Credit by Examination

(Exemption Exam)

A currently enrolled or accepted program student may receive course credit by passing an examination if one is offered. The examination may be written and/or performance based and validates competencies in skills the student would obtain through actual enrollment in the course. Exemption exams are given each semester. The list of exemption exams available and the schedule of test administration is posted on the college’s website.

Exemption Exam Procedures

• To register for an exemption exam, students should refer to the information posted on the college website. They should obtain an application for exemption exam at any student affairs office or on the College website. The application should be fully completed including necessary signatures.
• To register for a particular date, time, location, and exam, students must follow the directions posted on the exemption testing page of the website.
• Payment must be made before a student registers for a particular date, time, location, and exam.
• A student cannot attempt to exempt a course in which he or she is currently enrolled nor for any course in which he or she has been enrolled. The only exception is for those courses which a student successfully completed but have become “obsolete” because they are over four years old. No exemption exam may be attempted more than once.
• A non-refundable fee not to exceed 25% of course tuition is charged for each exam. (COMP 1000 requires an additional electronic test fee.) The fee requirement is waived for eligible articulated secondary students. This fee must be paid prior to taking the exam, and a receipt for this fee must be presented to the examiner at the time of the exam.
• All exams are to be taken without any outside aids such as textbooks, notes, etc.
• A minimum score, determined by the department faculty from which the exam originates, must be achieved to successfully exempt a course.
• If the student successfully exempts a course, a grade of “EX” will be assigned. It is not calculated into the grade point average.
• If the course being exempted by examination has a prerequisite course requirement, the prerequisite must be satisfied by either passing the exemption test, if available, or successfully passing the prerequisite course.
• Students will not be allowed to take exemption exams for previously attempted courses.
• Academic Affairs, through the division of Academic Support, will notify the students of the results of the exams. The Records Office will record the grade for posting to the student’s transcript.

NOTE: The Office of Academic Affairs determines what courses are available for exemption testing.

Financial Aid will not cover the cost of exemption exam fees.