Advanced
placement gives a student credit for a Northwestern course
based on work completed before matriculation at Northwestern
Health Sciences University. Advanced placement also requires
completion of a competency examination written by the faculty
and provided by the chairperson of the appropriate department.
Applicants may sit for competency examinations if their
official transcripts show:
- Work in the subject area in addition to that required
for admission and taken in upper-division courses;
- Coursework completed with a grade of “C” or
better;
- Coursework taken within a period of five years;
- A request to take the examination filed no later
than two weeks before entering Northwestern.
Unless otherwise announced, examinations will be given
the Friday before the first day of classes. This is the
one and only chance to apply for advanced placement. Credit
cannot be granted for any clinical-level courses taken
in a college of liberal arts and sciences.
Transfer students from accredited chiropractic, osteopathic,
or medical colleges are given transfer credit and actual
contact hours up to those equivalent to Northwestern standards.
Advanced placement is not granted for only one part of two-part
basic science courses such as Physiology I and II (see
Trimester 2 and Trimester 3 in the course list section). Questions
about advanced placement should be directed to the Office
of Admissions. |
