Special Credit « EALC Language Programs
EALC Policy on Special Credit
In order to earn special credit in Chinese, Japanese or Korean, students must:
Take an EALC administered placement test.
- If you place into C/J/K 101 (first semester, first year), you are not eligible for special credit, regardless of your past experience in the language
- If you place into C/J/K 102 (second semester, first year) you are eligible for 4 credits. This credit will automatically be reported to the College of Arts and Sciences Recorder’s Office. You do not need to apply for credit.
- If you place into C/J/K201 (first semester, second year) you are eligible for 8 credits. This credit will automatically be reported to the College of Arts and Sciences Recorder’s Office. You do not need to apply for credit.
- If you place into C/J/K 202 (second semester, second year) or higher, you are automatically eligible for 8 credits which will be reported to the College of Arts and Sciences Recorder’s Office.
- If you wish to receive more than 8 credits, you must successfully complete the language course at the placement level with a grade of C- or higher. Please note that the department requires that students earn a course grade of C (not C-) or above in order to register in the next course. After completing your validating course, you will need to complete an application form, available from the EALC office or online.
If you:- Test into and complete C/J/K 202, you are eligible for 4 more credits (total 12 credits)
- Test into and complete C/J/K301 or higher, you are eligible for 8 more credits. (total 16 credits)
- If you test higher than the level of K302 in Korean, please see Professor Hyo Sang Lee to discuss your options.
Please Note:
- International students are not eligible for special credit in their native language. English is considered to be the native language for all students who are either U.S. citizens or have graduated from a high school in the U.S.
- Students who have graduated from an English-speaking high school in a country other than the U.S. are not eligible for special credit.
- Students who are U.S. permanent residents are not eligible for special credit in their native language unless they graduated from a U.S. high school.
- This credit applies both to graduation credit and toward majors and minors.
- EALC only awards special credit for first and second year levels. Special credit is not available for third year or higher.
- For EALC majors first enrolling at IU in 2008-09, the first and second semesters of first-year language do not count toward the major. (For continuing EALC majors who have enrolled prior to 2008-09, the second semester may be counted towards the major.)
- Please be aware that in some cases, students with undistributed EALC transfer credit will not be eligible for special credit.
- Graduate students are not eligible for special credit.
