The American Council on Education's College Credit Recommendation Service (CREDIT®) connects workplace learning with colleges and universities by helping adults gain access to academic credit for formal courses and examinations taken outside traditional degree programs.

For decades, colleges and universities have trusted ACE to provide reliable course equivalency information to facilitate credit award decisions. Participating organizations include corporations, professional and volunteer associations, schools, training suppliers, labor unions and government agencies, with courses from Arabic to Waste Management.

To see if any of your professional development courses will yeild college level credit, please check the ACE National Guide and then contact your advisor to help get the credit awarded.

General Exams

 Basic Skills

Humanities

Languages

(Credit based on score earned)
 ONLY THE FIRST 6 HRS/INTRO LEVEL CAN BE APPLIED TO GE UNTIL FALL 2007 CATALOG YEAR

Social Behavior Sciences

Mathematics

Science

Business Electives

CLEP Exam Equivalencies and Minimum Scores for MBA Prerequisites

(The minimum scores reflected here are equivalent to a grade of B.)

Many students who participate in learning experiences outside the classroom wish to earn college credit for their work. Columbia College offers a number of ways students may earn such credit. CLEP tests, ACE credit and course test-outs are the preferred means because they require a theory-base for awarding credit, have national norms/criteria or both. If none of the above credit-awarding methods are an option, Columbia College awards credit for prior learning.

Please note: credit for prior learning is handled through Adult Higher Education divison at Columbia College. Please see their page for more specifics.

Mathematics

Languages

Social Science & Criminal Justice

Business & Computers

Physical Science

Humanities

General Elective & Other Courses

(The minimum scores reflected here are equivalent to a grade of B.)

*DANTES is currently transitioning between exam versions. Score reports may reflect either of the noted scores above.

(The minimum scores reflected here are equivalent to a grade of B.)

*DANTES is currently transitioning between exam versions. Score reports may reflect either of the noted scores above.

Students who have attended Defense Language Institute and participated in the Defense Language Proficiency Testing may submit an official transcript for evaluation of transfer credit. The transcript must also be accompanied by a DLPT score report.

If the DLPT exam is listed on an AARTS, ARNG, SMART, or CGI transcript, and the ACE credit recommendation is listed on the transcript as well, we can evaluate directly from the military transcript. And additional DPLT transcript and score report do not need to be requested.

Columbia College awards credit for Defense Language Institute's Exams based on the ACE Recomended credit hours.

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

A student may receive credit for an EMT program based on the number of hours on the certificate. 
Credit is granted as follows:

EMT-B, Emergency Medical Technician – Basic

110 hours of instruction
6 hours of ELEC 144

EMT-I*, Emergency Medical Technician – Intermediate

175-225    hours of Classroom/Practical Lab
  50-75     Clinical
  75-100   Field Internship
300-400   total instruction hours
6 hours of ELEC 144

*Not available in all states—including Missouri

Note: 6 hours of ELEC 144 maximum granted for EMT-B and/or EMT-I

EMT-P, Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic

1000-12000 total instruction hours
-Not a set number of hours
-Emphasis based on competence of graduate
9 hours of ELEC 144

Columbia College accepts credit from successfully completed International Baccalaureate (IB) coursework.   Course equivalencies and transfer credit award vary by subject and IB course level (standard; higher).

Credit will be granted on a per-course basis for individually completed, higher-level course completed with a score of 5 or better. 

Students who have completed the IB Diploma will receive a minimum of 24 semester-hours of credit so long as higher-level (HL) courses have been completed with a score of 4 or better, and standard-level (SL) courses have been completed with a score of 5 or better. 

No credit awarded for courses not listed

*The LANG prefix is used here as a placeholder for the actual foreign language course equivalency prefix (e.g. SPAN, GERM); "LANG" is simply an abbreviation for "language," and is not a course equivalency prefix.

Group 1 (Best Language)

Group 2 (Second Modern Language)

Group 3 (Individuals & Society)

Group 4 (Experimental Sciences)

Group 5 (Mathematics)

Group 6 (The Arts)

Additional Credits Awarded

PARTNERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM

For Students desiring to become law enforcement officers (or if already in law enforcement), Columbia College offers an innovative program: Partners in Law Enforcement.  This collaborative initiative between Columbia College and the state’s police academies is designed to give students up to 24 semester hours in course equivalencies for successful completion of the academy.  To qualify, students must successfully complete a minimum of 400 hours at a state certified, basic police academy.  Academies completed over five years prior to applying for equivalency credit will not be considered unless the applicant can demonstrate adequate work experience in the field since completion of the academy.  An approved demonstration of work experience is a letter on appropriate letterhead from a supervisor or human resources administrator confirming employment in the field; the letter should include employment dates/history and current position. The specific course equivalencies are listed below:

PARTNERS IN CORRECTIONS PROGRAM

The Columbia College Partners in Corrections Program is designed to give students interested in becoming correctional officers up to 24 semester hours in course equivalencies for successful completion of the corrections basic training academy.To qualify, students must successfully complete a departmentally mandated corrections academy in any of the 50 states or U.S. territories.  The academy must be a departmentally-mandated basic training academy with a minimum 275 hours in length.  Academies complete over five years prior to applying for equivalency credit will not be considered unless the applicant can demonstrate adequate work experience in the field since completion of his or her academy. An approved demonstration of work experience is a letter on appropriate letterhead from a supervisor or human resources administrator confirming employment in the field; the letter should include employment dates/history and current position. The specific course equivalencies are listed below:

The equivalency policy is based on the following provisions:
1. The academy must be one of basic correction and required for employment by the respective state in question and must have been completed within five years prior to applying for equivalencies.

