•  Advanced Placement (AP) Program: A student who achieves a score of 4 or 5 on a College Board Advanced Placement Test will be granted credit for college work in the appropriate department and will receive placement at the discretion of the department. A student who achieves a score of 3 on the AP Test may receive, at the discretion of the appropriate department, credit and/or placement. Find more details on credit per specific AP course at
<www.dickinson.edu/departments/reg/APinfo.html>.

•  International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Course Credit: Students will be granted general college credit for higher-level IB courses in which they achieve grades of 5 or better. Students will receive placement or credit in the appropriate departments at the discretion of the departments. Syllabuses and course materials should be submitted to the registrar’s office.

•  French Baccalaureate: Students who obtain a coefficient of 4 or higher and a grade/score of 12 or higher on courses in pursuit of a French Baccalaureate degree will be granted up to eight course credits for college work in the appropriate department and will receive placement at the discretion of the department.

•  Other Credit: Contact the registrar’s office regarding the transferability of completed or proposed college credit. Syllabuses and course materials should be submitted to the registrar’s office. College-level coursework (other than AP) taken while in high school will be evaluated according to the following criteria: (1) must be listed on an official transcript of an accredited institution; (2) must be a minimum of 3 credit hours; (3) must indicate a grade of C or better (2.0 on a 4.0 scale); (4) must have liberal-arts content; (5) must be offered in a setting which allows for interaction between student and instructor (i.e., no credit will be awarded for correspondence, on-line or one-way video courses).

•  Courses taken at a college or university located outside of the United States must be evaluated by World Education Services (WES), <www.wes.org>. WES is an international academic-credit evaluation agency. Dickinson College requires the Comprehensive Course-by-Course evaluation.