Credit for Prior Learning

Credit by Examination

High School to College Articulation

High school students may be granted college credit pursuant to established CTE articulation agreements between the high school or Regional Occupation Program (ROP) and the applicable college.

The student will apply online to one of the colleges in the SOCCCD. There is no requirement to be currently registered to receive credit.

A letter grade may be assigned and the course will be identified as “Credit by Examination” on the transcript in accordance with official grading assignment on the Course Outline of Record (COR). Once assigned, a grade is not reversible, and the course is non-repeatable (see Course Repeatability and Repetition policy).

The enrollment fee for credit by examination will not be charged for credit awarded under this provision.

Students who are unsuccessful in obtaining a standard grade of B or better will not be allowed to petition for credit and no record of the attempt for credit by examination will appear on a student’s transcript.

Note: Students should be aware that some universities will not recognize credit earned through credit by examination for languages other than English in which they have received formal schooling in that language.

Post-Secondary Specific Course Credit (BP 4235 /AR 4235)

Credit by exam may be provided if the course appears in a current college catalog and is determined by the faculty of the appropriate discipline that the course content can be tested by an examination. Also, the student must not have received credit for a more advanced course in the same subject, unless waived by the department:

The procedures to obtain Post-Secondary Credit by Examination for a course are as follows:

The student will initiate the assessment process by meeting with a counselor to submit the Credit for Prior Learning Assessment Petition. The student will need to provide a proof of non-refundable payment, up to the cost of the enrollment fee, for the credit by exam course in order to submit the petition.
The petition and supporting documents will be routed to the appropriate department chair or faculty designee, along with a notification to the Division/School Dean, by the Counseling Department. The department chair or faculty designee will provide the student with further instructions for credit by exam.
The department chair or faculty designee will prepare, administer, and grade the exam.
The department chair or faculty designee shall sign the petition with the recorded grade and forward the completed petition and supporting documents to the Counseling Department.
The Counseling Department will notify the student of the grade and provide the student with the opportunity to accept, decline, or appeal the grade within ten working days.
Upon acceptance or decline of the grade, the Counseling Department will forward the petition and any supporting documents to the Admissions and Records Office to be kept on file and, if accepted, recorded on the student transcript.

Courses eligible for credit by exam.

ACCT 1A	BUS 13	FN 110	GER 3	ID 122	KOR 3	PORT 2
ARAB 1	CHI 1	FN 120	HEBR 1	ID 123	MFG 200	PRSN 1
ARAB 2	CHI 2	FN 150	HORT 10	ID 125	MFG 207	PRSN 2
ARAB 3	CHI 3	FN 205	HORT 106	ID 127	N 160	PRSN 3
ARCH 120	CIM 121A	FN 244	HORT 11	ID 128	N 170	SPAN 1
ARCH 161	COUN 150	FN 246	HORT 112	ID 131	N 170L	SPAN 2
ARCH 162	COUN 40	FN 261	HORT 113	ID 132	N 171	SPAN 20A
ARCH 163	COUN 51	FN 50	HORT 116	ID 133	N 171 (Lab)	SPAN 20B
ARCH 164	COUN 60	FR 1	HORT 120	ID 134	N 172	SPAN 3
ARCH 165	DR 102	FR 2	HS 101	ITA 1	N 172L	SPAN 4
ARCH 211	DR 120	FR 3	HS 112	ITA 2	N 173	SPS 315
ARCH 212	DR 152	GC 63	HS 140	ITA 3	N 173L	TOUR 250
ARCH 213	DR 203	GD 144	HS 150	JA 1	N 174	TOUR 259
ARCH 50	DR 23	GD 200	HS 174	JA 2	N 174L
AUTO 100	DR 50	GD 210	ID 110	JA 3	N 176
AUTO 226	ET 101	GER 1	ID 112	KOR 1	N 176L
AUTO 227	FN 101	GER 2	ID 115	KOR 2	PORT 1

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