<p>I’m sending this off to an advisor at UCD as well, but sometimes these boards can provide faster answers. </p>
<p>I’m wondering if it’s possible to test out of a course that’s a lower-division degree requirement… Rest of post deleted .</p>
<p>Never mind, I dug a little deeper and found the information I was looking for. Page 73 of the 2008-2010 General Catalog, posted here so folks can have the answer handy:</p>
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*Credit by Examination
<p>The completed petition, accompanied by a fee of $5.00, must be presented for final approval to the dean of your college or school, or if you are a graduate student, to the dean of Graduate Studies. The credit received for the examination may not duplicate any credit you have already earned toward your degree. You may not use credit by examination to repeat any course you have taken previously, regardless of the grade you received in that course. The final results will be reported to the Office of the University Registrar, which will assign the appropriate grade and grade points to you. Since failure to pass the examination will be recorded as an F, you are encouraged to prepare fully for such an examination before attempting it.</p>
<p>You may also receive credit for learning in nonacademic settings through credit by examination.</p>
<p>To earn credit through the credit by examination process, the examination must be given by a UC Davis instructor and be for a course listed in the current General Catalog. Students are not eligible to take a credit by examination in a quarter in which they are not currently enrolled.*
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