ARTICLES OF GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE II. Credit for Work Outside Normal Program and Acceleration

Section 1. Credit for Advanced Placement Examinations of the College Entrance Examination Board or International Baccalaureate Higher Exam

A. Students entering under the Advanced Placement Program and receiving scores of 5 (High Honors) in the College Board Examination in this program may apply for college credit in all subjects. Students entering under the International Baccalaureate Program receiving scores of 5, 6, or 7 at the higher level in this program may apply for college credit in all subjects.

B. Such students may receive one unit of credit for each examination, with the following exceptions: one unit will be given for a score of either 4 or 5 on the Mathematics AB (AP) examination or for an AB-subscore of 4 or 5 on the Mathematics BC (AP) exam, and two units for a score of 4 or 5 on the Mathematics BC (AP) examination. Two units of credit shall be the maximum which may be earned in any one department.

C. Eligible students will be awarded credit upon application in the spring of the sophomore year, provided they do not register in college for any course which covers substantially the same material as that in the Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate course for which they receive credit.

Section 2

In addition to credit earned through Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate Examinations, a student may earn credit outside the regular course program in the following ways: (1) courses taken at another institution during a leave of absence (see following paragraph), (2) summer school courses, (3) wintersession courses taken at another institution, (4) college or university credit earned prior to graduation from secondary school which is not included in the units of secondary school work presented for admission.

A leave of absence is defined as absence from Wellesley for a semester or year and includes Junior Year Abroad, Twelve College Exchange study, and study at other foreign and American institutions. Courses at MIT are regarded as Wellesley courses, for the purposes of this legislation. A student wishing credit for work which is to be done at another institution while on leave should submit a detailed plan to her advisor and to the chair of her major department. First-year students making plans for a sophomore year at another institution should make a tentative choice of a major and consult the chair of that department. Student plans are subject to the approval of the Registrar and of the major department. Departments shall establish their own methods of evaluating and approving these plans. Departments may evaluate a student's work at a foreign institution by an oral or written examination after the student returns.

Students may earn no more than a total of four units through any combination of AP exam, IB exam or college or university credit earned prior to matriculation. No more than eight units shall be earned while on leave of absence (no more than four in a semester), and no more than four units shall be earned in summer school and/or wintersession courses taken away from Wellesley. The maximum number of units earned through mechanisms described in Article II sections 1 and 2 shall be sixteen.

Section 3. Acceleration

A. With the approval of the Academic Review Board, a student may complete her work for the degree in less than four years by earning credit through any of the methods listed in Article II, Section 2, above.

B. An accelerating student must maintain diploma grade standing at all times (see Article VIII, Section 2). The plan for acceleration must have the approval of the major department and be acceptable to Academic Review Board. The student shall have completed two semesters at the College before Academic Review Board acts upon the proposal.