Welcome to the Supply Chain Management Express Class 19

The Supply Chain Management Express is an intensive, accelerated program designed to help motivated students earn the Associate of Science degree in Supply Chain Management Operations in just over 1½ years. Not only can a student earn an Associate of Science degree in Supply Chain Management Operations or an Associate of Arts degree, but a student can also earn several Technical Certificates. Upon completion of the Associate of Science degree in Supply Chain Management Operations (or with an associate degree), a student can then apply for the Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Supply Chain Management. The Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Supply Chain Management can be earned in 1½ years.

Broward College is proud to have a partnership with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) is the leading industry association that boasts members around the globe. CSCMP maintains the SCPro™ Fundamentals certification program. SCPro™ Fundamentals certifications are available to be earned as part of the studies and will be notated throughout the schedule by the logo. There is a fee associated with these certification exams. Earning these certifications sets Broward College students apart in the workplace.

Broward College has several ways to accelerate a student's education even more by offering test-out options for certain classes. If requisite knowledge is had within certain academic areas, credit for courses may be earned by taking a test to demonstrate competency. These courses are denoted throughout the schedule by a.

Classes are held:
Broward College South Campus
7200 Pines Blvd.,
Pembroke Pines, FL 33024

Broward College Miramar West Center
1930 SW 145th Ave
Miramar, FL 33027

Ready to start? You first need to:

1. Apply to Broward College
2. Pay the application fee
3. Order your transcripts from your high school and any college or university you have listed on your application

   (Send Transcripts to Broward College)

4. Apply for Financial Aid Even if you do not think you will be eligible for federal financial aid, it is to your benefit to complete your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as many scholarships require that you apply for federal financial aid first
5. Take Placement Tests If you graduated high school before 2014 or graduated high school outside the State of Florida, you may need to take placement tests

Lastly, all students graduating with a bachelor's degree in the State of Florida must meet the foreign language competency requirement. Speak to the program advisor for more details.

Supply Chain Express, Class 19 Course Descriptions

Credit-by-Examination option available for this class

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals SCPro™ Fundamentals Certification earned in this class

Fall 2024 (Term 1)

Session 2: August - October

Friday Evening: 6:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
CGS1060C Computer and Internet Literacy (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This is an introductory course in basic computer and internet use. It covers computer hardware and software fundamentals (including the use of Windows), key productivity applications (including word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation systems), and living in an online world (including network fundamentals, emails, and the effective use of the Internet as a communication tool and information resource). Students will develop basic computer skills to aid them with college studies and workforce readiness. Hands-on use of a personal computer is required.

Saturday Morning: 8 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
ENC1101 Composition I (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: A university parallel course in which the student writes expository themes in various modes. Research methods and library skills are introduced and a documented paper is required. Each student is encouraged to use the writing lab to strengthen their writing skills. Placement in ENC 1101 is determined by both standard and departmental assessment tests. A student must earn a grade of 'C' or higher to meet the requirements of the Gordon Rule.

Saturday Afternoon: 12 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
SCM1161 Supply Chain Management (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course presents an integrated approach to the management of activities involved in moving goods and services from suppliers to customers. The course will focus on what employees and managers must do to ensure an effective supply chain exists in their organization. Students will learn about SCM functions, warehousing, purchasing and inventory, e-commerce, information flow, and customer service. Students planning on earning a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Supply Chain Management must earn a grade of 'C' or better.

Session 4: October - December

Friday Evening: 6:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
CGS1510C Excel Data Analysis (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course provides hands-on applications with a spreadsheet software package. Through lecture and lab practices, students will develop skills that create, manipulate, and utilize spreadsheets. Students must earn a grade of 'C' or better.

Saturday Morning: 8: a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
APA1111C Introduction to Accounting (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course provides instruction in standard bookkeeping procedures for small
professional, service, and retail sole proprietorships. This course focuses on understanding the
accounting equation, preparing basic financial statements, cash management, payroll, and inventory
management. This course is primarily for the non-accounting major.

Saturday Afternoon: 12 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
SCM1001 Introduction to Transportation & Logistics (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course deals with the role of logistics in the economy and the organization. Topics explored are customer service, logistics information systems, inventory management, material management, and supply chain management. The objective is to explore the full scope of the transportation plant and its services as a necessary preparation for the efficient use of the transportation system. Students planning on earning a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Supply Chain Management must earn a grade of 'C' or better.

