Charter Oak has made credit recommendations for many professional licenses, certifications, and credentials that have been issued by governmental agencies and professional organizations and required proctored exams.
- Find the credit recommendation for your professional license, certification, or credential on the Credit for Prior Learning web page.
You may request credit for your professional license, certification, or credential that we have made a credit recommendation for.
- Find the credit recommendation for your credential on the Credit for Prior Learning web page.
- Review the policy information on Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) in the Sources of Credit section of the Official Catalog.
- Consult with your academic counselor, advisor, or program director regarding the potential applicability of any credential credit to your degree plan.
- Download the Request for Credential Credit form from Student Self Service on the student portal.
- Submit your completed form to the Registrar's Office.
Your professional experience may cover a wider range of knowledge than the credential verifies.
- Consult with your academic counselor, advisor, or program director regarding your best approach to apply for CPL credit and how it may apply to your degree plan.
- If you wish to pursue credit for additional learning associated with the credential, consider the Portfolio Program.
- If you wish to pursue credit for a particular course, consider the Portfolio Program.
- If you wish to pursue credit for the learning associated with a credential for which there is no credit recommendation, consider Testing and/or the Portfolio Program.
- You may request credit for a credential issued or valid during the effective dates for a matching credit recommendation made by Charter Oak.
- You will need to use the Credit Registry service, and pay the associated fees, for a transcript.