The Senate of The Michigan College of Mining and Technology


PROPOSAL 2-60

CREDIT OR WAIVER OF PREREQUISITES FOR ACADEMIC OR PROFESSIONAL WORK

 

WHEREAS the Senate recognizes that certain students may have acquired academic abilities in subject-matter fields by prior study or by work done at other institutions, laboratories, and research institutes,

BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The following broad policy be adopted as a means of recognizing such abilities:

Credit, or waiver of prerequisites, may be granted for academic or professional work provided that:

  1. the work demonstrates superior achievement in a program such as the Advanced Placement Program administered by the College Entrance Examination Board, or

  2. the work was approved in advance by the head of a department as part of the student's degree program, and/or the work was done under the direction of a member of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology faculty or under the supervision of the faculty or staff of a university, laboratory, research institute, or government agency carrying on a comparable professional program.

 


Proposal Approved by Senate: 9 November 1960