Data and IT Certifications and Credentials

To qualify for transfer credits, students must initiate their request within 3 years of receiving their AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification.

How to verify your AWS (Amazon Web Services) certification

To request SNHU credits for your AWS certification, please do the following:

1. Find your validation number on the bottom right of your certification
2. Email the validation number to cocedocs@snhu.edu

Current SNHU students are eligible to receive a 50% discount on the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam. To receive your 50% off voucher, contact SNHU associate dean and AWS certified instructor Scott Overmyer, at s.overmyer@snhu.edu.

To learn more about the exam, visit https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloud-practitioner/

To qualify for transfer credits, students must initiate their request within 3 years of passing their IT certification exam.

To verify your certification:

1. Log on to the Certification Tracking System at www.cisco.com/go/certifications/login
2. Click on “Transcripts”
3. Select the certifications you would like to share.
4. Email your certification transcript to cocedocs@snhu.edu.
5. Review acceptance email and program eval to confirm credit was awarded.

* Students have access to the course learning resources for 18 months from the date of activation, and may pursue certification by reviewing or completing any materials not covered in the course.

** Valid from 2008 to present. 

To qualify for transfer credits, students must initiate their request within 3 years of passing their certification exam (including CompTIA lifetime certifications). Please note that this rule does not apply to CompTIA Project+ certification, which is valid from 2008 to present. 

To verify your certification:

1. Log into your CompTIA certification account at https://www.certmetrics.com/comptia/.
2. Visit the Create a Transcript page for instructions.
3. Add cocedocs@snhu.edu into the recipient email address.

To qualify for transfer credits, students must initiate their request within 3 years of receiving their Google certificate.

To verify your Google certificate, provide a verification URL to your admission counselor or academic advisor – which you can find and share from your accomplishments page.

To qualify for transfer credits, students must initiate their request within 3 years of passing their IT certification exam.

To verify your certification:

Provide your admission or advising representative with your first and last name, the name of the certification, and the Certification / Designation number.

Kenzie Academy graduates from programs that began before January 2022 are eligible to receive credit for equivalent SNHU courses upon admission. (Learners enrolled in Kenzie programs that begin January 2022 and beyond will be earning SNHU credentials and will not need to apply for PLA credit.)

To qualify for prior learning credits, students must initiate their request within 3 years of graduating from the Kenzie Academy program.

How to receive credit at SNHU:

SNHU applicant or student should contact Kenzie’s Registrar, Tralon (Tray) Williams, at tralon@kenzie.academy, to request transcript be sent to SNHU

To qualify for transfer credits, students must initiate their request within 3 years of passing their IT certification exam.

To learn more about this Microsoft certification exam, 98-381 Introduction to Programming Using Python, visit Microsoft Learning’s certification exam page.

To validate your certificate:

Microsoft Certification exams passed and certifications earned become part of your Microsoft Certified Profession (MCP) members official transcript, which can be shared with potential employers and universities. Microsoft offers MCP members a tool called Transcript Sharing, which can be accessed from the benefits and exams dashboard.

You must create an access code and share both the access code and transcript ID with the URL to SNHU. Your admission counselor or academic advisor will use the URL and the 2 codes to view your Microsoft transcript.

To qualify for transfer credits, students must purchase a Verified Certificate for each NYUx course and pass a proctored final exam.  Students must also initiate their request within 3 years of successfully completing their NYUx course or MicroBachelors^®.

 How to verify your NYUx credential

To request SNHU credits for your WGUx course(s):

• Go to your account and choose “Profile” from the drop-down menu
• Select “View my records,” then “View program record”
• Choose the appropriate course, then select “Share”

Copy the link under “Share Link to Record” and send in an email to cocedocs@snhu.edu

To qualify for transfer credits, students must initiate their request within 3 years of passing their IT certification exam.

To verify your certification:

1. Log in to your Oracle account at https://profile.oracle.com.
2. Select Publish Credentials to Third Parties.
3. Select the certificate(s) you'd like to have verified and enter cocedocs@snhu.edu as the email address.

To qualify for transfer credits, students must initiate their request within 3 years of receiving their Google certificate.

To verify your Google certificate, provide a verification URL to your admission counselor or academic advisor – which you can find and share from your accomplishments page.

To qualify for transfer credits, students must initiate their request within 3 years of receiving their badge.