2. Students who complete a basic corrections academy consisting of less than 275 hours will be eligible to earn up to 12 semester hours of criminal justice elective credit in which one semester hour will be awarded for each 20 hours of basic training.

3. Students may not be awarded credit for both the Partners in Law Enforcement (PILE) program and the Partners in Corrections (PIC) program.  Students may not be awarded credit for one of the Partners programs and awarded criminal justice electives for other training.

4. If a student completes an acceptable academy for one of the Partners programs and then subsequently completes a state cross-over training program for the other, then as long as the original academy training meets the eligibility rules for acceptance, the students may choose which program (PILE or PIC) for which to be awarded credit.  Students cannot be awarded credit for both programs.

5. If a student has completed basic academy training for both programs but neither training meets the eligibility rules for PILE or PIC, then the student may be eligible to earn up to 12 semester hours of criminal justice elective credit in which one semester hour will be awarded for 20 hours of basic law enforcement and corrections academy training.  Total credit may not exceed 12 semester hours.

6. Students must have successfully completed 15 semester hours of college coursework at Columbia College before equivalencies may be applied.


NOTE:  Completion of the corrections academy within the last 36 semester hours of a student’s degree program may reduce the number of hours applied under the Partners in Corrections Program.
 

For General Information regarding military transfer credit please see out Military Transfer Credit Page.

For more specific information please refer to the specific branch:

Air Force
Army
Coast Guard
Marines
Navy

Columbia College is a Servicemembers Opportunity College (SOC) DNS core member institution in SOCAD, SOCCOAST, SOCMAR, and SOCNAV. Please see our transferability table below to see our courses with guaranteed transferability to/from other SOC DNS institutions. Clicking on the hyperlinked SOC code will take you to SOC’s website where you can find all schools that offer this course.

MU FRTI Courses for the Columbia College Associate in Science in Fire Service Administration

The Associate in Science in Fire Service Administration is a comprehensive two year program designed to allow students to apply college credit hours that they have earned from the University of Missouri’s Fire & Rescue Training Institute (FRTI) toward their degree. To have credit awarded you will need to submit an an official MU FRTI transcript to Columbia College 

The Associate in Science in Fire Service Administration degree is available at the following locations:
Home Campus, Columbia, MO, Christian County, MO, Moberly, MO, Lake of the Ozarks, MO, Rolla, MO, St. Louis, MO, Kansas City, MO, Jefferson City, MO

(FSAD courses in Italics in this section are offered at the National Fire Academy.)

Pilot's License

A Pilot’s License has been institutionally evaluated as a former course here.  The student must submit a copy of his Pilot’s License for evaluation. 

Credit is granted as follows:

Real Estate License

Transfer equivalency credit will be granted for students with a current, state-issued real estate agent's or broker's license.

A photocopy of the license, which must list dates of validity indicating the student's current licensure, will be accepted as official documentation for credit-granting purposes.

Nursing License (Non- Nursing Degree Students)

Note: This credit will be granted to students with an RN or LPN license that are not pursing a nursing degree at Columbia College.

Nursing school graduates will be awarded credit upon completion of the nursing program when a copy of the license is provided along with an official transcript from the nursing school.  The license verifies state approval and therefore will be given credit as follows:

LPN License:

Hygiene……………………..….3 hours of ELEC 144
Medical Terminology………….2 hours of ELEC 144
Sociology…………………...….3 hours of SOCI 111
Anatomy & Physiology………..3 hours of BIOL 444

RN License:

All students having an RN License get the following 30 hours.  Additional credit is granted based on the 2-year or 3-year program.

Chemistry………………………5 hours of CHEM 110
Microbiology……………….......4 hours of BIOL 312
Anatomy & Physiology………...5 hours of BIOL 444
Diet & Nutrition………………..1 hour of ELEC 144
Sociology……………………….3 hours of SOCI 111
Psychology……………………..3 hours of PSYC 101
Medical Ethics……………….…1 hour of ELEC 144
Professional Adjustments………1 hour of ELEC 144
Fundamentals of Nursing……….5 hours of ELEC 144
Pharmacology…………………..2 hours of ELEC 144
Additional credit for completing the 2-year RN program:
Medical & Surgical Nursing I…….……6 hours of ELEC 144
Medical & Surgical Nursing II…………5 hours of ELEC 144
Obstetrics/Gynecology…………………3 hours of ELEC 144
Medical & Surgical Nursing III………..10 hours of ELEC 444
Pediatrics……………………………….3 hours of ELEC 444
Psychiatric & Neuro……………………3 hours of ELEC 444

Additional credit for completing the 3-year RN program:

Medical & Surgical Nursing I…………..13 hours of ELEC 144
Medical & Surgical Nursing II………….8 hours of ELEC 144
Obstetrics/Gynecology………………….6 hours of ELEC 144
Medical & Surgical Nursing III…...……21 hours of ELEC 444
Pediatrics…………………………..……6 hours of ELEC 444
Psychiatric & Neuro………………...…..6 hours of ELEC 444

You  may be eligible to receive college level credit from other sources of non-traditional education. Please contact your advisor if you have questions regarding credit from sources not listed on this page.