Spring 2025 (Term 2)

Session 2: January - March

Friday Evening: 6:30 p.m. - 9:15 a.m.
ECO2023 Principles of Microeconomics (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: An introductory course stressing microeconomic theories. Topics studied include
the theory and application of supply and demand elasticity; the theory of consumer demand, and utility;
production and cost theory including the law of diminishing returns; the firm's profit-maximizing behaviors
under market models ranging from pure competition to pure monopoly; the theory of income
distribution; comparative advantage, trade policies exchange rates, the balance of payments, and other
international issues. This is a writing credit course. Prerequisite: Completion of prep reading obligation.

Saturday Morning: 8 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
SCM2151 Demand Planning (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This general education course will include topics in logic, geometry, set theory, probability, and statistics. This course will also emphasize applications to real-world situations and the integration of topics from other disciplines, including, but not limited to, business and the physical sciences. Meets Area 5a of the General Education Requirements for the A.A. degree and the A.S. degree.

Saturday Afternoon: 12 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
SCM2221 Warehouse Operations (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course will enable students to understand the various functions involved in the
operation of a warehouse. Key elements include the role of warehousing in the supply chain, storage
and handling techniques, performance metrics, customer service considerations, and safety concerns
across various types of distribution facilities.

Session 4: March - May

Friday Evening: 6:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
AMH2020 Introduction To Philosophy (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This survey course on American history since 1877 provides students with a general
history of the political, economic, cultural, and social development of American society. This course will
focus on a myriad of themes including but not limited to the basic principles and practices of American
democracy, the United States Constitution and its application, landmark Supreme Court cases, landmark
legislation, and landmark executive actions that have had an impact on the shaping of modern-day
America. Special emphasis will also be placed upon U.S. expansion, progressivism, foreign relations,
social movements, and political developments at the turn of the twentieth century and beyond.
Students will also study the introductory concepts of history reading, writing, and methods. AMH2020 is
a writing credit course. Students must earn a minimum grade of 'C' to meet the requirements of the
Gordon Rule for writing.

Saturday Morning: 8 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
MFG1131 Mathematics in Context (3 credit hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This general education course will include topics in Finance, Counting, Probability, and Statistics. Through this course, students will experience the practicality of Mathematics in a global society. Students will engage in the application of tools and techniques of Mathematics in a variety of contextual situations from everyday life. This course will also emphasize applications to real-world situations by including projects and the integration of topics from other academic disciplines including, but not limited to, business and the physical and social sciences.

Saturday Afternoon: 12 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
EVR1001 Environmental Science (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: Study of the physical environment, its relationship with the biosphere, and man's
impact upon natural systems. This course includes ecological systems, Florida environments and
geology, pollution and environmental regulations, renewable and nonrenewable resources, and sustainability. This course meets General Education requirements in the Biological and Physical Sciences.

Summer 2025 (Term 3)

Session 1: May - August

Saturday Morning: 8 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
STA2023 Statistics (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: EACT/MA, or MAC1105, or MAC2233, or MAC1114, or MAC1140, or MAC2311, orMAC2312, or MAC2313, or MAS2103, or MAT1033, or MAP2302, or STA1001, or MAC1105C, or >ACNG/MA/2, or >CPT/EA, or >PERT/MA/1, or >RSAT/MA, or >ACRS/MA/2, or MGF1106, or MGF1131
Course Description: A first course in statistical methods including such topics as collecting, grouping, and presenting data; measures of central tendency, position, and variation; theoretical distributions; probability; test of hypotheses; estimation of parameters; and regression and correlation. Use of statistical computer software utilizes descriptive and inferential statistics performing 2-variable statistics) will be required. Recommendation of the Mathematics increase problem-solving abilities and data prerequisite course is required. statistical concepts. This course is appropriate for students in a wide range of disciplines and programs. Use of statistical computer software and/or a scientific calculator (capable of performing 2-variable statistics) will be required.

Session 2: May - June

Friday Evening: 6:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
PHI2010 Introduction To Philosophy (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the nature of philosophy, philosophical thinking, major intellectual movements in the history of philosophy, and specific problems in philosophy. The relationship between philosophy, society, religion, and culture will be examined. PHI2010 is a writing credit course. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the requirements of the Gordon Rule for writing. PHI2010 meets the International/Intercultural competency requirement.

Saturday Afternoon: 12 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
SCM2060 Customer Service/Customer Relationship Management (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course will enable students to understand Customer Relationship Management
(CRM) and Customer Service Operations (CSO) as it refers to practices, strategies, and technologies that
companies use to manage and analyze customer interactions and data throughout the customer lifecycle, intending to improve business relationships with customers, assisting in customer retention, and driving sales growth. CRM and CSO key performance elements include compiling information on customers across different channels, and points of contact between the customer and the company, which could include the company's website, telephone, live chat, direct mail, marketing materials, and social media. CRM and CSO systems provide customer service staff with detailed information on customers' personal information, purchase history, buying preferences, and concerns. Additionally, this course incorporates oral communications as it relates to CSO.

