Earn Credit for Prior Learning
Undergraduate students with prior educational experience in a particular field of study in the liberal arts may be interested in earning credit in one or more of the statewide Guaranteed Transfer (GT) Pathways general education curriculum categories without taking a traditional course at ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ. Students may earn GT Pathways credit without taking a course by passing a challenge exam.
Challenge Exam
Students may request a challenge exam for any one of the 14 categories in the GT Pathways general education curriculum. Students must take and pass a proctored examination (usually a CLEP exam) or other approved assessment to demonstrate their knowledge and mastery of the state-approved content and competencies for that GT Pathways category. By successfully challenging a GT Pathways category, a student will earn 3 or 4 generic credits toward the equivalent category in their ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ general education requirements. They will not earn credit for a specific ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ course.
Other Methods
Please note that students may also earn GT Pathways credit for prior learning via:
- Advanced Placement (AP) exams
- International Baccalaureate (IB) exams
- College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams
- DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST)
Please see the ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ catalog's page for information about earning credit for those exams.