Earn and Apply Credit Towards Your Degree

Recognizing the wealth of knowledge students bring to their college experience, KSU affords students many opportunities to earn and apply the credit toward a degree. These opportunities include Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), College Level Examination Program (CLEP), DANTES Subject Standardized Test (DSST), Foreign Language Achievement Testing Service (FLATS), and Departmental Prior Learning Assessment Exams (PLA)

Policies regarding exam options for credit are published in the KSU Catalogs.

Kennesaw State University Catalog

Advanced Placement - High School Students

KSU awards credit for the Advanced Placement Program (AP) tests administered by the College Entrance Examination Board. Students should contact CollegeBoard to request electronic submission of official AP scores to KSU or call 1-888-225-5427. Credit is not awarded based upon high school or college transcripts.

For Course Equivalents for Advanced Placement test scores, please check with KSU Transfer Services.

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Departmental Prior Learning Assessment Exams

Some departments offer departmental challenge examinations for Prior Learning Assessment, which allow students who demonstrate satisfactory evidence of acquired knowledge from prior learning to receive course credit.

Students seeking permission to take challenge exams should  follow the instructions in the Student Credit by Examination Application on Owl Express.

Other requests for credit by examination should be initiated with the CPL Coordinator, who will provide instructions. Please complete a CPL Inquiry Form to initiate the process.

College Level Examination Program

The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) allows students to receive college credit for what they already know by earning qualifying scores on any of the examinations. Earn credit for knowledge acquired through independent study, prior coursework, on-the-job training, professional development, cultural pursuits, or internships.

Check with KSU Registrar's Office for a list of CLEP exams that KSU administers and accepts. 

KSU Credit by Exam

Foreign Language Achievement Testing Service

Earn credit by examination through the Foreign Language Achievement Testing Service (FLATS). Check with KSU Registrar's Office for information about FLATS exams.

KSU Credit by Exam

International Baccalaureate - High School Students

For International Baccalaureate results or transcripts please visit their website below.
IB - KSU Course equivalencies are available through KSU Transfer Services.

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