College Level Equivalency Examinations  (advanced placement examinations)

• The Academic Credit Assessment Information Center and the individual academic department(s) determine the amount of credit to be awarded.
• Students must have applied for admission, been accepted at Sinclair, and paid the appropriate fees.
• Received a three or better on the Advanced Placement Program examinations.
• Course(s) will be recorded with a “Y” grade on the Sinclair transcript.
• Students can apply no more than 45 credit hours earned through the Advanced Placement Program (APP toward the degree requirements (i.e. proficiency examinations/ articulation agreements/ACE/CREDIT/CLEP/DANTES)
  Credits earned via APP examinations do not apply toward the college residency requirements.

College Level Examination Program (CLEP)

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  The Academic Credit Assessment Information Center and the individual academic department(s) determine the amount of credit to be awarded.
• Students must have applied for admission, been accepted at Sinclair, and paid the appropriate fees.
• Course(s) will be recorded with a “Y” grade on the Sinclair transcript.
• Students can apply no more than 45 credit hours earned through APP/proficiency examinations/articulation agreements/ACE/CREDIT/CLEP/DANTES toward the degree requirements.
• Credits earned via CLEP examinations do not apply toward the college residency requirements.
• For information on Sinclair Community College CLEP examination course credit equivalencies click here.

Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES)

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  Sinclair awards credit for the DANTES Examinations based on the scores earned.
• Students must have completed a Sinclair application and paid the appropriate fees.
• The Academic Credit Assessment Information Center and the academic department(s) determine the amount of credit awarded.
• The course(s) will be recorded on their transcript with a “Y” grade.
• Students can apply no more than 45 credit hours earned through APP/proficiency examinations/articulation agreements/ACE/CREDIT/DLEP/DANTES toward degree requirements.
• Credits earned via APP examinations do not apply toward the college residency requirements.

Proficiency/Challenge Examinations

• To earn credit for certain courses without enrolling in them, students must take a special examination and/or perform special assignments through the appropriate department.
  Credit by examination along with permission to take the examination requires departmental approval.
• The process is coordinated by the Academic Credit Assessment Information Center, and students must have completed a Sinclair application and paid the appropriate fee.
• For each proficiency examination, students must pay a non- refundable fee.
• A proficiency examination cannot be taken nor credit awarded during any quarter in which they were previously registered for that course.
• Students will be awarded an “A,” “B,” “C,” or “F” for a proficiency examination; however, only an “A,” “B,” or “C” grade will be recorded on their transcripts.
  Proficiency fees are non-refundable.
  Proficiency credits do not apply toward the college residency requirements.
• Students must have successfully completed course prerequisites before taking the proficiency challenge examination.  Any exceptions to this requirement are made at the discretion of the Department Chairperson.
• Students can take a proficiency examination only once for any course.

• Sinclair has identified many high schools, technical centers, and post secondary institutions for acceptance of college credit.  Contact the Academic Credit Assessment Information Center for more information.
  

Credit for Lifelong Learning (CLLP)

• Credit for Lifelong Learning evaluates students’ learning experiences from work, volunteer services, conferences, workshop attendance, in-service training, vocational interests, or independent research, for college credit.  The experiences are documented in a portfolio.
• The portfolios consist of a written description of the learning supporting the documentation, and the process begins with a three=credit hour course EBE 100—Prior Learning Portfolio Development.
• Faculty members knowledgeable in each specific area of learning evaluate these portfolios for college credit.
• An evaluation fee for each course evaluated is assessed.
• If students are awarded credit for the portfolio course(s), the credit and letter grade will be transcribed on their Sinclair transcript.