Credit for Prior Learning
Certification to Curriculum Crosswalk
Students enrolled in pre-approved continuing education training courses may request awarded credit in corresponding curriculum programs. They must first register, pay, and pass the continuing education course with a satisfactory grade. In order to request awarded credit, the student must be enrolled in the corresponding curriculum program.
The list of pre-approved continuing education courses with corresponding curriculum programs is available in the tables below:
Health and Wellness
| Certification and/or Continuing Education Course | PCC Equivalency | Hours |
| NURSE AIDE | ||
| Current NC Nurse Aide I Registry | NAS 101 | 6 |
| Current NC Board of Nursing NA II Listing | NAS 102 | 6 |
| COSMETOLOGY | ||
| Current NC Cosmetology License Student must be seeking GOT degree NOT certificate or diploma program | COS 111,112,113,114,115,116,118, 240 | 41 |
| MEDICAL CODING/HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY | ||
| CPC Certificate | OST 148, OST 247, OST 248 | 7 |
| CCA Certificate | OST 148, OST 247, OST 248 | 7 |
| CCS-P Certificate | OST 148, OST 248 | 7 |
| MED 3300I and MED 3300J (taken at PCC only) | MED 121, MED 122, OST 247, OST 248, OST 249, OST 250, OST 148 | 21 |
| CCS-P or CCA or CPC | MED 121, MED 122, OST 247, OST 248, OST 249, OST 250, OST 148 | 21 |
| EMS/MEDICAL | ||
| Basic First Aid & BLS Certification through American Heart Association | HSC 120 | 2 |
| Current EMT (NCOEMS) OR National Registered EMT | EMS 110 | 9 |
| Current AEMT (NCOEMS) OR National Registered AEMT | EMS 110, EMS 120, EMS 121 | 17 |
| Current Paramedic (NCOEMS) OR National Registered Paramedic | EMS 110, EMS 122, EMS 130, EMS- 131, EMS 160, EMS 220, EMS 221, EMS 231, EMS- 240, EMS 241, EMS 250, EMS 260, EMS 270, EMS 285 | 45 |
| EMS 3163 | BIO 163 | 5 |
| Current EMS Level I Instructor (at any EMS Credential Level) OR Current EMS Level II (at any Credential Level) | EMS 125 | 3 |
Public Safety
| Certification and/or Continuing Education Course | PCC Equivalency | Hours |
| FIRE | ||
| NC Firefighter I & II | FIP 120 | 3 |
| NC Fire & Life Safety Educator III | FIP 124 | 3 |
| NC Fire Investigator Technician (FIT) OR NC Certified Fire Investigator (CFI) | FIP 128 | 3 |
| NC Fire Prevention Inspector Level I (Standard Certificate) | FIP 136 | |
| NC Fire Instructor II | FIP 224 | 3 |
| NC Hazardous Materials Technician OR NC Level II Hazardous Materials Responder | FIP 230 | 3 |
| NC Fire Officer II | Choose One: FIP 226 FIP 240 FIP 248 FIO 276 | 4 |
| LAW ENFORCEMENT | ||
| Certified NC Law Enforcement Officer OR Certified NC Sheriff’ Deputy | CJC 110 OR All of the following: CJC 120 CJC 131 CJC 132 CJC 221 CJC 225 CJC 231 PLUS one of the following: PED 100 PED 117 PED 119 PED 121 PED 125 | 20 |
| NC Correctional Officer – General | CJC 141 CJC 225 Plus one of the following: CJC 232 CJC 233 | 9 |
| NC Probation and Parole Officer – General or Probationary | CJC 241 | 3 |
| NC Juvenile Justice Officer – General or Probationary | CJC 113 | 3 |
| Sheriffs’ Detention Officer | CJC 141 CJC 225 Plus one of the following: CJC 232 CJC 233 | 9 |
| Criminal Justice Instructor – General | COM 231 | 3 |
| NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | ||
| National Incident Management System (NIMS) ICS 100, ICS 200, ICS 300 and ICS 400 | EPT 150 | 3 |
Business Studies and Emerging Technologies
| Certification and/or Continuing Education Course | PCC Equivalency | Hours |
| INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | ||
| IT Support Technician – CompTIA A+ (CompTIA A+ Certification) – CTS 3250 | CTS 120 | 3 |
| Cloud and Storage Concepts – Amazon Web Services Certified Cloud Practitioner – (AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner) – | CTI 141 | 3 |
| Computer Programming – C# (C# Certification) – CSC 3110 | CSC 153 | 3 |
| Computer Programming – Java SE 8 OCA Certification Part I (Oracle Certified Associate Java SE 8 Programmer) – CSC 31110A | CSC 151 | 3 |
| Computer Programming – Java SE 8 OCA Certification Part II (Oracle Certified Associate Java SE 8 Programmer) – CSC 31110B | CSC 251 | 3 |
| Computer Programming – PCEP (Certified Entry Level Python Programmer) – CSC 3110 | CSC 121 | 3 |
| Cybersecurity – CompTIA Security+ (CompTIA Sec+ Certification) – CCT 3110 | SEC 110 | 3 |
| Database Concepts – AWS Certified Database Specialist – DBA 3110 | DBA 120 | 3 |
| Database Concepts – Azure Fundamentals Certification (MS Certified: Azure Fundamentals) – DBA 3110 | DBA 120 | 3 |
| Microsoft Software Development Fundamentals (Software Development Fundamentals – Exam 98-361) – CSC 3154 | CIS 115 | 3 |
| Office Software Application – MOS Excel Associate (MOS Excell Associate – MO-200) – OST 3100 | CTS 130 | 3 |
| Office Software Application – MOS PowerPoint Associate (MOS PowerPoint Associate – MO-300) – OST 3100 | CTS 125 | 3 |
| Networking Technology – AWS Certified Advanced Networking (AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty) – NET 3100 | NBET 110 | 3 |
| Networking Technology – CCNA (CCNA) – NET 3100 | NET 110 | 3 |
| Networking Technology – CompTIA Net+ (CompTIA Net+ Certification) – NET 3110 | NET 110 | 3 |
| Networking Technology – MS Networking Fundamentals Certification (MTA: Networking Fundamentals) – NET 3110 | NET 110 | 3 |
Technical and Manufacturing Programs
| Certification and/or Continuing Education Course | PCC Equivalency | Hours |
| WELDING | ||
| Welding I – WLD 3106 | WLD 110 | 2 |
| Welding I – WLD 3106 | WLD 110 | 2 |
| Welding II – WLD 3106 Must take Welding I before Welding II | WLD 122 | 4 |
