Process

You may apply for VEE candidate credit by submitting a Candidate Credit application  along with the required documentation and by paying the fee requested on that application. The course or educational experience itself must first be approved and listed in the Directory of Approved Courses/Experiences or the Standardized Exams and Other Educational Experiences list.

A grade of B– or better is required for each VEE approved course unless otherwise noted in the Directory, or Standardized Examinations and Other Educational Experiences list. Candidates will be required to arrange for an original, official transcript to be submitted to the VEE Administration Committee. Transcript copies, school grade slips, or unofficial transcripts printed from a university Web site do not meet the documentation requirement.

Two approved courses/experiences may be combined to complete a VEE topic requirement in some cases. For example, an approved microeconomics course from a university may be combined with an approved macroeconomics course from another school or provider. Likewise, an approved regression course may be combined with an approved time series course from two different providers. In these cases, approval codes from both approved courses should be included on the Candidate Credit application. Corporate finance courses must be completed in the combinations shown in the directory. No alternate combinations will be accepted without an additional course approval application process.

Once a Candidate Credit application and the documentation of the required grade on an approved course/experience has been validated, credit for the specific VEE topic will be granted. The candidate will be sent a written response to each application. VEE information is uploaded by the Registrar and will appear on the SOA's online transcript facility at the end of the month in which credit was granted.

Credit for Course 2 and/or 4 earned prior to 2005 will appear on SOA grade slips and transcripts only as credit for Course 2 and/or 4. The VEE credit earned through these courses is included in the Course 2 and/or 4 credit; it will not appear as a separate VEE credit. SOA grade slips will show VEE credit attained by the date of the most recent exam taken.