Get CMC Credit for Knowledge & Experience with Challenge Exams
Challenge Exam Requirements & Restrictions
Students may take a challenge exam in lieu of enrolling in and taking a course. A challenge exam is the equivalent of a comprehensive final examination for the course.
Students must be currently enrolled in other classes at Colorado Mountain College to qualify for a challenge exam but prior to completing 18 credits at CMC. Any exams must be requested a minimum of 5 weeks before CMC commencement ceremony for the current semester.
If the student believes they can challenge a class, they should contact their advisor. The advisor will determine if the challenge exam exists and then coordinate an instructor/proctor, date and time of the exam, and registration of the student to the exam.
Upon completion of the exam, the instructor’s evaluation of the student’s performance is sent to the Dean. The Dean will consider this request and make a final determination about award of credit.
If successfully completed with a grade of "C-" or higher, the advisor and Registrar will be notified. The credits allowed for the course will be posted on the student's transcript with a notation indicating the credit was awarded by examination. Challenge exam grades of "D" or "F" will not be posted to the student's transcript.
Current high school students may be granted an exception to the enrollment requirement when testing as part of a high school class. Please contact a College Counselor for more details.
Students may choose to take as many approved challenge exams as they wish but can only attempt one exam per semester for each course.
Challenge Exam Fees
Challenge exams have a non-refundable fee per exam, payable to the registration staff at the student's campus. The fee is due at least one week prior to the examination date. The fees are assessed at 50% of the student's tuition rate.
Available Challenge Exams
Course | Course Title | Transfer Code |
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ANT 101 | Cultural Anthropology | GT-SS3 |
ANT 102 | Cultural Anthropology Lab | GT-SS3 |
ANT 103 | Archaeology Laboratory | GT-SS3 |
ANT 107 | Intro to Archaeology | GT-SS3 |
ANT 111 | Biological Anthropology with Lab | GT-SC1 |
ANT 215 | Indians of North America | GT-SS3 |
BIO 105 | Science of Biology | GT-SC1 |
BIO 111 | General College Biology with Lab | GT-SC1 |
BIO 112 | General College Biology II with Lab | GT-SC1 |
BIO 201 | Human Anatomy and Physiology I | GT-SC1 |
BIO 202 | Human Anatomy and Physiology II | GT-SC1 |
BIO 204 | Microbiology | GT-SC1 |
CHE 101 | Introduction to Chemistry I | GT-SC1 |
CHE 111 | General College Chemistry I | GT-SC1 |
CHE 112 | General College Chemistry II | GT-SC1 |
COM 220 | Intercultural Communication | GT-SS3 |
ENV 101 | Introduction to Environmental Science | GT-SC1 |
HIS 101 | Western Civilization: Antiquity-1650 | GT-HI1 |
HIS 102 | Western Civilization: 1650-Present | GT-HI1 |
HIS 121 | US History to Reconstruction | GT-HI1 |
HIS 207 | American Environmental History | GT-HI1 |
HIS 215 | Women in US History | GT-HI1 |
HIS 236 | US History Since 1945 | GT-HI1 |
HIS 247 | 20th Century World History | GT-HI1 |
HIS 260 | US Foreign Relations History | GT-HI1 |
HUM 115 | World Mythology | GT-AH2 |
HUM 121 | Early Civilizations | GT-AH2 |
HUM 122 | From Medieval to Modern | GT-AH2 |
HUM 123 | The Modern World | GT-AH2 |
MAN 427 | Project Management | N/A |
MAT 050 | Quantitative Literacy | N/A |
MAT 055 | Algebraic Literacy | N/A |
MAT 120 | Mathematics for the Liberal Arts | GT-MA1 |
MAT 121 | College Algebra | GT-MA1 |
MAT 122 | College Trigonometry | GT-MA1 |
MAT 125 | Survey of Calculus | GT-MA1 |
MAT 135 | Introduction to Statistics | GT-MA1 |
MAT 166 | Pre-Calculus | GT-MA1 |
MAT 201 | Calculus I | GT-MA1 |
MAT 202 | Calculus II | GT-MA1 |
MAT 203 | Calculus III | GT-MA1 |
PHI 116 | World Religions- East | GT-AH3 |
PHI 218 | Environmental Ethics | GT-AH3 |
PHY 105 | Conceptual Physics | GT-SC1 |
POS 105 | Introduction to Political Science | GT-SS1 |
POS 111 | American Government | GT-SS1 |
PSY 101 | General Psychology I | GT-SS3 |
PSY 102 | General Psychology II | GT-SS3 |
PSY 226 | Social Psychology | GT-SS3 |
PSY 235 | Human Growth and Development | GT-SS3 |
PSY 238 | Child Development | GT-SS3 |
PSY 240 | Health Psychology | GT-SS3 |
PSY 249 | Abnormal Psychology | GT-SS3 |
PSY 265 | Psychology of Personality | GT-SS3 |
SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology I | GT-SS3 |
SOC 102 | Introduction to Sociology II | GT-SS3 |
SOC 207 | Environmental Sociology | GT-SS3 |
SOC 215 | Contemporary Social Problems | GT-SS3 |
SOC 216 | Sociology of Gender | GT-SS3 |
THE 105 | Theatre Appreciation | GT-AH1 |
THE 108 | Theater Script Analysis | GT-AH1 |
THE 211 | Development of Theatre Greek-Renaissance | GT-AH1 |
THE 212 | Development of Theatre Restoration to Modern | GT-AH1 |
THE 215 | Playwriting | GT-AH1 |