Credit By Examination
A student may petition to take an examination for course credit, if a minimum of 12 semester units has been earned at Taft College with a minimum 2.0 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 at the end of the semester petitioned 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 previously enrolled and have received a grade of A, B, C, D, F, AU, CR, NC, FW, MW, W, P, NP, RD 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 Applied Tech courses listed in the catalog with the exception of OSH 1100, 1104, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1116, 1500, 1532, 1552, 2000, 2058, 2061, 2065 and Work Experience.
Learning Support Division: All Learning Support courses listed in the catalog with the exception of LRSK 0200, LRSK 0240, LRSK 0250, LRSK 0910, LRSK 0911; and STSU 1001.
Liberal Arts Division: ART 1625, ART 1820, ART 2010; HUM 2010; MUSC 1510; SPAN 1501, SPAN 1601, SPAN 1602, SPAN 2001, and SPAN 2002.
Social Sciences Division: All Social Sciences courses listed in the catalog except ECEF 1571.
Science and Mathematics Division: ASTR 1511; BIOL 1510, BIOL 2203, BIOL 2250, BIOL 2257, BIOL 2260, BIOL 2265, BIOL 2370; ENGR 1510, ENGR 1540, ENGR 1550, ENGR 2000, ENGR 2200, ENGR 2300; HLED 1510, HLED 1543; MATH 1050, MATH 1060, MATH 1500, MATH 1510, MATH 1505, MATH 1520, MATH 1530, MATH 1540, MATH 2100, MATH 2120, MATH 2130, MATH 2140; PSCI 1520 and STAT 1510.