Session 3: June - August

Friday Evening: 6:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
FIN2051 Finance of International Trade (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course provides a general survey of international trade. Topics studied include transportation modes, cargo insurance, and the various special terms of sale used in overseas transactions. Also covered are import/export, foreign exchange, pricing, and quotations; import/export documentation and procedures; documentary credits, international payments, and collections; bank financing sources for international trade and alternative financing techniques.

Saturday Morning: 8 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
SCM2150 Introduction to Procurement (3 credit hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This certification track course presents current concepts in the critical procurement area for supply chain managers. Students gain insight and knowledge into the strategies, processes, and practices of procurement, including demands placed on procurement managers, the ethical, contractual, and legal issues faced by procurement professionals, and the impact of procurement and supply chain management on the competitive success and profitability of the organization.

Fall 2025 (Term 1)

Session 2: August - October

Friday Evening: 6:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
MAN2021 Introduction to Management (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course covers fundamental management principles and concepts. Emphasis is placed on the management functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. Principles of scientific management, motivation, and economic analysis are studied relative to their use in business decisions. It also examines the evolution of management theory and application, organizational environments, technology influence, corporate social responsibility, and ethics.

Saturday Morning: 8 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
SPC1017 Introduction To Speech Communication (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course is designed to provide students with fundamental training and practical experience for researching, organizing, and delivering speeches in public situations. Topics include audience analysis, speech anxiety, critical listening, and preparation and delivery of informative, persuasive, and other possible types of public speeches in various cultural contexts with an emphasis on academic and scholarly research. Students will also learn to effectively incorporate audio and visual aids/technologies for effective speeches. SPC1017 Intro to Speech Communication meets the International/Intercultural competency requirement.

Saturday Afternoon: 12 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
SCM2360 Six Sigma Yellow Belt Body of Knowledge (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: The units in this body of knowledge include learning objectives in the form of specific learning outcomes and the cognitive level at which test questions will be written. This information will provide guidance for the candidate preparing to take the exam. The specific learning outcomes are not intended to limit the subject matter or be all-inclusive of what might be covered in an exam. It is meant to clarify the type of content to be included in the exam. Although this course intends to prepare a candidate to take the Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification the content is, nonetheless, significantly valuable to any supply chain management curriculum. The descriptor in parentheses at the end of each entry refers to the maximum cognitive level at which the topic will be tested.

Session 4: October - December

Friday Evening: 6:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
ARH2000 Art Appreciation (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: Art Appreciation is a course for non-art majors that introduces a chronological
history of art from prehistory to the present. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding painting,
sculpture, and architecture through the context of their respective historical periods. ARH2000 is a
writing credit course. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the requirements of the
Gordon Rule for writing. ARH2000 meets the International/Intercultural competency requirement.

Saturday Morning: 8 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
ENC1102 Composition II (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: ENC1101 with a minimum grade 'C' required
Course Description: Composition II is designed to further develop a student's communication skills by
building on the writing and critical thinking strategies learned in ENC1101. The course requires students
to observe the conventions of Standard American English and create documented essays, demonstrating
a student's ability to think critically and communicate analytically. Selected texts supplement the course
and provide topics for discussion and assignments. Students use library research methods for primary
and secondary sources to produce MLA style-documented and well-argued research essays and projects.
This is a writing credit course. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the requirements of
the Gordon Rule for Writing.

Saturday Afternoon: 12 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
ECO2013 Principal of Macroeconomics (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: An introductory course in macroeconomic principles covering basic economic
problems and concepts. Topics discussed and analyzed include basic economic problems of
unemployment, inflation, and economic growth, as well as fiscal and monetary policies. Students will
recognize the role of households, businesses, and governments in the market economy and their own
lives. ECO2013 is a writing credit course. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the
requirements of the Gordon Rule for writing.

Spring 2026 (Term 2)

Session 2: January - March

Friday Evening: 6:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
MAN3240 Organizational Behavior & Leadership (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course teaches students individual and group behavior in organizations.
Students develop an understanding of how organizations can be managed more effectively. Course
content includes motivation, group dynamics, conflict resolution, goal setting and rewards, job design,
work stress, power/politics, and organizational change and development.