SNHU students can earn SNHU credit for IT 476 Experiential Learning (IT elective) for completing a minimum number of Salesforce Trailhead badges (maximum of 6 credits total):

• 100 badges from any trail
• At least 1 Superbadge

Students can earn an additional 3 IT elective credits for completing an additional 100 Trailhead badges (not including the 100 already completed) and a second Superbadge. SNHU does not offer credit for any Salesforce certifications. Visit the Salesforce Trailhead page for additional details on badges and superbadges available.

To verify your certification:

Provide a Trailhead verification URL to your admission counselor or academic advisor.

Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is a proud edX partner, sharing a commitment to accessible and affordable education. Learners with a verified certificate from an SNHU MicroBachelors course —and a proctored final exam score of 70% or higher — are eligible to receive college credit upon enrollment at SNHU.

*Students who successfully complete both Business Analytics Foundations and Data Management with Python and SQL MicroBachelors can receive credit only once for IT-140x.

To qualify for transfer credits, students must initiate their request within 3 years of receiving their certificate for successfully completing their SNHUx course.

How to verify your SNHUx certificate to receive credit at SNHU:

• Log into your edX account and select “Profile”
• Select “View My Records,” then “View Program Record”
• Select “Send Learner Record” and then “Send” in the next window.

* Students have access to the course learning resources for 18 months from the date of activation, and may pursue certification by reviewing or completing any materials not covered in the course.

To qualify for transfer credits, students must initiate their request within 3 years of passing their IT certification exam.

To verify your certification:

Provide your admission or advising representative with your Candidate ID and Certificate ID, which can be found on your TestOut certificate or wallet card.

To qualify for transfer credits, students must initiate their request within 3 years of successfully completing their Thinkful Certificate of Completion.

To verify your Thinkful certificate: 

• Ask Thinkful to provide SNHU with your certificate of completion
• A Thinkful / SNHU badge will awarded and emailed to you
• When enrolling at SNHU, share your badge with your Admission Counselor in order to get credit for your Thinkful courses

Thinkful provides comprehensive, skills-based training in data analytics, data science, software engineering and web development. Prior Learning Assessment credits allow students to accelerate their degree program with job-ready skills from Thinkful.

Thinkful's programs are available in Flex or Immersion formats;

• Flex format: graduate in 6 months (approx. 25-30 hours / week)
• Immersion format: graduate in 5 months (approx. 50-60 hours / week)

* SNHU degree programs are suggestions; credits are available for the specified courses if found in other degree programs, or if a student has elective space for the additional credits.

To qualify for transfer credits, students must initiate their request within 3 years of receiving their nanodegree.

For students in the following degree programs, up to 12 credits can be applied against major elective requirements (NOTE: If major elective requirements have been met, they can also be applied against free elective credit requirements):

• BS Computer Science
• BS Data Analytics
• BS Information Technologies

For all other undergraduate degree programs, the 12 credits can be applied as free elective credits.

Udacity nanodegrees provide comprehensive, in-depth study into topical areas relevant to computer science. Prior Learning Assessment credits for select Udacity experiences will give students the opportunity to supplement their degree program with industry-relevant subject matter—and potentially save money along the way.

To verify your certification:

If you are a current or future student who has completed your requirements, please send your validation URL to your advisor or admission counselor.

• Unity Certified Programmer (PLA.CT.0032) – Students demonstrate that they can create a game UI, script user-interactions, integrate visual and audio assets, implement application state logic, simulate physics, debug code and optimize performance. (Required prerequisite: Unity Certified Associate)
• Unity Certified Expert Gameplay Programmer (PLA.CT.00031) – for game industry professionals who have the equivalent of several years’ experience as a gameplay programmer, game scripter, game engineer or level designer.

SNHU students can earn SNHU credit for GAM-380 Game Experiential Learning up to 2 times, for a maximum of 6 credits total.

To qualify for transfer credits, students must initiate their request within 2 years of passing their certification exam.

To verify your certification:

1. Log into your account on www.youracclaim.com
2. Select the badge you'd like to share
3. At the top of the page, select the blue "Share" button
4. You will be brought to the “Share Badge” screen where you can find different tabs
5. Select the Email tab and send to cocedocs@snhu.edu to share your badge

To qualify for transfer credits, students must purchase a Verified Certificate for each WGUx course and pass a proctored final exam.  Students must also initiate their request within 3 years of successfully completing their MITx course or MicroBachelors^®.

How to verify your WGUx credential:

To request SNHU credits for your WGUx course(s):

• Go to your account and choose “Profile” from the drop-down menu
• Select “View my records,” then “View program record”
• Choose the appropriate course, then select “Share”
• Copy the link under “Share Link to Record” and send in an email to cocedocs@snhu.edu