National testing exams offer students another choice to demonstrate mastery of course content.
College Level Examination Program Requirements (CLEP)
General Examination:
Score Credits General Education Competency
General Examination:
Score Credits General Education Competency
Calculus 50+ 3 Critical Thinking
Chemistry 50+ 6 Critical Thinking
College Algebra 50+ 3 Critical Thinking College History of the
United States I:
Early
History of the United States II:
1865 to Present
50+ 3 Global Awareness,
Humanities 50+ 6 Global Awareness,
Perspectives, and
Score Credits General Education Competency
Natural Sciences 50+ 6 Critical Thinking Precalculus 50+ 3 Critical Thinking Principles of
1648 to Present
50+ 3 Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics
Prometric DSST Exams (Formerly DANTES) General
Examination
Score Credits General Education Competency
Astronomy 48 3 Critical Thinking
Auditing I 47 3 Critical Thinking
Basic Automotive Service
46 3 General Elective
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General Examination
Score Credits General Education Competency
3 Critical Thinking
Contemporar
Score Credits General Education Competency
3 Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
3 Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
General Examination
Score Credits General Education Competency
3 UD Critical Thinking
Principles of
3 Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
3 UD Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
Excelsior College Examinations (ECE) General
Examination
Score Credits General Education Competency Abnormal
Psychology
C or better
3 UD Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics
Adult Nursing C or better
8 UD Critical Thinking Anatomy and
Physiology
C or better
6 Critical Thinking Bioethics:
Philosophical Issues
C or better
3 UD Critical Thinking
Community-Focused Nursing
C or better
4 UD Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
3 UD Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics
Earth Science C or better
3 Critical Thinking
English
3 Critical Thinking
Essentials of
3 Critical Thinking
Essentials of Nursing Care:
Health Safety
C or better
3 Critical Thinking
Essentials of
3 Critical Thinking
Ethics: Theory and Practice
C or better
3 UD Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
3 UD Critical Thinking Fundamentals
of Nursing
C or better
8 Critical Thinking Health
Differences Across the Life Span 1
C or better
3 Critical Thinking
Health Differences Across the Life Span 2
C or better
3 Critical Thinking
Health Differences Across the Life Span 3
C or better
3 Critical Thinking
Human Resource Management
C or better
3 UD Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
3 Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
3 Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
3 Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics
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Introduction to Philosophy
C or better
3 Critical Thinking Juvenile
Delinquency
C or better
3 UD Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
3 UD Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
3 Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
6 UD Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
4 UD Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
6 Critical Thinking
Maternal and Child Nursing:
Baccalaureate
C or better
8 UD Critical Thinking
Maternity Nursing
C or better
3 Critical Thinking Microbiology C or
better
3 Critical Thinking Organizational
Behavior
C or better
3 UD Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
3 UD Critical Thinking Psychiatric/
Mental Health Nursing
C or better
8 UD Critical Thinking
Psychology of Adulthood and Aging
C or better
3 UD Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
3 UD Critical Thinking Research
Method in Psychology
C or better
3 UD Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
3 UD Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
3 General Electives
World
Conflicts Since C or better
3 UD Global Awareness, Perspectives, and
1900 Ethics
Berlitz Language Evaluation
For assessment of languages, an evaluation of language proficiency from the Berlitz Institute may be accepted for credit. Credit will satisfy the foreign language
requirements. Students can take exams for any language assessed by Berlitz. A maximum of 16 lower-division credits will be awarded using the following scale:
A rating of 7 (out of 10) must be attained on each of the following to receive 8 credits of lower division for the Speaking and Listening portion of the evaluation:
Listening Comprehension
Pronunciation
Speaking Ability
Vocabulary
Use of Grammar
A rating of 7 (out of 10) must be attained on each of the following to receive 8 credits of lower division for the Reading and Writing portion of the evaluation:
Reading Comprehension
Writing Ability
Vocabulary
Grammar
Spelling
American Council on Education (ACE)
ACE provides credit recommendations for formal courses and examinations completed outside of a traditional classroom. ACE evaluated courses can be applied towards undergraduate lower division general education or elective requirements. Certificates or an ACE transcript should be submitted to the Office of Academic Records. A transcript can be requested on the ACE website at
http://www.acenet.edu/ Students may submit certificates issued by the National Fire Academy (NFA) and
Emergency Management Institute (EMI) as approved by the American Council on Education (ACE). All other certificates issued by NFA and EMI, as well as FEMA Independent Study and Gannett, will not be considered for alternative transfer credits.
National College Credit Recommendation Service (NCCRS)
NCCRS (formerly National PONSI) evaluates training and education programs offered outside the traditional college classroom setting and translating them into college credit equivalencies. NCCRS-evaluated courses can be applied towards undergraduate lower-division general education requirements or toward undergraduate lower-division elective requirements. Official transcripts from the organization that sponsored the course or learning experience must be submitted to the Office of Academic
Records. NCCRS does not issue transcripts. More information can be found on the NCCRS website.
GCU Approved Certificates
GCU has identified a list of international and national professional certificates that students can submit for alternative transfer credits, which are listed on the GCU Transfer Center . These certificates have been approved by the Colleges and can apply towards one of the following:
Lower division undergraduate general education or elective requirements
Limited graduate level coursework
Grand Canyon University will award alternative transfer credits based on the equivalencies listed below:
10 contact hours = 1 Continuing Education Units (CEU) credit
15 contact hours = 1 semester credit
1.5 CEU credits = 1 semester credit
Grand Canyon University will consider an academic appeal for certificate(s) not listed on the ACE website or GCU Transfer Center if the certificate meets the following criteria:
Issued by an international or national organization (cannot be issued by an approved provider of a national or international organization)
Name of attendee
Name of Certification earned
Documents number of CEU or contact hours completed
Date certification was awarded Lifelong Learning Assessment
The Center for Learning & Advancement defines 'Lifelong Learning Experiences' within the context of the LLA, and for the purposes of choosing an LLA topic and writing an LLA paper, as: "A real-life event that was experienced first-hand, has generated an extensive amount of personal and professional learning that is equivalent to college-level academic rigor and quality, and has created a significant life change in the learner (i.e., an increased capacity to live and apply the learning in new contexts). These learning