What does Credit By Examination or CBE mean?
Through the Credit by Examination process, high school students may receive credit at the college level for some articulated courses. Credit by Examination means that a student has satisfactorily passed an exam approved or conducted by Las Positas College faculty. The College faculty members who normally teach the college course must determine the nature and content of the exam. Such credit may be granted only to a student who is registered at the college and in good standing, and only for a course listed in the Las Positas College catalog. Students may individually approach a Las Positas College instructor and petition to take an exam for a particular course. Any student applying for Credit By Examination will be expected to provide documentation of extensive expreriences preparing the student tin the subject matter. Additionally, in some instances, a high school instructor can obtain approval from the college discipline faculty to give a final exam at the high school level that meets
