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Can you tell me more about the process for documenting credit for life experience?
Some students find this process fairly easy, while others find it quite difficult. It requires the ability to conceptualize and articulate your learning on a college level. Every student interested in documenting prior learning takes a course that explains the documentation process. Once you begin the actual documentation, you work with the prior learning coordinator to plan how you can demonstrate your learning through written and oral presentations. Experts in the fields in which you claim knowledge evaluate your presentations.
What sorts of prior learning have students documented in the past?
Students have documented a variety of topics, ranging from raising a family to knowledge acquired in the workplace. To give you a better idea, here are a few titles for the documentation students have completed to gain credit for their life experience:
Practicum in leadership
Study of Jungian psychology
Italian language and history
Political activism in Central America
Practicum in crisis intervention
Philosophies of 17th century Europe
Environmental issues in Northeast China
Suzuki violin
Project management
Buddhist ideology
Performance art as an expression of self
Publishing a novel
Native Coastal Tribes of the Northwest
Does credit for life experience cost the same as a credit for a regular class?
One credit earned from prior learning costs $111.25 and the cost of a regular credit is $455. This difference offers a huge savings for the student who chooses to document life experience.
How many credits can I get for documenting life experience?
Most students choose to document between 20-40 credits. However you may document up to 48 credits of life experience toward your degree.
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