Retroactive Credit is credit issued by the Department for previous language study based on a student's performance in the Department's courses.
ELIGIBILITY: Retroactive Credit is available to any eligible student who enrolls for the
first time in a course in a foreign language at Southeast Missouri State University. This
eligibility is subject to the policy outlined below.
CREDIT: A student who completes a foreign language course beyond the 100-level with a
grade of C or better may apply for Retroactive Credit for courses bypassed in the language
sequence (i.e. 100, 120, 200, 220). A student may receive a combination of Retroactive
Credit and/or AP or transfer credit for prerequisite courses up to a maximum of 9 hours.
For example, a student who enrolls in a 220 course as the first course taken at the University and completes that course with a C or better may apply for 9 retroactive credits for
100, 120, and 200. If that student has already received transfer credit or AP credit for one
or more of these prerequisite courses, Retroactive Credit may be awarded to make a total
of 9 credits for prerequisite courses and the student would complete the semester with a
total of 12 credits in the language.
Retroactive credit may be combined with previous transfer or AP credit up to a total of 9
credit hours, but may not duplicate credit already on the student's record.
The student is responsible for applying for the appropriate credit at the completion of the
course. The student must obtain and complete the application from the
Department of Foreign Languages and Anthropology. Approval must be granted by the Department Chairperson. Credit
will not be granted until the final grade of C or better is verified.
UNIVERSITY STUDIES: Since all French, German, and Spanish courses numbered 100,
120, or 200 are included in the Oral Expression category, students who receive Retroactive
Credit for one or more of these courses fulfill the University Studies requirement in the
Oral Expression category. The nine hours of Retroactive Credit do not include the 220 course
and therefore do not fulfill the University Studies requirement in the Literary Expression category.
COURSE LEVELS: Although completion of any 300 or 400-level course in the Department may also be used to apply for the maximum 9 hours of Retroactive Credit, students
are advised that the 220 course is the normal entry-level course for exceptionally well
prepared students. Students who do not complete 220 may be unprepared for the content
areas of upper-level foreign language courses.
Retroactive Credit Policy Revised: April 10, 1997
For further information on the Retroactive Credit Policy, contact the Department of Foreign Languages and Anthropology
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