COMPREHENSIVE STANDARD CS P4:

The institution has a defined and published policy for evaluating, awarding, and accepting credit for transfer, experiential learning, advanced placement, and professional certificates that is consistent with its mission and ensures that course work and learning outcomes are at the collegiate level and comparable to the institution’s own degree programs. The institution assumes responsibility for the academic quality of any course work or credit recorded on the institution’s transcript.

Collin County Community College District’s (CCCCD) mission statement (Reference 1) guides the institution’s approach to evaluating, awarding, and accepting credit for transfer, experiential learning, and advanced placement.  Policies concerning the awarding of transfer credit remain consistent with CCCCD’s mission and core values to provide academic excellence within a “student- and community-centered institution committed to developing skills, strengthening character, and challenging the intellect” (Reference 1). In addition to the local standards published and defined in the CCCCD Catalog (Reference 2), CCCCD complies with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) rules that apply to the transfer of credit courses (Reference 3).

By observing the mandates from the THECB that provide “for the development and implementation of policies that encourage the free and appropriate transferability of lower division course credit among institutions of higher education” (Reference 3), CCCCD ensures that “all successfully completed lower-division academic courses that are identified by the Texas Common Course Number System (TCCCNS) and published in the Lower Division Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) shall be fully transferable among public institutions and shall be substituted for the equivalent course at the receiving institution” (Reference 3).

Credit for courses not controlled by THECB rules are approved following the CCCCD guidelines (Reference 2). CCCCD Degree Plan Coordinators conduct official transcript evaluations. Students must be currently admitted to CCCCD to request a degree plan. CCCCD awards college credit on the basis of a variety of departmental and nationally available examinations including the Advanced Placement Examination of the College Board and the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) (References 4, 5).

CCCCD does not evaluate or award transfer credit for professional certificates.

The Global EDGE Tech Prep program integrates vocational skills with educational skills. Students who participate in Tech Prep may petition for credit by following criteria as stated in the Admissions and Records Help Manual (References 6, 7). The registrar’s office verifies transfer credit based upon the criteria documented in the Manual.

CCCCD assumes full responsibility for the academic quality and integrity of any coursework recorded on the institution’s transcript.

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