Prior Learning Assessment (PLA)

PLA 1500    Portfolio Development    1 s.h.

Examines the importance of learning outcomes and the ways in which faculty evaluate the achievement of those outcomes. The course walks students through the process of evaluating their own experience for the achievement of college-level learning and the demonstration of that learning through the preparation of an academic portfolio. $300 course fee assessed. Grading is CR/NC.
Prereq.: Permission of PLA Coordinator.

PLA 2600    Prior Learning Assessment Lower Division Credit    3 s.h.

Offers credit for learning that has occurred outside the traditional academic classroom and is awarded for college-level learning (knowledge, skills, and competencies) that students have obtained as a result of their prior learning experiences. Mastery is deemed undergraduate lower-level learning. Credit may be applied to the transcript multiple times. Grading is CR/NC.
Prereq.: Permission of PLA Coordinator.

PLA 3700    Prior Learning Assessment Upper Division Credit    3 s.h.

Offers credit for learning that has occurred outside the traditional academic classroom and is awarded for college-level learning (knowledge, skills, and competencies) that students have obtained as a result of their prior learning experiences. Mastery is deemed undergraduate upper-level learning. Credit may be applied to the transcript multiple times. Grading is CR/NC.
Prereq.: Permission of PLA Coordinator.