Apply for CPL
To receive CPL credit, a student must submit one of the following to the Office of Admissions
and Records:
- The Advanced Placement (AP) score through official high school transcript or from the College Board.
- The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) official record.
- The International Baccalaureate (IB) program official record.
- The Joint Services Transcripts. Veteran students will be informed of the CPL policy.
- For all other forms of assessment, the Credit for Prior Learning Form ("CPL Form") will be used.
- The CPL Form will be initiated by the student.
- The student will first meet with a counselor to determine if CPL aligns with their educational plan.
- After discussion with a counselor, the student will meet with a discipline faculty member. The faculty member will discuss the merits of CPL with the student and explain the assessment instrument used to determine course credit.
- If the student determines they want to move forward with CPL, the student must ensure that the faculty member who approved administration of the assessment informs Admissions and Records.
- CPL may only be awarded for a course listed in the District's current course catalog.
- Petitions for CPL in approved courses must be submitted to the Admissions and Records Office before fifty percent (50%) of the term is complete.
- Admissions and Records will charge the student the CPL fee.
- The student must submit the CPL Form to the Student Business Office and pay for the CPL fee, equated to the enrollment fee per unit, prior to assessment.
- The student will then submit the CPL Form to the discipline faculty administering the assessment.
- Once the assessment is complete, the faculty member will inform the student of the grade earned.
- The student will indicate their acceptance, decline, or appeal on the CPL Form prior to its submission to the Admissions and Records office.
- The faculty will forward the final CPL Form to the Admissions and Records
office.
- The CPL Form will be initiated by the student.