Credit by Examination
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges (IECC) recognized the fact that many students reach a college‐level education through study outside the classroom. Therefore, IECC allows students to receive credit by examination. The maximum amount of credit which a student may gain through credit by examination is 32 semester hours.
IECC grants credit through proficiency examination. The proficiency examination fee for any IECC course must be paid at the time of registration for the exam. IECC proficiency examinations carry grades of “A”, “B”, “C”, “P”, or “Not Passing”. Grades of “A”, “B”, “C”,“P”, will be entered on the student’s transcript as “By Proficiency” and will carry appropriate course credit. Proficiency examination grades entered on the student’s transcript will be used in computing grade point averages. A grade of “Not Passing” will not be used in grade point averages, nor will it be recorded on the student’s transcript.
Proficiency examinations may not be taken for courses in which a student has previously enrolled for credit, audit, or pass/fail. A student may take a particular proficiency examination only once. Proficiency applications must be approved by the instructor and the dean where the student is enrolled. IECC will accept only scores from proficiency examinations administered at an IECC test center.
Additionally, IECC may accept credit through the College Entrance Examination Board's subject test, the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), the Advanced Placement (AP) testing program, and the International Baccalaureate program (IB). Credit for appropriate CLEP scores, AP scores, and IB programs will be entered on the student’s transcript as a “P” (pass) and will not be used in computing grade point averages.
The student will be responsible for obtaining and submitting an official document verifying credit by examination scores. This form will be submitted to Student Services for evaluation.
Click here for Advanced Placement Testing equivalency information.
Click here for International Baccalaureate equivalency information.