Pellissippi State Credit by Examination
Students who believe their prior academic or work experience fulfills requirements for a particular course may request permission to receive credit for the course through taking an examination in lieu of attending the course. The Pellissippi State Credit Exam fee is $25.
Requirements
- Minimum high school or college GPA of 2.5
- Submit Credit by Examination Form
- $25 non-refundable fee prior to taking exam
- Deadline for fall semester is September 15
- Deadline for spring semester is February 15
Procedures
- The student selects the appropriate request form below and fill it out.
- The student submits the form, which will route it to the department dean.
- Department dean reviews request, approves or denies request, and informs student of decision.
- If request is approved, the dean will provide instructions for paying testing fee at the Cashier’s office.
- After fee payment, the student can take the test.
- Test is returned to department office and evaluated by a committee of department faculty.
- The dean sends exam and completed Credit by Exam form to vice president of Academic Affairs, who approves or denies granting of credit, then sends packet to the Records Office.
- The Records office verifies that the fee payment has been received for course, records the credit, and notifies the student.
Below you will find a list of the courses for which exams for credit are given.
Subject Area | Pellissippi State Course | Credit Hours Awarded | |
---|---|---|---|
COMPOSITION | ENGL 1010 | English Composition I | 3 |
ENGL 1020 | English Composition II | 3 | |
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY | ENST 1370 | Manufacturing Processes | 3 |
ENST 1340 | Machine Tool Technology | 3 | |
METC 1310 | Statics with Applications | 3 | |
METC 2310 | Strength of Materials | 3 | |
ENST 1351 | GD & T | 3 | |
MATH | MATH 1010 | Math for General Studies | 3 |
MATH 1030 | Introduction of College Mathematics | 3 | |
MATH 1130 | College Algebra | 3 | |
MATH 1530 | Introductory Statistics | 3 | |
MATH 1710 | Precalculus Algebra | 3 | |
MATH 1720 | Precalculus Trigonometry | 3 | |
MATH 1730 | Precalculus | 5 | |
MATH 1830 | Basic Calculus & Modeling | 4 | |
MATH 1910 | Calculus I | 4 | |
BUSINESS | ADMN 1311 | Word Processing I | 3 |
ADMN 1302 | Keyboarding/Formatting I | 3 | |
ADMN 1313 | Spreadsheet Applications | 3 | |
ADMN 2306 | Legal Terminology & Transcription | 3 | |
ADMN 1306 | Medical Terminology I | 3 | |
ADMN 2325 | Medical Terminology II | 3 | |
CITC 1310/1110 | Programming I & Lab | 4 | |
CITC 1320 | A+ Hardware and Software | 3 | |
CITC 1302/1102 | Introduction to Networking & Lab | 4 | |
CITC 1330 | Microsoft Desktop OS | 3 | |
CITC 1303 | Database Concepts | 3 | |
CITC 2326 | Network Security | 3 | |
SOCIAL SCIENCE | ANTH 1130 | Introduction to Physical Anthropology | 3 |
ANTH 1430 | Prehistoric Archaeology | 3 | |
ANTH 1230 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 | |
PSYC 1030 | General Psychology | 3 | |
NATURAL SCIENCES | BIOL 1110 | General Biology I | 4 |
BIOL 1120 | General Biology II | 4 | |
BIOL 2400 | Principles of Nutrition | 3 | |
CHEM 1010 | Principles of Chemistry | 4 | |
CHEM 1110 | General Chemistry I | 4 | |
CHEM 1120 | General Chemistry II | 4 | |
LIBERAL ARTS | FREN 1010 | Beginning French I | 3 |
FREN 1020 | Beginning French II | 3 | |
FREN 2010 | Intermediate French I | 3 | |
FREN 2020 | Intermediate French II | 3 | |
GERM 1010 | Beginning German I | 3 | |
GERM 1020 | Beginning German II | 3 | |
GERM 2010 | Intermediate German I | 3 | |
GERM 2020 | Intermediate German II | 3 | |
MUS 1030 | Music Appreciation | 3 | |
MUS 1027 | Class Piano I | 3 | |
MUS 1127 | Class Piano II | 3 | |
SPAN 1010 | Beginning Spanish I | 3 | |
SPAN 1020 | Beginning Spanish II | 3 | |
SPAN 2010 | Intermediate Spanish I | 3 | |
SPAN 2020 | Intermediate Spanish II | 3 | |
WELDING TECHNOLOGY Credit for Welding may be awarded on a case-by-case basis based on demonstration of skills. Please contact Brock Evans, btevans@pstcc.edu. | WELD | Welding | N/A |