Northern Arizona University-Types of Credit

Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Credit

If you took a College Entrance Exam Board Advanced Placement course in your secondary school and received a score of 5 or 4 on it, you receive credit as well as advanced placement. If you received a score of 3, you may receive credit and/or advanced placement after a review by your department.

Our online Undergraduate Catalog shows how much credit we give for specific advanced placement exams.

Credit for Advanced Placement Exams

International Baccalaureate Diploma and Certificate Credit

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the following fileshttp://www2.nau.edu/~d-ugstdy/_source/docs/Liberal%20Studies%20Petition%20Form.doc. If you do not have it, you may download the Adobe Reader from the Adobe web site. Click here to download.

Liberal Studies Coursework Petition
If you have taken coursework that you wish to petition to count toward your Liberal Studies Program. Submit the completed form to Undergraduate Admissions, Box 4084, Sechrist Hall, Bldg. 42. Download the Liberal Studies Subsitution Petition Form.

Request for Non-Traditional Credit
If you are enrolled in a degree program that will allow non-traditional credit to be applied to your degree use you can request to receive non-traditional credit. Check with your advisor regarding types of non-traditional credits if any can be used in your degree program. Download the Request for Non-traditional Credit Form.

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