Higher level learning is not confined to what happens in Universities.
People learn and study at degree level and above in many different situations, particularly at work.
In order to recognise this the University has developed processes to support students in claiming academic credit for these other kinds of non-traditional learning. At APU learning is organised into units of study called modules. Each module has a set of learning outcomes which students must achieve, through assessment, in order to earn credit. When learning outcomes have already been achieved through an earlier taught course it is referred to as prior learning. When the learning outcomes have been achieved through work and life experiences this is called prior experiential learning.