Credit by Exam
Credit-by-exam options such as those listed below are an accelerated mechanism for earning credit outside of a traditional classroom setting.
Eastern Florida follows the Florida Department of Education guidelines in acceptance of credit for nationally standardized accelerated exam mechanisms, allowing students to proceed toward their educational goals as rapidly as possible.
Credit is awarded in accordance with recommendations established by the statewide . Section 1007.27(2) Florida Statutes requires the ACC to establish passing scores, course, and credit equivalents for the following:
Minimum satisfactory scores for accelerated credit are set by the State Board of Education and are subject to change. The state of Florida maintains an approved list of equivalencies and information for various kinds of accelerated opportunities. It can be found on the .
General Credit-by-Exam Guidelines
- Scores must be submitted on an official score report from the organization administering the examination.
- Students may earn a maximum of 45 credits through a combination of accelerated mechanisms.
- Duplicate credit cannot be awarded, i.e. if student has already received a grade of 鈥淐鈥 or higher for a course, student will not be awarded credit for the course again.
- Courses may be used for grade forgiveness purposes if student did not previously pass the course.
- The grade of 鈥淪鈥 is given for each course, and will not calculate into student鈥檚 GPA.
- Students must be cognizant of initial testing and retake policies for each exam. Some exams require students to wait a specific amount of time before they can retake the exam.
- For graduation purposes, exams must be taken and successfully passed prior to the last date of the month in which graduation is sought.
The Office of the Registrar is located on the Cocoa Campus of Eastern Florida State College.
Address: 1519 Clearlake Road, Cocoa, FL 32922
Location: Building 2, Room 202
Hours: Monday - Thursday, 8 AM - 5 PM; Closed Fridays
Phone: 321-433-7284
Fax: 321-433-7172
Email the Registrar's Office: registrar@easternflorida.edu
Phone Assistance for all Campuses: 321-433-7300
Monday - Thursday, 8 AM - 7 PM
View detailed Admissions Office contact information.
Cocoa: Building 11
Fax: 321-433-7102
Melbourne: Building 1
Fax: 321-433-5770
Palm Bay: Building 1
Fax: 321-433-5346
Titusville: Building 3
Fax: 321-433-5115