Credits from Certificates and Credentials Earned

Prior Learning Credit is marked CL or LE on the Bucks County Community College transcript. Although very useful to the earning of an Associate Degree at Bucks, this credit is not automatically accepted by transfer schools, and anyone planning to transfer should look into this matter with the transfer schools(s) concerned, before starting the Prior Learning Assessment process.

If you have any of the following certificates or credentials, you may earn, through verification, the following college credits if the credits are applicable to your major at Bucks County Community College. For guidelines on other certificates please see Certificates under By Agreements

Criminal Justice
  • ACT 120
    For those who graduated from a Pennsylvania police academy before Jan. 2000:
  CRIJ 100 Intro to Admin of Criminal Justice 3 Credits
  CRIJ 110 Crimes & Offenses 3 Credits
  CRIJ 130 Criminal Investigation / Forensics 3 Credits
  CRIJ 160 Juvenile Delinquency & Laws 3 Credits
  HLTH 110 Responding to Emergencies 3 Credits
  HLTH 140 CPR 1 Credits
Total    16 Credits
  • ACT 120
    For those who graduated from a Pennsylvania police academy in or since Jan. 2000, from a program of 772 hours or more, six additional credits are due:
  CRIJ 120 Criminal Evidence 3 Credits
  CRIJ 140 Criminal Procedure 3 Credits
Total    6 Credits
  • Department of Corrections Basic Training
(Nine Credits awarded earned up to 5/31/03)
  CRIJ 275 Introduction to Correctional Administration 3 Credits
  CRIJ 260 Probation and Parole 3 Credits
  HLTH 110 Responding to Emergencies 3 Credits
Total    9 Credits
(Twelve credits awarded earned after 6/1/03)
  CRIJ 280 Cooperative Education -Correctional Admin. 3 Credits
Total    12 Credits
  • Deputy Sheriff's Basic Training
  CRIJ 100 Intro to Administration of Criminal Justice 3 Credits
  CRIJ 110 Crimes and Offenses 3 Credits
  CRIJ 120 Criminal Evidence 3 Credits
  HLTH 110 Responding to Emergencies 3 Credits
  HLTH 140 CPR 1 Credits
Total    13 Credits
  • Federal Law Enforcement Training
  CRIJ 130 Police Crime Lab             3 Credits
Total    3 Credits
  • ACT 135
  998 Criminal Justice Elective             3 Credits
Total    3 Credits

Education

  • CDA Credential (current)
  EDUC 105 Early Childhood, its History,
Organization & Management 		3 Credits
  EDUC 115 Observing & Recording Behavior
of Young Children		 3 Credits
Total    6 Credits

Effective Speaking

  • Dale Carnegie Course: Effective Communications and Human Relations
  COMG110 Effective Speaking 3 Credits
Total    3 Credits

Fire Science / Emergency Management
 

Health / Science

In order to receive credit for the Health (HLTH) classes below, the student must have current certification as EMT, First Responder, or Paramedic respectively.
  • EMT
  HLTH 110 Responding to Emergencies 3 Credits
  BIOL 115 Basic Human Anatomy 3 Credits
Total    6 Credits
  • First Responder
  HLTH 110 Responding to Emergencies 3 Credits
Total    3 Credits
  • Paramedic Certificate
  BIOL 115 Basic Human Anatomy 3 Credits
  HLTH 110 Responding to Emergencies 3 Credits
  HLTH 103 Life and Health 3 Credits
  MEDA 120 Medical Terminology 3 Credits
Total    12 Credits
  • Health Sciences Program. M.B.I.T
  BIOL 999 Biology Elective 3 Credits
Total    3 Credits

Information Technology

Students must either have current versions of the certificate concerned, or approval from the department of Math, Science and Technology
  • CompTIA Net +
  CISC 143 Essentials of Networking 4 Credits
Total    4 Credits
  • CompTIA A+
  CISC 128 Comparative Operating Systems 4 Credits
  CISC 201 Managing & Maintaining the PC 4 Credits
Total    8 Credits
Equivalent Credit may also be given for other Microsoft and Cisco certificates. Contact Math Science and Technology department for details.  215-968-8305