You can also meet with one of our CPL Counselors to review your education plan and ensure CPL is a good fit for you. Please be prepared to provide supporting documentation at your counseling meeting, such as unofficial prior college transcripts, unofficial JSTs, and industry certifications.

Schedule an appointment with a CPL Counselor

Please note: You will also need to send official college transcripts to records@palomar.edu and official JSTs to Palomar College.

You must have a current Palomar College application in our system in order to petition for Credit for Prior Learning (CPL), which means you’ve taken a course at Palomar within the last two semesters.

• If you have not taken a course within the last year, you must activate your account through the MyPalomar Application process.

• If you are a returning student, begin by selecting Sign In.

• If you are a new student to Palomar, begin by selecting Create an Account.

Students with disabilities who may need academic accommodations (e.g. test accommodations), interpreting/captioning, academic and disability management counseling, etc. are encouraged to discuss their authorized accommodations (listed on an official Academic Accommodation Letter provided to the student) from the Disability Resource Center (DRC) with their professors. Students should provide timely notice of the authorized accommodation(s) to the professor to allow sufficient time for the accommodation(s) to be implemented. The faculty member will work with the DRC Office to ensure that proper accommodations are made.

Students seeking to apply for and request disability-related accommodations are invited to contact the DRC at 760-744-1150, Ext. 2375, stop by the DRC office in the DSPS building, or visit the DRC at https://www.palomar.edu/drc/.

This short video will walk you through the petition form:  CPL Petition tutorial video

Log into MyPalomar and leave the tab open in your browser, and then come back to this page.

You must have both tabs open in the same browser.

Select this CPL Petition Form link to start the process.

You must be logged in to MyPalomar first in order for this link to work.

Once complete, you will receive a confirmation page and email.

• To order official JST: https://jst.doded.mil/jst/

• Industry Certifications – upload your certificate directly onto your CPL petition form.

• Military Experience/Coursework – you may upload an unofficial military transcript, but you will need to order official transcripts to be sent directly to Palomar College’s Records Office.

*Credit by Exam or Portfolio Review only.

After you complete the exam or submit your portfolio for review, your instructor will post your grade into the petition form, and you will receive an email notification.

You must log into the petition form, and either accept or decline your grade by the deadline in the chart below.

If you miss this deadline, and don’t accept your grade, you won’t receive the credit. You will need to go through the petition and exam or portfolio review process again in a later semester.

At the end of the semester, you will receive a confirmation email that your CPL petition has been approved, and the credits will be posted to your transcript.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact the CPL Coordinator at cpl@palomar.edu

If you need the CPL credits to meet a prerequisite requirement in order to enroll into an advanced class in the same semester, you can fill out the Requisite Exception Petition and follow the tutorial video. This allows you to take the advanced class, while you are completing the CPL process – so you don’t have to delay your education.