Policy: Course Challenge Process

This policy recognizes that some students are able to demonstrate a high level of achievement of the learning objectives of a particular course without spending the required hours enrolled in the course. The intention is to allow students to challenge a course and to demonstrate the course requirements through a rigorous and comprehensive challenge process, in order to move on to further learning. To accommodate this, Saskatchewan Education has developed a process for challenging courses for credit. Using this process a maximum of two course challenge credits may be attained at the 10 or 20 level.

Guidelines

1. To challenge a course, the student must be enrolled in the school division.
2. School divisions shall develop a policy for the administration of the course challenge process that is consistent with the procedures outlined by the department and submit the policy to the Regional Director of Education.
3. The school will administer the course challenge process within provincial guidelines and school division policy.
4. Provincially-developed courses may be challenged at the 10 or 20 level.
5. A teacher who has previously taught the course at least twice is qualified to administer the course challenge process.
6. The course challenge process should include a variety of assessment techniques that measure the level of student attainment of course objectives.
7. The student must attain a minimum of 80% through the course challenge process in order to be granted credit. The percentage mark attained will be recorded on the student’s transcript.
8. Students who are not successful in the course challenge process shall not be allowed to challenge the same course a second time. In order to receive credit for the course, these students will be required to register in and successfully complete that course.