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Students interested in receiving advanced placement credit for any EMS course
should contact the Health Science Center provost or EMS program coordinator for
further information.
CREDIT BY EVALUATION
FOR NON-TRADITIONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
A student may receive up to 30 semester credit hours for military training or course
work sponsored by civilian non-educational organizations. Trinity Valley
Community College will award credit for associate degree level work as
recommended by the American Council on Education in
Guide to the Evaluation of
Educational Experiences in the Armed Services
and
The National Guide to Educational
Credit for Training Programs.
Since the recommendations made in these documents are general in nature, such
credit may be counted as elective credit and cannot be used in lieu of specific course
requirements within a degree program unless equivalency can be established. The
decision regarding equivalency rests with qualified faculty, the vice president for
instruction and the vice president for student services. Students who are awarded
credits on this basis will have the subject area and credit earned recorded on their
permanent transcripts after they have completed 12 semester hours in residence at
Trinity Valley Community College.
TCLEOSE
A student may receive 13 semester credit hours for successfully completing an
approved law enforcement training program and passing the Texas Commission on
Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education Licensing Exam (TCLEOSE) after
1983. To receive credit, the student must present proof that he/she has passed the
Texas Basic Peace Officer Licensing Examination to the Associate Vice President of
Workforce Education and pay the $40 processing fee.
TEXAS BASIC FIREFIGHTERS EXAMINATION
A student may receive 12 semester credit hours for successfully completing and
passing the State of Texas Basic Firefighters Examination. To receive credit, the
student must submit proof he/she has passed the Basic Firefighters Examination to
the associate vice president of workforce education and pay the $40 processing fee.
CREDIT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB)
DIPLOMA PROGRAM
Students who have completed the International Baccalaureate Diploma will be
granted a maximum of 24 semester credit hours for IBD courses completed with a
minimum score of 4 on the IBD course examination. In addition, students who have
completed courses in the IBD program but who have not received the diploma may
