Any person who has successfully completed a 45-hour Pre-Service Training offered by a Maryland MSDE/OCC-Approved Private Vendor may be eligible to take a challenge exam to receive articulated credits for the courses listed below.
This includes high school students who have earned their 90-clock-hour certificate as part of their Child Development courses.
Requirements for Credit by Exam
In order to be eligible for articulated credits, the student must:
- Submit documentation from a Maryland MSDE/OCC Approved Private Vendor verifying successful completion of the corresponding 45-hour Pre-Service Training(s).
- Apply to the college as an EDU degree-seeking student.
- Successfully complete any course prerequisites for the course for which the student will test.
- Complete required paperwork and pay a $75 fee per exam.
- Score 80% or higher on the corresponding Challenge Exam.
- Successfully complete the corresponding 15-hour AACC fieldwork course (for EDU 133 and EDU 247); tuition for each fieldwork placement is an additional $75.
AACC will award 3 credits per exam taken and passed after the student has successfully completed a corresponding 3-credit college course within the Education requirements for an EDU degree. AACC will indicate on the student’s transcript that these credits were earned by passing a Challenge Exam.
Getting Started
- Complete the Challenge Exam Form and send it along with documentation of successful completion of the course(s) from an MSDE/OCC approved vendor to the address on the form.
- If you are approved to take the exam(s), you will receive a letter with a study guide and receipt for each exam, as well as information pertaining to fieldwork registration.
- When you are ready to take the exam, bring the receipt to the AACC Cashier’s Office to pay the $75 fee per exam. Then, bring your receipt to the Testing Center to take the appropriate exam(s).
Credit/Noncredit Equivalent Courses
AACC CREDIT
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COURSE TITLE
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AACC NONCREDIT
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COURSE TITLE
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EDU-133
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Growth and Development
|
ECT 305
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Child Care: Child Growth
and Development
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EDU-247
|
Early Childhood: Methods and Materials
|
ECT 306
|
Child Care: Activities
for Young Children
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EDU-231
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Infant/Toddler Child Care
|
ECT 328
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Group Care of Infants
and Toddlers
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EDU-232
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School-Age Child Care
|
ECT 370
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Child Care: The School-Age
Child
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