered to these students through the University scholarship program if MSU Admissions is notified by March 1, and students enter MSU directly from high school. It is the responsibility of the prospective IB student to notify MSU Admissions. Students from high schools that offer IB courses but not the diploma may receive credit according to the same criteria.  An official IB transcript must be sent to MSU Admissions.  All IB students must show proof of meeting the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) requirements prior to their initial enrollment at MSU and meet published university application deadlines.

Midwestern State University recognizes the value of the International Baccalaureate program and has approved the granting of credit for the IB Higher and Standard level exams when a score of 5 or higher is obtained.  A score of 4 or higher on any Higher level or Standard level exam will be awarded to IB diploma candidates only.  Credit will be granted for the following higher level exams:  Art, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, English, French, Geography, German, History, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Spanish and Theatre.  Standard level credits will be given for Art, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, French, German, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Spanish and Theatre.  Where applicable, credit will count toward your major and meet university requirements.

*Any new student receiving the IB diploma with a score of at least a 4 on all subjects will be granted a minimum of 24 hours.

Higher Level Exams: Grades accepted: 7 or 6 = A, 5 = B, (4 = credit for diploma candidates only*)

Midwestern State University
Admissions Office
3410 Taft Blvd.
Wichita Falls, TX 76308-2099

The college dean may allow a currently enrolled student to challenge a course in that college and receive credit by examination. Credit and grade obtained by proficiency examinations are used in determining the grade point average for the semester in which the credit is posted, and they are used in calculating the cumulative grade point average; however they cannot count toward residency hours or graduation with honors. When an examination for credit is taken, only a grade of C or better will be recorded. Credit earned by proficiency examination will be posted to the academic record after the student has earned 9 semester hours in residence at MSU. For continuing students who take a proficiency test, the grade earned is posted to the semester in which the test was taken.  If the test was taken during the summer, the student may request that the grade be posted to the preceding spring semester, as long as the student was enrolled during that semester.  The request to post credit to the preceding spring semester must be made prior to the end of the summer term in which the test was taken.

Credit by examination assumes the student has had no formal classroom instruction, either as a regularly enrolled student or as an auditor in the course being challenged. It is the responsibility of the college dean to validate the student's request. If approved, the student pays a $35.00 testing fee per course at the University Business Office and presents the receipt to the college dean who will make arrangements for the test.