How to Get PLA Credit: Exams
Apply your credit-by-exam to your degree or certificate program.
We work together in the PLA process:
- You
- Your Advisor
- Your Department (Chair / Dean)
- Your Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA)
- Your campus Testing Services
- District Academic Support Services Office
- You
- Check to see if you are eligible to request PLA credit before beginning the PLA process
- You
- Contact your Department (Chair / Dean) or Advisor for Credit-by-Exam information
- Submit your required documentation to your Department (Chair / Dean) or Advisor for review based on the approved course list for Credit-by-Exam (CBE)
- Department (Chair / Dean) or Advisor
- Verifies your eligibility and reviews your PLA request
- Schedules the exam based on the approved course list for CBE
- Sends an email to your campus Testing Services to request PLA fee(s) to be posted to your account
- Testing Services
- Posts PLA fee(s)—as requested in Step 3—to your Student Account module in MyTCCTrack
- You
- Pay PLA fee(s) through the Student Account module in MyTCCTrack
- Take approved exam at department-specified location
- Department (Chair / Dean)
- Scores your exam and tells you the results of your exam
- Initiates online PLA request
- Attaches required documentation, including your fee receipt to show proof of payment
- Forwards your PLA request to your campus VPAA for review
- VPAA
- Reviews your PLA request
- Forwards your PLA request to the District Academic Support Services Office
- District Academic Support Services Office
- Verifies that you meet the eligibility requirements
- Applies credit to your transcript
- You
- Check My Progress in the Student Planning module of MyTCCTrack to confirm credit(s) are posted
Questions?
Ask a PLA Contact on your campus
Email us: PLA@tccd.edu
Updated December 06, 2023