Rutgers
Business
School: Undergraduate-New Brunswick students may be awarded degree credits through Advanced Placement examinations, International Baccalaureate, and dual-enrollment coursework completed in high school. Credits earned through these methods are not computed in the cumulative grade-point average. These credits may only be applied to liberal arts core curriculum requirements and general elective courses and may not be applied to business core and business major or business elective requirements.
Advanced Placement.
Degree credit is awarded for
Advanced Placement examination scores of 4 and 5 on the College Board Advanced
Placement (AP) examinations. Credit is not given for scores lower than 4.
If the student accepts the AP credits and then later
completes the same introductory level course, the AP credit will be
automatically waived and the student will lose degree credit for the AP course.
Dual Enrollment Coursework. Under New Jersey state
law, approved courses in high school may be taken for college credit. Students
should consult with the RBS-NB first-year dean in the fall to determine if
these courses qualify for credit at RBS-NB and whether or not they actually
provide an adequate background as a prerequisite to the next level course at
Rutgers.
Please note that njtransfer.org
alone cannot be used to determine course equivalencies for courses taken at NJ
community colleges while the student is in high school or for courses taken at
the high school and recorded on a college transcript. Many courses with Rutgers
equivalents in njtransfer.org may
transfer as general elective credit or may not transfer at all if taken while
the student was in high school. All transcripts of college-level coursework
must be sent to the Office
of Undergraduate Programs for a complete evaluation. These evaluations
normally take place in the first semester at Rutgers; evaluation will not occur
prior to first year students incoming fall semester.
Dual-enrollment courses reported on a college
transcript will be considered for Rutgers credit, subject to the following
requirements:
- No More than five dual-enrollment courses (not to exceed 16 credits) may transfer into the RBS-NB.
- Minimum grade that must be earned is a B-.
There will be no exceptions to these dual-enrollment policies.
International Baccalaureate Examinations (IB). Degree
credit may be awarded for International Baccalaureate Higher Level scores of 7,
6, and 5 in non-business courses. Credit is not given for grades of 4 or lower
or for Subsidiary/Standard Level exams.
A-Levels.
A-Levels degree credit
may be awarded for Advanced Level exam scores of A, B, C, or D in non-business
courses.
Credit is not awarded for grades of E nor Ordinary nor Subsidiary Level exams.
Writing Classes for First Year Students.
All first
year students at Rutgers-New Brunswick are required to take Expository Writing
101 in the fall of the freshman year unless they have submitted an Advanced
Placement test score of 4 or 5 in English Language & Composition or English
Literature & Composition, which would exempt a student from said course.
External English Composition courses
(i.e., dual enrollment county college courses) will NOT be accepted in lieu of
Expository Writing 101 at Rutgers.
Some students may place into a writing course slightly
below Expository Writing. All students are required to continue taking writing
courses every semester until Expository Writing has been completed with a
passing grade (C or better).
After Expository Writing, there will still be 2 more
writing courses to complete prior to graduation, as part of the SAS Core
Curriculum: a revision-based writing course and a discipline-based writing
course.
REVISION-BASED WRITING, DISCIPLINE-BASED WRITING, AND
CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES CREDITS CAN ONLY BE EARNED HERE AT RUTGERS-NEW
BRUNSWICK. NO EXCEPTIONS.
College Level Examination Program (CLEP).
RBS-NB
does not award any academic credit for CLEP tests. This policy is in effect for
all students who started RBS in the fall of 2010 or later.
