CAS-121 Proficiency

Steps for pursuing the exam are:

Acquire a "Petition for Proficiency" form from LLCC registration services.

After sections 1 through 5 of the Petition form are completed make arrangements to meet with Professor Christie Hovey by sending an e-mail to christie.hovey@llcc.edu. (Note: if an alternate e-mail address is used there is no guarantee it will be sent successfully)

Meet with Professor Hovey and pay a $10 exam fee.

After you have taken the exam, section 6 of the Petition form will be completed and then forwarded to Admissions and Records.

During the first week of the course a Proficiency Exam may be taken to determine computer knowledge and skills. An exam score of 80% or higher will exempt a student from having to complete the entire semester of course activities. Because this process requires a fee and additional activities by both faculty and student, this test should only be taken by those who seriously feel they have sufficient educational and/or work experience with computers. To determine if you are a candidate for this exam, click on the Proficiency Pretest link below.

If you scored 17 correct answers without guessing or doing research

you may be eligible to take the Proficiency exam.

This exam covers computer concepts, the latest version of Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint. It is administered by computer and takes approximately 1 1/2 hours to complete.

If it is passed three credit hours will be awarded, a grade of "PR" will appear on the transcript and

the overall grade point average will not be affected.