The decision to prepare and submit a prior learning portfolio should be made in consultation with the student's faculty advisor and the relevant disciplines and should be viewed as part of degree planning. ADP offers prior learning portfolio workshops throughout the year. Check with your faculty advisor on specific dates. Prior learning portfolios must be submitted for evaluation at least six months before the intended date of graduation. The exam must be designed by an MBC faculty member.
Students pay the same fee for the test as they do for a prior learning portfolio.
They are awarded credit if they pass the exam. All coursework planned, developed, and completed after enrolling in the ADP and taught by Mary Baldwin faculty and adjuncts is considered new learning. This excludes post-enrollment transfer credits, prior learning portfolios, and examination credits. Students acquire this new learning in the following three ways. On-Campus Courses ADP students may enroll in any course offered on the campus of Mary Baldwin College.