How to Get PLA Credit: Professional Certifications & Licenses

Apply knowledge and skills you gained by earning professional certifications or licenses toward your degree or certificate program.

We work together in the PLA process:

• You
• Your Advisor
• Your Department (Chair / Dean)
• Your Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA)
• Your campus Testing Services
• District Academic Support Services Office

1. You
   • Check to see if you are eligible to request PLA credit before beginning the PLA process
2. You
   • Contact your Department (Chair / Dean) or Advisor for information about professional certifications or licenses
   • Submit your valid professional certification or license to your Department (Chair / Dean) or Advisor for review based on the approved course list for professional certifications and licenses
3. Department (Chair / Dean) or Advisor
   • Verifies your eligibility and reviews your valid professional certification or license based on the approved course list for professional certifications and licenses
   • Sends an email to your campus Testing Services to request PLA fee(s) to be posted to your account
4. Testing Services
   • Posts PLA fee(s)—as requested in Step 3—to your Student Account in MyTCCTrack
5. You
   • Pay PLA fee(s) to TCC through the Student Account module in MyTCCTrack
6. Department (Chair / Dean) or Advisor
   • Initiates online PLA process
   • Attaches required documentation, including your fee receipt to show proof of payment
   • Forwards your PLA request to your campus VPAA for review
7. VPAA
   • Reviews your PLA request
   • Forwards your PLA request to the District Academic Support Services Office
8. District Academic Support Services Office
   • Verifies that you meet the eligibility requirements
   • Applies credit to your transcript
9. You
   • Check My Progress in the Student Planning module of MyTCCTrack to confirm credit(s) are posted

Questions?

Ask a PLA Contact on your campus

Email us: PLA@tccd.edu

Updated August 22, 2023