Purdue Testing Services Student Success Programs

Advanced Credit Eligibility

To qualify for Advanced Credit exams, students must follow these requirements.

  1. Only one attempt is allowed for each advanced credit exam.
  2. To be eligible to take an Advanced Credit exam, a student must: A) have no established grade for the course except a W, and B) cannot be enrolled in the course after the fourth week of the semester.
  3. Chemistry exams:
    • To be eligible to take the CHM 11200 exam, you must have credit for CHM 11100 (or equivalent).
    • CHM 115 and 116 each consist of two parts: a 50-question lecture exam (CHM 11510 or 11610) and a 10-question lab exam (CHM 11520 or 11620), taken in a single sitting. Students must pass the lecture exam to earn credit for the lab. Students who do not pass the lecture exam (graded immediately on Brightspace) will not take the lab exam. The lab exam cannot be taken independently of the lecture exam, and students not eligible for the lecture exam cannot take the lab exam.
    • To take CHM 11610 and 11620, students must have credit for CHM 11510 and either CHM 11520 or CHM 11530 (or equivalent). Students with passing credit for both CHM 11100 and CHM 11200 are also eligible.
  4. CNIT exams:
    • CNIT 10500 – Only CIT minors and non-majors are eligible
    • CNIT 25501 – Must have credit for CNIT 10500, CNIT 15501, or CS 15800/15900/17700/18000
    • CNIT 27200 – Must have credit for CNIT 10500, CNIT 15501, or CS 15800/15900/17700/18000 and credit for CNIT 18000 or CNIT 18200
  5. For each Advanced Credit exam, you must meet with an academic advisor, have Form 231 completed, and bring a printed copy with you to the exam. The form must be signed within the academic year. No outdated forms are accepted.
  6. After meeting with your advisor, use the Advanced Credit Checklist attached to Form 231 to ensure all steps are complete.
  7. If registered in a course for which you plan to take an advanced credit exam, you must continue attending and completing all coursework until you confirm a passing exam score. If passed, you may then drop the course.
  8. All Purdue Testing Services rules apply during Advanced Credit exam administration.