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College Credit

• College Credit for High School Students
• College Credit Rules
• PLTW End-of-Course assessments
• PLTW End-of-Course Administrative Regulations
• Undergraduate College Credit

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To learn more about Project Lead the Way or how your company can join a PLTW partnership, contact Dr. Donn Griffith, Outreach Director, College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina, 803.777.7505, donn@engr.sc.edu, or Mr. B. T. Martin, South Carolina Department of Education, 803.734.3398, btmartin@ed.sc.gov.

To learn more about Project Lead the Way, visit their website.

College Credit for High School Students

Secondary school students from any PLTW-certified school in the country may apply for University of South Carolina credit as follows:

PLTW course Digital Electronics may be used for ELCT 101, Introduction to Electrical Engineering

PLTW course Principles of Engineering for ENGR 101 Introduction to Engineering may be used for EMCH 111 Introduction to Engineering Graphics and Visualization.

PLTW course Introduction to Engineering Design may be used for EMCH 111 Introduction to Engineering Graphics and Visualization.

USC requires these students to have an overall “B” average or SAT score of 1100 or PSCAT score of 110 and to receive at least an 85 percent average in the course and score 70 or above on the college credit exam.

For the students meeting these criteria, USC awards 3 semester hours of credit with proper application and tuition payment.

USC's academic departments evaluate the acceptability of these credits in the same manner in which they evaluate and confer transfer credits.