Saturday Morning: 8 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
APA1111C Introduction to Accounting (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course provides instruction in standard bookkeeping procedures for small professional, service, and retail sole proprietorships. This course focuses on understanding the accounting equation, preparing basic financial statements, cash management, payroll, and inventory management. This course is primarily for the non-accounting major.

Saturday Afternoon: 12 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
SCM3110 Supply Chain Management II (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: SCM1000, SCM1164, and STA2023 with a minimum grade of 'C' required
Course Description: This course is an overview of logistics functions within a firm and in the context of integrated vertical systems. Topics include customer service, information flow inventory control, materials management, order processing, packaging, and physical distribution.

Session 4: March - May

Friday Evening: 6:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
FIN3403 Managerial Finance (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: ACG2011 and ECO2013 with a minimum grade of 'C' required
Course Description: This is an introductory course in managerial finance in which students Gain a clear, basic understanding of the fundamentals of finance and its related decision-making. The course will cover all elements of organizational finance from budget development to finance management, and from procurement to accounting. topics include: how financial structure and operational efficiency affect a firm; alternative methods of raising funds; concepts of equity versus borrowed funds; financial planning and forecasting, working capital management; international financial management, and other topics relevant to the acquisition, financing, and management of business assets and business decision-making, with an emphasis on doing business in a multi-national environment.

Saturday Morning: 8 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
SCM4105 Supply Chain Modeling (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: SCM1154, CGS1510C, and STA2023 with a minimum grade of 'C' required
Course Description: This course will enable students to create quantitative models in Microsoft Excel, as supporting tools in decision-making. The course will follow the case study method, exposing students to business situations typically encountered by Supply Chain Management professionals. Students will learn how to select the applicable tool to address the situation described in every case, create the corresponding quantitative model, write objective recommendations derived from the analysis, and present these in a simulated boardroom meeting environment. The course will cover Decision Analysis, Linear Regression Modeling, Forecasting Methods, Optimization Modeling, and Monte Carlo Simulation.

Saturday Afternoon: 12 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
MAR4840 Services Marketing (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course is a study of marketing decision-making in the services sector. The primary focus is on the unique aspects of services that impact marketing decision-making in small and medium-sized enterprises. This course will build upon basic marketing principles to provide learners with the skills necessary to market and manage services in an increasingly competitive global marketplace. Students will apply course concepts to solve problems in actual business cases involving firms in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Summer 202 (Term 3)

Session 1: May - August

Saturday Morning: 8 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
ESC1000 Earth Science (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: An integration of the three classic disciplines of the earth sciences, geology, meteorology, and oceanography. The course will focus on the basic principles governing these disciplines, and the effect of each on man.

Saturday Morning: 8 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
ESC1000L Earth Science Laboratory (1 Credit Hour)
Prerequisites: ESC1001 (co-requisite)
Course Description: This course will have experiments and exercises that will investigate the hydrosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere of Earth. The Earth will also be mapped and investigated as an object in space. At least three of the following five units will be covered:(1) Introduction to Laboratory Study*, (2) The Solid Earth*, (3) Earth's Waters, (4) Earth's atmospheres, and (5) Mapping.

Session 2: May - June

Friday Evening: 6:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
HLP1081 Total Wellness (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: Total Wellness emphasizes the importance of knowledge, attitudes, and practices relating to an individual's overall health. It is a course designed to expose students to a broad range of issues and information relating to the dimensions of wellness including physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, social, environmental, and financial wellness. This course integrates the dimensions of wellness and fitness in both a classroom and exercise environment so that the student understands the lifelong effects of healthy lifestyle choices. Course topics include, but are not limited to cardiovascular health, nutrition, exercise prescription, stress reduction, disease prevention, financial readiness, and environmental responsibility. HLP1081C meets the International/Intercultural competency requirement.

Saturday Afternoon: 12 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
BUL3130 Business Law and Ethics (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course explores the nature of legal, ethical, and societal environments of business. Emphasis is placed on the business's social, legal, political, and ethical responsibilities to both external and internal groups for business. Topics include corporate social responsibility, legal, political, and ethical aspects of business, state and federal laws, contracts, intellectual property, employment law, product liability, safety issues, and environmental regulation.

Session 3: June - August

Friday: 6:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
SCM4330 Applied Production/Operations Management (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: STA2023 and SCM3155 with a minimum grade of 'C' required
Course Description: This course provides management and analytical concepts/tools for the management of operations and the decision-making process within the scope of the supply chain. Recently, operations strategy has provided companies with a competitive advantage in supply chains and transportation. Decision-making regarding operational issues is one of the most common tasks within organizations. This course will enable the student to perform the quantitative analysis necessary and understand the management issues to make good operational decisions within the supply chain.

