A form of recognition of prior study or recognition of prior learning that may lead to a student being granted admission to a program at an advanced level. For further information, refer to the CQUniv [..]

See Credit for prior learning

Advanced Standing is when you enter a course with credit for previous study, for example you might be able to commence the course in the second year of a three year degree. See also Credit(s) and Reco [..]

For some UFV courses, a student may demonstrate enough understanding of a subject that he or she may be permitted to register in a higher level course without completing the necessary prerequisites or corequisites. This doesn’t give you credit for those courses which were bypassed. Written instructor permission is required.

See Transfer Credit.

Credit granted for prior learning. Advanced standing is expressed in terms of the unit(s) and/or the number of credit points given towards the completion of a QUT course.

Advanced standing means authority to commence a course with credit granted for components of the course in recognition of previously completed formal studies or prior learning.

The credit given to students for previous study or experience relevant to their course. It is awarded as credit points. On average 10 credit points is equivalent to one unit of study.

Collective term including credit transfer and credit for prior learning. It means credit granted towards a course at the University for relevant learning experience at the University or elsewhere.

A student undertaking an RMIT program may have prior achievements recognised by being granted advanced standing. This is done by granting credit points in the program in which he/she is enrolled. This may also be called Recognition of Prior Learning.

A student who gets advanced standing is admitted to a second or higher term or year of a program because of transfer credits granted for courses completed at another institution

Similar to recognition of prior study or recognition of prior learning that may lead to a student being granted admission to a program at an advanced level.

(Also called: status or credit recognition) Granted to a student on the basis of previous study (credit transfer) and/or experience (recognition of prior learning), exempting the student from a particular course, subject or module.

Status of a student who submits a record of acceptable college credit from another university or college.

At many colleges this may be achieved by scoring well on the Advanced Placement tests offered by the College Board or by receiving credit for academic work that is beyond the American secondary school standard. Many international students are able to enter colleges in the United States with advanced standing because most non- American secondary sch [..]

educational credits already obtained and applied as credit toward another or more advanced program of study.

The practice of placing a student in a course based on previous achievement levels, e.g., study at an another institution, by challenge examination, AP or CLEP examination results. (14 Jan 2009)

ÉQUIVALENCE Recognition granted for a course completed with success at another academic institution towards the student’s program of study at the University of Ottawa (see also transfer credits).

Students begin their study at Dalhousie at a level appropriate for their knowledge in that subject which is generally the first year or introductory level. In some circumstances, students will be permitted to start their study beyond the first year level. Students who are permitted to do this are granted advanced standing. Advanced standing does no [..]

A status assigned to a student who has taken courses at another institution whose content closely parallels courses required for the degree at UC and who is, therefore, granted credit toward the desired degree for having completed those courses.