Advanced Placement

Advanced placement at Technical College includes helping students to identify, through assessment, their present levels of education and to move them toward their goals as efficiently as possible.

The college allows advanced standing to place a student beyond the basic course work in a curriculum and allows college credit for properly documented competencies from previous academic study and/or examination.

Transfer Credit at Tech

Technical College willingly recognizes a student’s previous postsecondary course work from an accredited institution and accepts credits earned which are applicable to the student’s program of study.

All students who present transfer credit for evaluation and acceptance must be aware that the awarding of credit by Technical College does not guarantee that a subsequent institution will accept those credits.

• Technical College will recognize course work from other accredited postsecondary institutions.
  1. Courses accepted for transfer must closely parallel the courses offered by Technical College.
  2. b. Credits may be granted by Credit by Examination.
• The college will accept in transfer only a course for which a grade of "C" or better has been earned.
• To receive acceptance of credits, applicants for transfer must submit an official transcript of prior course work from each institution attended.
  1. To be eligible for transfer credit, applicants must meet all admission criteria of the college.
  2. Credits must appear on an official transcript from the granting institution; a copy of the transcript(s) must be filed in the records office at the college.
• Transfer students who wish to earn an associate degree at Technical College must successfully complete 25 percent of required hours of the degree program at Technical College.
  1. If the credit hours for a parallel course are less than those granted by the college, the course will not be accepted for transfer.
  2. If the credit hours for the course are more than those granted by the college, the credits will be accepted at the same level as those of Tech.
• All credit hours for transferred courses must be converted to semester hours.
• The grades for credits obtained at other schools are not computed in the GPR.
  1. Credit hours will apply toward the total required for graduation. Only hours earned at Technical College will apply toward the 2.0 GPR graduation requirement.
  2. The transfer student’s transcript will reflect the number of credits as a "TR" in the grade column.
  3. The Evaluation of Credit(s) form will be maintained as part of the student’s transcript.
  4. The student will be notified of the credits accepted for transfer and may appeal the decision of acceptability, in writing, to the Dean of Instruction in accordance with the Family Education Rights Privacy Act.

Credit by Examination

• College Entrance Examination Board: Credit is given to students who score a 3, 4, or 5 on an Advanced Placement Examination of the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB). A grade of "TR" is assigned. Official transcripts or records of such examination scores must be on file at the college before credit will be accepted. Students should be aware that acceptance of these credits by Technical College does not guarantee that a subsequently attended institution will also accept these credits.
• College Level Examination Program: Credit for the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) will be accepted. A score of 50th percentile or higher is necessary for credit to be awarded. A grade of "TR" is assigned.
• Challenge Exam: Normally students attend class to acquire the requisite knowledge for a college course; however, there may be cases in which students have acquired knowledge or experience equivalent to the course content. In these cases, students may request Credit by Examination by Challenge Exam. Students must apply by completing the Request for Credit by Examination form before the end of the change of schedule (add/drop) period.
  1. To make a request for Credit by Examination by Challenge Exam, the student must be registered in the course or have completed a college sponsored noncredit course of similar content.
  2. The request must be endorsed and approved by the Dean of Instruction.
  3. The request must, either by content or reference, present clear evidence that the applicant has previous training or course work to indicate probable success on a comprehensive examination on the subject matter of the course.
  4. The student will attend class until notified of successful completion of the examination.

  The instructor must administer the exam during the first five class days of the semester in which application is approved. A score of "B" or better on the examination will entitle the examinee to receive full credit for "hours taken," "hours earned," and the appropriate grade ("A" or "B") will generate quality points. If the examination is passed successfully, the instructor administering the examination will complete the form showing:

  1. The student’s name and social security number.
  2. The course title and number.
  3. The letter grade earned on the examination.
  4. Credit hours.
  5. A copy of the examination and the date the examination was administered. The completed form will be submitted to the Dean of Instruction and will be forwarded to the Registrar upon approval.

  If the examination is not passed, the student will be treated as a student who did not make application for Credit By Examination by Challenge Exam.

  A request for Credit by Examination will not be approved for any course taken during the prior semester.

  Due to the content and methods of instruction, certain courses may not be applicable for Credit by Examination by Challenge Exam.

  Students eligible for VA and/or other financial aid will not receive financial benefits for courses for which credit is received by examination.