<p>Negotiate.
First, ask what they mean by “8 credits” (ie., 1 course= 1 credit? 3 credits? 4 credits?); ask whether they may consider 8 credits AND higher placement int the relevant subject? Explain you’d like credit corresponding to one course in physical geography, which is correlated with geology; one course for human geography; and one course in Physics with placement at the appropriate level, since you took the equivalent of … (give the appropriate course number, likely 105; <a href=“https://www.iwu.edu/physics/courses/CourseDescriptions.html”>https://www.iwu.edu/physics/courses/CourseDescriptions.html</a>) - specify that you’ll be sending a description of the course so that instructors can decide on the appropriate level, but that the Alevel curriculum’s rigor should be satisfying.
Ask if you’ll be able to take a math placement exam, too, since you took the equivalent of two college semesters of calculus even though you did poorly in the exam and understand you can’t get credit for it.</p>