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MANAGING YOUR EDUCATION
MATRICULATION
two program options. AFTROTC offers 2, 3, and 4-year
scholarships of up to $15,000, but scholarships are not
required to participate in the program. AFROTC cadets
under scholarship and all juniors and seniors receive a
$300-$500 per month tax-free stipend, plus a $900
textbook allowance each year. Currently, CSU-SB does
not charge for courses. No military commitment is
incurred until entering the last two years of the program
(Professional Officer Course) or accepting an AFROTC
scholarship.
Classes consist of one hour of academics plus two hours
of leadership laboratory for freshman and sophomores.
Juniors and seniors will have three hours of academics
plus two hours of leadership laboratory. The academic
hours earned can normally be counted as elective credit
toward graduation. All AFROTC classes and
laboratories are held on Fridays to better accommodate
students commuting from other colleges and universities.
For more information, contact the California State
University, San Bernardino (CSU-SB) Department of
Aerospace Studies (AFROTC) at (909) 537-5440.
Details are also available here: afrotc.csusb.edu and
http://DoSomethingAmazing.com.
Credit By Examination
As authorized by Section 55050 of Title 5 of the
California Administrative Code, students may apply for
Credit by Examination.
After successfully completing 12 semester units of credit
at Victor Valley College, a registered student may
receive college credit for courses challenged through
departmental examinations. These may be in subjects in
which the student is qualified based on prior training
and/or experience for which credit or advanced
placement has not already been awarded.
Applications for this type of credit are available through
Admissions and Records and must be approved first by
the appropriate academic department. After credit by
examination eligibility has been established, a nonrefundable
fee equal to the per unit enrollment fee will be
charged for each administered exam, and is payable at
the Bursar’s Office.
Awarding credit by examination is subject to the following
guidelines:
A request for credit by examination must be submitted by
the fourth week of the term (second week for Summer
courses).
The student must be enrolled in at least one course in
good standing, and must have successfully completed 12
semester units of credit at Victor Valley College with a
GPA of 2.00 or better.
A faculty member must be willing to prepare an exam. If
a faculty member is unavailable to prepare an exam, the
challenge cannot go forward.
Credit by examination may not be received for any
course which is a prerequisite to one for which credit has
been previously granted.
In order to challenge, the student must not have
previously failed the course nor have been enrolled in it
during the semester for which the exam is requested.
A student may challenge a course only once.
Credit by examination cannot be used to satisfy Victor
Valley College’s 12 unit residency requirement for the
Associate Degree.
A maximum of 32 units earned through nontraditional
means (CLEP, AP, DANTES, Department Exam, Military)
may apply toward the Associate Degree with no more
than 15 units permitted for college courses graded on a
Pass/No Pass basis. This limitation does not apply to
units earned at the community college of the Air Force
(CCAF).
Credit by examination will be annotated “Pass” or “No
Pass” or A-F, with unit value and a notation entered on
the transcript that credit was earned via “CREDIT BY
EXAMINATION.”
If the subject content of an AP or CLEP Subject Exam is
comparable to or can be substituted for a course taught
at Victor Valley College, the identified course will be
recorded on the transcript, along with units credited.
College Board Advanced Placement (AP)
Examination Program
The college grants credit for successful completion of
Advanced Placement Program Examinations of the
College Board for some AP exams. A maximum of 32
units may be awarded for students who attain scores of
3, 4, or 5.
After applying for admission, students who have passed
AP examinations should request that the Education
Testing Service send the examination test report directly
to Admissions and Records at VVC. Advanced
Placement credit and units are applied toward the
Associate Degree, but the credit, units and specific
grades are not entered on the student’s transcript.
Students should be aware that other colleges or
universities may have different policies concerning the
granting of credit for advanced placement and may not
award credit for AP exams or may award more, or less,
credit for AP exams than VVC. It is the student’s
responsibility to contact other schools to determine the
acceptability of any credit earned by examination. Credit
will be awarded upon completion of 12 units at Victor
Valley College. See the Advanced Placement Credit
chart at the end of this section.
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