Section 240.4015, Florida Statutes, requires the Articulation Coordinating Committee (ACC) to establish passing scores, course and credit equivalents for Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), and College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams. Public community colleges and universities in Florida are required to award credit for AP, IB, and CLEP as designated in the ACC Guidelines. The ACC Guidelines also address other credit-by-exams such as DANTES/DSST and Excelsior College exam equivalents as authorized by the State Board of Education Rule 6A-10.024.

St. Petersburg College is committed to accepting and granting of college credit based upon the ACC Guidelines. Specific exams, passing scores and course equivalents are published by SPC's Central Records office and information related to credit granted can be obtained in the campus testing and advisement offices. The maximum amount of credit which may be granted from all sources of non-traditional credit is 45 semester hours. This also includes correspondence or extension courses as well as the Experiential Learning Program (ELP). In instances where students utilize only one source of non-traditional credit, the maximum amount of credit which may be accepted, is as follows:

Advanced Placement Examinations	45 semester hours
International Baccalaureate Program	30 semester hours
College-Level Examination Program	45 semester hours
Assessment of Prior Learning /     Experiential Learning Program (ELP)	45 semester hours
Correspondence or Extension Courses	15 semester hours

  

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