INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE EXAMINATION (ICE)
The Institutional Challenge Examination (ICE) program gives students the opportunity to demonstrate competency in a particular subject area that the college offers for academic credit. Students must obtain an ICE form from the Center for Academic Success. Students submit the completed form to the director of the school that offers the course. The student arranges a testing time for the ICE with the appropriate instructor if the Director of Academic Success and School Director approve the request and the Director of Student Accounts also documents on the form that the student paid the $75.00 per examination fee. The School Director reports the results of the ICE on the form and submits the examination to the Office of the Registrar for inclusion in the student’s academic file. ICE requests are subject to the following guidelines:

1. Each school director establishes the courses in his/her school for which students can earn ICE credit and develops the ICE tests.
2. The minimum passing grade for all exams is “C.”
3. Students may not take the Institutional Challenge Examination if they are currently taking the course or have taken the course already at TFC.
4. Students may not take an ICE for a course that is available through the CLEP or DANTES programs.
5. The student may attempt each ICE only one time.
6. The credit hours earned do not count toward residency requirements.
7. There is no fee to place the credit hours earned through ICE on the student academic record. However, students must pay the $75.00 ICE fee (per exam) in full before testing approval.
8. As with CLEP, all ICE testing must be completed prior to the beginning of the junior year (60 earned hours).

Currently, TFC offers the ICE for the following courses:

CSC 113 Introduction to Computers*
MPN 111 Class Piano I
MPN 121 Class Piano II
MPN 231 Class Piano III
MPN 241 Class Piano IV
MUT 103 Fundamentals of Music
MUT 111 Aural Skills I
MUT 113 Music Theory I
MUT 121 Aural Skills II
MUT 123 Music Theory II
MUT 231 Aural Skills III
MUT 233 Music Theory III
MUT 241 Aural Skills IV
MUT 243 Music Theory IV
GMU 113 Introduction to Music
*Recommended for all students except Music and Teacher Education majors.