Yes, students wishing to gain prior learning credit are advised to use the Prior Learning Student Guide for portfolio preparation. The Prior Learning Coordinator will provide guidance and bibliographic information on other texts about portfolio development. In addition, the student s academic advisor or the Prior Learning Coordinator can provide critiques of the drafts of the various portfolio elements. The amount of time needed to complete the portfolio assessment varies, but it should be completed within six weeks after it has been submitted to the faculty assessor. The length of time may increase if the portfolio is submitted just prior to scheduled campus vacations such as Christmas or Spring Break.
Every effort is made to get a timely evaluation.
If the student has invested time and care in the portfolio preparation, it should elicit credit. The evaluator will recommend the number of credit hours to be awarded and that recommendation will be weighed against any credit duplication, professional hours earned and prior learning credit limits. Prior learning credit can be placed in any of the core requirement areas, in the Depth Study or as elective credit. Portfolio credit may not be applied to the Senior Project.