Course Validation Request/Certification Form
Notice: Non-letter graded courses, transfer courses, and work in which the
grade received generated less than 3.00 credit points cannot be validated.
1. Applicant Completes Section I and obtains Departmental approvals in Section II.
2. Department must return form for Graduate School action (Section III) before scheduling
validation activity. If approved, Graduate School will send form to validating examiner. The
validation must occur after the Graduate Dean has approved the request.
3. Applicant must pass the approved validation activity with a grade of "B" (3.00) or better.
4. Validating Examiner completes Section IV and returns form to Graduate School.
Section I - Applicant and Original Enrollment Information
Student's Name: _____________________________________ myWSU ID
______
Dept. & Course Number ___________ Credit Hours ____; Semester/Yr _____; Grade _______
Course
Title________________________________________________________________________
Section II - Departmental Approvals
Faculty Name ______________________________________________, has agreed to serve
as the validating examiner who will conduct the following validation activity,
___________________________, over the course content. The department supports this
faculty member as the original instructor or as an approved alternate for conducting the
validation activity.
_________________________________________ __________________________________
Advisor Date Chairperson Date
Section III - Graduate School Action
The validation request is ______ Approved ______ Denied.* As a reminder, courses completed
ten or more years before the degree is granted, even if previously validated, may not be used to
fulfill degree requirements.
For the Graduate School _______________________________
Date
*___________________________________________________________________________
Section IV - Validation Certification
This is to certify that ___________________________________ has satisfactorily validated the
Student's Name
above course according to the regulations governing validation. The validation activity took the
following format _____________________________________________________________.
___________________________________ ___________ __________________________
Validation Examiner Signature Exam Date Returned Date
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