PCCUA also offers prior learning experience credit. See the Vice Chancellor for Student Services and Registrar to discuss this option. Students interested in taking CLEP examinations should contact the Testing Center to register for a CLEP examination. The CLEP examinations, the minimum scores required for CLEP credit, and the PCCUA course equivalents are listed in the Approved General Examinations box.
The College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) is a standardized, national examination by which students may earn college credit. The minimum scores acceptable for the awarding of credit, however, are determined by the individual college. Students enrolling at Phillips Community College may earn up to 30 hours of credit through either the general or subject examinations with the following provisions.
- No grade will be given for CLEP credit. CLEP credit will be entered on the transcript as "Credit by CLEP examination", and the CLEP score earned will be noted.
- CLEP credit will not be posted on the transcript until a student has earned nine (9) hours in regular coursework at PCCUA. At that point, the student should petition to the registrar to have the CLEP credit placed on the transcript.
- A student may not take the CLEP examination and receive CLEP credit after taking and completing with either a passing or failing grade a comparable course at PCCUA.
- CLEP credit earned at other colleges will be accepted at PCCUA provided the following score requirements listed are met, and an official CLEP score report is submitted.
- A fee is charged for each CLEP examination taken.
PCCUA will award college credit to entering freshman based upon Advanced Placement Examination results. Credit will be awarded, but no grade will be assigned.