Credit For Prior Learning

Sometimes students have previous educational studies, training programs, or work experience that may entitle them to an adjustment in the coursework required in a particular curriculum. If you think that you are one of those individuals, you should contact the Admissions Office and Records Office to request and complete the forms for an evaluation for Advanced Standing by Experiential Learning. The advanced placement function of the college is the administrative placement of a student beyond the basic or first courses(s) in a curriculum, allowing waiver of credit or college credit for subject matter and/or other appropriate training or experience.

There are a number of ways in which Advanced standing may be considered and all require the submission of documentation:

1. College Level Examination Programs (CLEP)
2. Advanced Placement Program (AP)
3. Subject Standardized Tests (SST) through DANTES/USAFI
4. Transfer credits from other regionally accredited post-secondary institutions
5. Equated occupational experience
6. Assessment of coursework with external agencies
7. Institutional credit by exam
8. Assessment of coursework with vocational technical schools
9. Military and non-traditional learning experiences
10. Waiver of physical education requirements for veterans
11. Waiver of foreign language requirements.

If you are interested in knowing more about these opportunities, go to the SVCC website https://southside.edu/credit-prior-learning or please see the Admissions and Records Office for guidelines and a list of documentation needed. If you are transferring to a four-year institution, it is the student’s responsibility to contact the institution concerning the acceptability of credit awarded by advanced placement.