-By Examination: Students may be awarded up to 15 credit hours toward the requirements of a certificate, diploma or associate degree at NMCC through the General or Subject Examinations of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) or through the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) examinations. The college accepts the American Council on Education's (ACE) recommendations on acceptable scores and credit hours for the awarding of credit by examination. Whatever the ACE recommended score (General Examination or Subject Examination) is at the time of request shall be the college's minimum acceptable score for the awarding of such credit. Requests must be submitted to the dean of students.

-By Work Experience: Matriculated students may receive course credit for substantial previous work experience directly related to required courses within the curricular programs in which they are enrolled, subject to approval of the appropriate instructors, department chairperson, and vice president. Any student seeking work-experience credit must submit a detailed resume of the activities or skills exercised on the job and a letter from the employer recommending the awarding of credit; the student must then be interviewed by the department chairperson and an appropriate instructor, whose recommendation must then be acted upon by the vice president.

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