10 Miss. Code. R. 201-4.14 - Credit for Work Completed Outside a Collegiate Setting
A. An institution or entity awarding collegiate credit for course work completed outside a collegiate setting (outside a degree-granting institution or entity accredited by a USDE recognized agency) shall establish and adhere to a systematic method for evaluating that work, shall award credit only in course content which falls with the authorized degree programs of the institution/entity or, if by evaluative examination, in an appropriate manner shall relate the credit to the student's current educational goals, and shall subject the institutions/entities process and procedures for evaluating work completed outside a collegiate setting to ongoing evaluation by the institution's/entity's teaching faculty. To these ends, recognized evaluative examinations such as the Advanced Placement program (AP) or the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) may be used.
B. No more than half of the credit applied toward a student's associate or baccalaureate degree program may be based on work completed outside a collegiate setting. Those credits must be validated in the manner stated in 4.14A. No more than fifteen (15) semester credit hours or twenty-three (23) quarter credit hours of that credit may be awarded by means other than recognized evaluative examinations. No graduate credit for work completed outside a collegiate setting may be awarded.
C. In no instance may credit be awarded for life experience per se or merely for years of service in a position or job.
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A. An institution awarding collegiate credit for course work completed outside a collegiate setting (outside a degree-granting institution accredited by a recognized agency) shall establish and adhere to a systematic method for evaluating that work, shall award credit only in course content which falls with the authorized degree programs of the institution or, if by evaluative examination, in an appropriate manner shall relate the credit to the student's current educational goals, and shall subject the institutions process and procedures for evaluating work completed outside a collegiate setting to ongoing evaluation by the institution's teaching faculty. To these ends, recognized evaluative examinations such as the Advanced Placement program (AP) or the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) may be used.
B. No more than half of the credit applied toward a student's associate or baccalaureate degree program may be based on work completed outside a collegiate setting. Those credits must be validated in the manner stated in (A) above. No more than fifteen (15) semester credit hours or twenty-three (23) quarter credit hours of that credit may be awarded by means other than recognized evaluative examinations. No graduate credit for work completed outside a collegiate setting maybe awarded. In no instance may credit be awarded for life experience per se or merely for years of service in a position or job.