Can professional experience or course work from another school be applied to a certificate? How can I prove my proficiency?
You will not be required to take courses covering subjects in which you have already attained proficiency, either through work experience or at another educational institution. However, you are responsible for completing the required number of classes for your certificate, so you cannot simply have a class waived. You must also substitute the waived class with another course, either a more advanced version (i.e., Photoshop II for Photoshop I) or a related subject (i.e., Illustrator I for Photoshop I). Please note: you cannot apply substituted classes twice to two different requirements. In other words, if you take Photoshop II instead of Photoshop I, you cannot apply the Photoshop II course as an elective or advanced work, you must take yet another course. If you decide you want to substitute a different course for one of your requirements, you will be required to fill out a Request for Course Waiver/Substitution form, and submit it with some form of verification of previous experience
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