PLAA 150 - Prior Learning Assessment Portfolio Development

1 TO 3 Credits
This course is designed to prepare students to apply for a Prior Learning Assessment (PLA). Students will learn to describe, reflect, analyze, and document their prior learning from work and life experience to learn to develop portfolios that could be used to substantiate a PLA request for college credit toward their degree. The ability to research and obtain documentation of prior learning experiences, as well as revise the portfolio through a process-based writing approach, will be emphasized as essential for completion of the course. However, successful completion of the course does not automatically guarantee the awarding of credit for courses included in the portfolios as all completed portfolios will be evaluated for possible credit by content-expert faculty in the student’s degree program. Course is repeatable for a maximum of 3 credits.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 109 or English Department Chair approval required; approval of Director of Experiential Learning required.