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Orientation to ACU
Passport, Registration and Welcome Week
Passport
Passport is a summer orientation program for entering freshmen,
transfers and their parents. All new undergraduate students are
required to attend one of two Passport sessions. During the two-day
Passport session, students will receive important information about
starting their journey at ACU and will meet fellow students and
professors. They will also complete placement testing, receive
comprehensive academic advising and confirm their fall schedule.
Transfer students with 22 or more eligible ACU hours may register for
courses prior to Passport through their academic departments, but are
still required to attend Passport. More information can be found
at www.acu.edu/passport.
Registration
Newly-admitted freshmen receive their tentative fall schedule after
registering online for Passport. Transfer students may register by
contacting the academic department of their declared major after
registering for Passport.
All admission records, transcripts, test scores, fees and deposits, and
student health records must be on file prior to Passport. Incomplete
admission records, test scores, and/or health records will prevent
students from registering.
Freshmen students must be registered in required first-year university
core courses in Bible, freshman English and UNIV 100, unless they
have already completed these courses.
International Student Registration
International undergraduate students must be registered for at least 12
hours. Undergraduates whose native language is not English are
required to enroll in English as a Second Language (ESL) unless they
can demonstrate acceptable English language skills by making a score
of at least 525 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL),
or 197 on the computer based TOEFL. ESL courses are added to
other graduation requirements; they do not count toward
graduation. For more information, please see the Institute of Intensive
English in the Department of Foreign Languages section.
Welcome Week
Lifetime memories start at this five-day program preceding the first
week of the fall semester. The journey for freshmen and transfer
students begins by developing close relationships with fellow students,
faculty and staff. Many activities keep students busy learning about
each other and ACU's traditions, school spirit and educational
opportunities. The candlelight devotional on opening night creates a
lasting bond among the new class and upperclassmen. Students engage
in a variety of small and large group activities such as service projects,
devotionals, academic meetings, games and meetings with University
Seminar classmates or fellow transfer students. More information can
be found at www.acu.edu/welcomeweek.
Welcome Weekend
(Students Entering at the Spring Semester)
Welcome Weekend is an orientation program for students entering in
the spring semester, including freshmen, transfers and their parents.
All new undergraduate students who are beginning in the spring
semester are required to attend the Welcome Weekend sessions.
During this program, students will receive important information about
starting their journey at ACU and will meet fellow students and
professors. There will also be opportunities to complete placement
testing, receive comprehensive academic advising and confirm their
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Testing
Credit by Examination
If past grades or test scores indicate outstanding academic
achievement, it is possible to be exempt from or to receive college
credit for certain courses. This provision does not apply to the first
four required general education Bible courses (BIBL 101 or 104, 102
or 105, 211, 212).
No credit by examination will be awarded for a course that a
student has taken.
A maximum of 30 semester hours earned by examination may be
counted toward an undergraduate degree. All hours of credit by
examination earned will be listed on the official transcript. No tuition
is charged for credit by examination, but a recording fee is charged per
course. Unsuccessful attempts to earn credit by examination are not
shown on transcripts. For more information, contact the Academic
Development Center or the Admissions Office.
"Challenging" a Course
Under exceptional circumstances, a student's past experience may
provide the student with experiences equivalent to one of the
undergraduate courses offered by the university. The student should
see the chair of the appropriate department to discuss whether that
experience might provide knowledge and skills comparable to the
knowledge and skills expected through the course work. If it has, the
chair may approve the student for possible credit by exam. The student
who wishes to pursue this option must pick up a Course Challenge
form in the Academic Development Center and then schedule the
exam within the appropriate department.
Course-challenge credit is subject to the limitations explained in the
Credit by Examination section above. Because of the nature of some
courses, they are not available through challenge or examination.
When credit is awarded during the first week of the semester, a full
refund will be approved.
A student may not challenge or test for credit for a course when that
student has already earned credit for a subsequent course in that field.
For example, a student may not challenge Beginning Spanish if the
student has already taken Intermediate Spanish.
ACT/SAT Placement Information
The following information applies to the 2008-09 academic year and is
subject to change for 2009-10.
New students, including transfer students with fewer than 65
transferable degree credits, may be required or given the option to
complete placement testing.
The following COMPASS placement tests are available:
* Advanced Mathematics Placement Test - required for
all students majoring in math, science, computer science
or pre-health (except nursing) regardless of ACT/SAT scores.
This test is used for placement into MATH 109 (Precalculus I),
MATH 124 (Precalculus II) or MATH 185 (Calculus I). Students
who have earned credit for MATH 185 from AP or CLEP do not
need to take this placement test.
* Mathematics Placement Test - optional for those students who
scored below 20 on ACT Math or below 500 on SAT Math. This
test can be taken if a student wishes to improve his/her course
placement or eliminate a mathematics course which would not
earn graduation credit.
* English Placement Test - optional for those students who scored
below 19 on ACT English or 470 on SAT Critical Reading
(Verbal). This test can be taken if a student wishes to improve
his/her course placement or eliminate
an English course which would not earn graduation credit.
Placement tests may be attempted twice but must be completed beforethe semester begins. Students are not eligible for placement testing
after beginning any MATW, MATH, or ENGL course. However,
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