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

 

  1. You
  2. 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)
  3. 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
  4. Testing Services
    • Posts PLA fee(s)—as requested in Step 3—to your Student Account module in MyTCCTrack
  5. You
    • Pay PLA fee(s) through the Student Account module in MyTCCTrack
    • Take approved exam at department-specified location
  6. 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
  7. VPAA
    • Reviews your PLA request
    • Forwards your PLA request to the District Academic Support Services Office
  8. District Academic Support Services Office
  9. 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