Credit By Examination

A student may petition to take an examination for course credit, if a minimum of 12 semester units has been completed at Taft College with a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point average. Students desiring to challenge a course by examination may obtain a petition and information regarding eligible courses, limitations, and procedures from the Counseling Center. The results of such examination, with grades and grade points, are entered on the student’s permanent record to reflect that credit was earned as Credit by Examination. The maximum number of units that may be earned as Credit by Examination is 12. Students may not challenge courses in which they are currently enrolled or have received a grade of A, B, C, D, F, W, FW, P, NP or I. No student will be allowed to challenge a course less advanced than that which the student has already completed.

Courses Eligible for Credit by Examination

Applied Technologies Division: All Business and Business Administration courses, Computer Science, Energy 1540, and WTER 1510 and WTER 1610.

Learning Support Division: All Disability Studies courses: SOC 1558, STSU 1016, STSU 1017, STSU 1018, and STSU 1019, and INCO 1048.

Liberal Arts Division: All Foreign Languages listed in the catalog; ART 1625, ART 1820, ART 2010; HUM 2010; and MUSC 1510.

Social Sciences Division: All Social Sciences courses listed in the catalog except CJA 1001, CJA 1003, CJA 1004, CJA 1005, CJA 1057, and CJA 1058.

Science and Mathematics Division: ANTH 1501, ASTR 1511; BIOL 1510, BIOL 2203, BIOL 2250, BIOL 2255, BIOL 2257, BIOL 2260, BIOL 2370; ENGR 1510, ENGR 1520, ENGR 1530, ENGR 1540, ENGR 2000; CHEM 1520; HLED 1510, HLED 1543; MATH 1050, MATH 1060, MATH 1500, MATH 1520, MATH 1530, MATH 1540, MATH 2100, MATH 2120, MATH 2130, MATH 2140; PSCI 1520 and STAT 1510.