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Have you attended other regionally accredited institutions of post-secondary education or have you studied abroad?
Course-for-course credit might be awarded with the evaluation of your official transcript.
Do you already master a course?
You can take CLEP exams and earn as many as 12 credits, or you can take a challenge exam at PCCC.
Have you taken an AP examination?
If you received a minimum score of 3, advanced placement or credits might be awarded to you.
Have you taken a military course?
As many as 12 credits can be awarded after the evaluation of your transcript.
Have you acquired life experience, professional training, or have you earned industry licenses or certifications through corporations, government agencies, unions or similar sponsors?
You can demonstrate the mastery of a subject through a portfolio.

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AP

PLA

CLEP

Challenge Exams

Life Experience

Military Experience

Professional Training

International Course Work

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PRIOR LEARNING ASSESSMENT
(PLA)
PLA is the evaluation of college-level learning achieved outside the classroom, which gives you the opportunity to obtain credit for one or more courses in a certificate or degree program without taking the course (s).

PLA is your road map to success through faster degree completion at lower costs.

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Prior Learning Assessment
Many students have acquired college-level knowledge and skills outside of the classroom through work, training programs, volunteer service, artistic pursuits, hobbies, adult education, noncredit courses, study abroad and military training. That knowledge and experience may/can lead to the awarding of college credits, which would lower the cost of a degree and accelerate the path to a certificate or degree.
The determination of prior learning is a coordinated process between a student, an academic department and the office of Enrollment services. There are multiple opportunities and approaches.

Types of PLA
AP – Advanced Placement Exams taken in High School
CLEP – College Level Exam Program. This a credit by examination program in which students can earn credit for what they already know by achieving the 50th percentile or higher in any of 33 examinations. For example: composition, literature, world languages, history, business, mathematics and science.
PCCC CREDIT BY EXAM – Comprehensive exams prepared by PCCC faculty
MILITARY EXPERIENCE – Evaluation of skills and training into credits
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES – Evaluation of credits earned in other countries
PORTFOLIO REVIEW – Evaluation of life or work experience for credits in partnership with Thomas Edison State University

We will help you on the next step in your journey whether it is a course, a certificate, a degree or a job training program.
Prior Learning Assessment
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Title: xxx
Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
Office: xxx
E-mail: xxx @ xxx.xx
https://clep.collegeboard.org
https://apstudent.collegeboard.org