Saturday Afternoon: 12 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
SCM4134 International Law (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisite: With minimum grade 'C' required: STA2023 and SCM3110
Course Description: Students will be exposed to the legal implications of transacting business across national borders. The focus will be on transactional international business law as applied to supply chain management. Topics will include the legal and ethical environment of international business, international contracting, importing-exporting, trade finance, employment and labor in the global marketplace, manufacturing workplace conditions overseas, transnational sharp/anti-trust activities to avoid, and international intellectual property law and licensing. The student will gain an appreciation of the special risks of conducting business internationally and the legal pitfalls associated with those risks that confront supply chain managers daily.

Fall 2026 (Term 1)

Session 2: August - October

Friday Evening: 6:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
SCM4120 Global Logistics/Import & Export (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisite: SCM 3155 with a minimum grade of 'C' required
Course Description: This course encompasses the logistics activities of multinational firms, international transportation systems, global sourcing, customer service, facility location, inventory management, customs issues, export-import activities, and the role of governments.

Saturday Morning: 8 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
ECO3703 International Economics (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: ECO2013 and ECO2023 with a minimum grade of 'C' required
Course Description: An exploration of why nations trade, the effects of trade on the economy, international commercial policy, the balance of payments, exchange rate determination, the Eurocurrency markets, and international trade institutions.

Saturday Afternoon: 12 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
SCM3141 Procurement Management (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: STA2023 and SCM3110 with a minimum grade of 'C' required
Course Description: This course presents current and thorough coverage in the critical procurement area for logistics managers. Students gain insight and knowledge into the strategies, processes, and practices of procurement, including demands placed on procurement managers, the ethical, contractual, and legal issues faced by procurement professionals, and the impact of procurement and supply chain management on the competitive success and profitability of the organization.

Session 4: October - December

Friday Evening: 6:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
SCM4191 Supply Chain Management Capstone (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisite: None
Course Description: This course is intended to help students acquire skills in applying research principles and obtaining practice in rigorous data collection and reporting.
Note: This course must be taken in the student's last semester of the Supply Chain Management Bachelor of Applied Science degree program.

Saturday Morning: 8 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
SCM3162 Supply Chain Quality Management (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisite: STA2023 and SCM3155 with a minimum grade of 'C' required
Course Description: This course focuses on quality enhancement methodologies within the supply chain. Students will learn how to assess the current position of a firm and identify an effective strategy for improvement based on a profound understanding of the company, market, processes, and customers.

Saturday Afternoon: 12 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
SCM3315 Six Sigma Green Belt (3 Credit Hours)
Prerequisites: STA2023
Course Description: This course is to prepare a candidate for the Six Sigma Green Belt certification. The
content is significantly valuable to any supply chain management curriculum. The descriptor in parentheses at the end of each entry refers to the maximum cognitive level at which the topic will be tested. The units include learning objectives in the form of specific learning outcomes and the cognitive level at which test questions will be written. The specific learning outcomes are not intended to limit the subject matter or be all-inclusive of what might be covered in an exam.

** Subject to Change **

Credit-by-Examination option available for this class

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals SCPro™ Fundamentals Certification earned in this class

Students will graduate this term from the BAS Supply Chain Management

Special Note: Students graduating from the BAS Supply Chain Management must meet the following requirement, as per college policy 6Hx2-4.22 (PDF):
Complete eight credits in one foreign language or American Sign Language. Students who have completed two years of high school foreign language in one language are considered to have met the requirement. Students who have earned an Associate in Arts degree from a Florida State College or State University System (SUS) institution before the Fall term of 1989, or who have maintained continuous enrollment in a Florida community college or SUS institution since the Fall term, of 1989, are exempt from the requirement.

Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) - Broward College has developed assessments in various courses. Assessment fees are $30 per credit. Faculty assessors determine the assessment method. See your advisor for more information.

CLEP Exams - The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) allows students to obtain credit for what they already know by testing and earning satisfactory scores on CLEP exams. Exams are $95 ($80 to the "College Board" and $15 to Broward College).

DSST - As of 2006, DSST exams are available to anyone who is seeking college credit outside the traditional classroom, including college students, adult learners, high school students, and military personnel. Many confuse DSST with DANTES (Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support), which is a division of the Department of Defense that provides educational support to military members. In 2004, the exams were acquired and are now owned and administered by Prometric. There are several upper and lower-level courses available in a variety of subjects - everything from social sciences to history to business. Exams are generally $80 plus a proctor fee.

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Updated July 2024