Year Up Chicago is a one-year workforce development program for urban young adults ages 18–24. They work to bridge the Opportunity Divide – the gap between those who have access to education, resources, and livable-wage employment, and those who do not. 

In 2016, City Colleges of Chicago faculty undertook an assessment of the learning that happens in the Year Up Chicago program and recommended that City Colleges award college-level course credit when Year Up Chicago graduates enroll in a degree program at any of the seven City Colleges.

This credit is assigned as Prior Learning Assessment, or PLA, when posted on the CCC transcript.  This means that the credit was not transferred from another college, but it is college-level learning and will count as either meeting specific course requirements or as electives toward a CCC degree. There will not be letter grades attached to that credit. 

To receive this credit at City Colleges, students must:
1.    Apply, gain admission, and prepare to enroll at one of the seven City Colleges.
2.    Have completed all of the accepted courses listed below with a grade of C or higher.
3.    Have their Year Up transcript and grade report sent to the Records Office at the college you plan to attend.  Students will need to request that the credit be awarded at the Records Office by stopping by the office and requesting the credit be awarded.
4.    Speak about the credit with their academic advisors to make sure they do not repeat the courses when they enroll.

To order a Year Up transcript, students should go online to their ACE account. Year Up students should use their ACE/Year Up Student ID by Year Up number provided to access the portal.  When ordering your transcript, please send it to the specific campus or campuses you are applying to.  The campus Registrar’s Office addresses are listed below.

You will also need to request a grade report in addition to your transcript. Do so by filling out this form.

Send the transcript and grade report to the Records Office at the City College you will be attending:

 

Richard J. Daley College
7500 South Pulaski Road
Chicago, IL 60652
Attn: Registrars Office Rm. 1408
773-838-7600

 

Harold Washington College
30 East Lake Street
Chicago, IL 60601
Attn: Registrars Office Rm. 209
312-553-6061 
 

Kennedy King College
6301 South Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60621
Attn: Registrars Office W Bldg. Rm. 110
773-602-5062 
 

Malcolm X College
1900 West Jackson
Chicago, IL 60612
Attn: Registrars Office Rm. 1404    

312-850-7105

 

Olive Harvey College
10001 South Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60628
Attn: Registrars Office Rm. 1405
773-291-6401 
 

Harry S Truman College
1145 West Wilson Avenue
Chicago, IL 60640
Attn: Larry McKeon Administrative Bldg. Registrar’s Office Rm. 135
773-907-6814 
 

Wilbur Wright College
4300 North Narragansett Avenue
Chicago, IL 60634
Attn: Registrars Office Rm. A129    

773-481-8080 or 773-481-8060

 

About transferring this credit out of City Colleges:
Please note that generally other colleges will not transfer credit that is assigned via Prior learning Assessment.  Each transfer institution has policies and procedures concerning the award of credit via PLA, us usually requiring that the Year Up transcript be sent to the institution for evaluation.