How to check a degree-by-examination stage
This checker follows the four-stage structure of Korea's Bachelor's Degree Examination Program for Self-Education, where independent learners earn a bachelor's degree entirely by examination: general education, major foundation, advanced major, then a comprehensive degree examination. It is not a US credential β in the US, credit by examination such as CLEP or DSST is earned one exam at a time with no stages β but the same logic fits any program that clears a stage by a number of passed exams or by an average. After a sitting you may have every score in hand and still not know whether the stage is cleared. Pick the stage and the decision rule, paste your exam scores one per line as "exam, score", and the page sorts out the stage result and what comes next.
Two decision rules are supported. The count rule checks whether the number of exams at or above the passing score has reached the number of passes the stage requires. The average rule checks the mean across every exam you listed against the required average. Either way a score exactly equal to the passing score counts as a pass, and each exam is shown with its margin against the cut.
Exam lists, required pass counts and decision rules vary by program and major, so the prefilled pass counts (5 for stage 1, 6 for stages 2 to 4) and the passing score of 60 follow the Korean program only. Overwrite them with the figures in your own handbook. Exam scheduling and any exemption from an exam through earlier credit are not supported.
Frequently asked questions
Some programs clear a stage when a set number of individual exams are passed, others look at the average across every exam in the stage. This page does not assume either one, so you select the rule printed in your handbook.
Yes. A score at or above the passing score counts as a pass and the margin shows as 0 pts.
Clearing this stage leaves four minus the stage number. Failing it means the same stage has to be retaken, so the current stage is counted again in the remaining total.