Subject: TRANSFERABLE College Credit by Exam, Portfolio PLA, Independent Study, etc. – Bonus Points for Engineering-Related Credits

TLDR: This first post is an insignificant drop in what I hope will become a vast, pristine pool of knowledge. If you’re thirsty now, you have a problem.
 
Greetings,
 
On July 16, 2025, “SophiaPrincess” started a thread called “Master List of Online Platforms with College Courses/Degrees” (https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...es-Degrees). It is interesting, but it commingles college level learning with college credit awarding learning. As knowledge is irrelevant – only degrees proclaiming knowledge have any worth – it seems to me that a list of ways for an intelligent adult to earn TRANSFERABLE college credit by alternate means might be very useful. I might add that before posting this I conducted a search here for the phrase College Credit by Exam: almost all of the results were dated 2012 or older.
 
At this point I would like to make useful contributions to this thread to “prime the pump.” Sadly, I can’t.
· ETA (Electronic Technicians Association, https://www.etai.org/index.html) used to have a very few ACE reviewed certification exams – I know because I took two – but the exams are no longer credit reviewed, and the entire organization seems like a shell of its former self.
· One of the “big-three” (the worst of the big three, don’t ask me how I know) used to review the EIT/FE exam (Engineer-in-Training, renamed to Fundamentals of Engineering) for credit. This was fantastic, as passing the EIT/FE is of considerable value just on its own and awarding it the heaps of college credit it represents was a fantastic bargain. Needless to say, they don't any more. Ditto their former custom certification review for credit.
· There was once an organization that preformed portfolio-based PLAs with the intention that they be used by colleges, but they are long gone.
· Ohio University, back when they cared about distance education, would theoretically allow one to take exams for college credit even beyond the exams for college credit they normally offered. As regards the bespoke exams, I know this was “more honoured in the breach than th' observance” as far as electrical engineering was concerned, and I know not whether or how frequently it was ever done. My strong but unverified opinion that this is not now done at all.

If anyone knows of any colleges, reputable institutions, whatever, that will award transferable college credit for portfolio-base PLA, independent study (of an ordinary nature), etc. do speak up!
 
Bonus: anyone knows of any institutions that will award transferable credit for merely passing the EIT/FE (rather than using passing the EIT/FE as fodder for a portfolio review) I will award you a fantastic bonus: I will either kiss you or promise never to kiss you. ;-) You're welcome.

Undergraduate students are blessed with a plethora of inexpensive, even free, sources of college credit.  I have not found this to be the case at the graduate level. Other than transferring ENEB or Level 7/8 diplomas with a foreign credit evaluation, does anyone know of cheap source for earning graduate credit for transfer? Ideally, regionally accredited.

Hi guys, 

How long does study.com typically to grade assignments? I submitted one paper over 3 weeks ago, this is probably a month now, I have finished all the courses I wanted to complete via study.com and then cancelled my membership while waiting for the final grades of my courses to be generated as I still have not received feedback because it was set to renew on the 17th of June. I submitted some of these within the first or second week of my subscription and by the time my subscription ended, I still had not received feedback. I then cancelled my membership because I don't have any more courses to complete with them.

They now sent me an email saying that they can't verify one of the sources on my paper and that I should resubmit, and I sent an email back asking if I can email the paper back because reactivating my membership of $235 only to resubmit a paper seems unreasonable. But I am more frustrated by the fact that it has taken so long to finally get feedback. They have not responded to my email. I have sent multiple emails and messages to support to enquire about the other pending grades as the deadline for submitting transcripts at Excelsior is the 15th of August, so I can enrol for the Capstone starting beginning of September. 

My academic advisor told me to factor in two weeks after requesting for the transcripts because SDC uses mail to send them through to the schools. Now Study.com has not responded to me despite the multiple emails and messages because I am panicking that I am running out of time. Is there another way of getting through to them? Has anyone encountered this before?

Have a student who has completed English 1 and working on English 2.  She also wants to take two upper level courses at Study.com but is currently on the lower plan of college starter ($95 mo - $101.27 after taxes/fees) 

Found one coupon code via a google search for study.com which would be nice to be able to use if possible. 

Is it better for her to pause or cancel subscription and then sign up for the college saver plan and apply coupon code?

any advice welcome

What upper level courses are offered at Study.com that you would recommend for someone needing to complete two upper level courses in the next 3-4 weeks.

This will be going to Texas A&M Commerce.

My first find ever and I'm not sure how good it is.

Federal Reserve Education, which is aimed at teachers, offers 5 or 6 self-paced 1 credit Graduate courses.  While the courses are taken from the Fed via Canvas, you register for them through Wichita State University.  Each course is 15 hours and your final grade will be transcripted at WSU.  Each course costs $100. The registration for Fall 2025 is open from August 1 - August 19. The Fall term runs from August 19th-December 1st 2025.

The available courses for fall are

GDP - This course will cover key content about gross domestic product (GDP), including what it measures, how it is measured, and how well it serves as an indicator for the health of an economy and the well-being of its citizens.

[*]The Federal Reserve & Monetary Policy - This course will cover key content about the Federal Reserve System and how the Fed conducts monetary policy to achieve the goals set for it by Congress -- price stability and maximum employment.


[*]Unemployment - This course will cover key content about unemployment, how it is measured, types of unemployment, and current unemployment data and trends.


Inflation - This course will cover key content about inflation, including how it is measured, how it affects savers and borrowers, and why the Fed targets a low and stable rate of inflation.

[*]Market Structures - No Decsription current available.


The help doc is from the Spring when they offered an additional course called Teaching Economics of Trade.

Could anybody tell me if any study.com or Sophia course would fulfill the "Quantitative Skills Business" credits for a BSBA at TESU, please? 
Thanks in advance for your answers.

Hi everyone,
just need some help: How do I add a signature to my posts? I sure see the checkbox, but where can I add it to my profile?

Hi everyone. I am approaching my final term and I want to give them a kick start. If any of you have a syllabus for any of the course please leave a link below. I appreciate your help very much and hope yall have a good day.

Hello everyone! I just wanted to be sure and ask you guys if Calculus 1 from Study.com transfers nicely into TESU's BA in CS - Calc 1 requirement? I noticed on Study.com it says the class is worth 3 credits at TESU whereas TESU states their class is 4 credits.