Graduate Prior Learning Credit
Graduate students admitted to CMU in the Master of Science Administration programs are eligible to apply for prior learning credit. MSA students may use up to 12 hours of prior learning credit on their program, the maximum allowable prior learning credits and certification to credit is 12.
Master of Arts in Education students may use up to 9 hours of prior learning credit on their program. Your advisor may be able to help you identify the experiences that would be most applicable to your degree program if prior learning credit is awarded. Your advisor can advise you on the number of prior learning credits you can use in your degree plan.
Graduate students can include experiences from the completion date of their undergraduate degree or 7 years, whichever is most recent. Individuals have had different experiences, for differing lengths of time, all of which can affect the amount of credit received.
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The number of credits actually awarded depends on a number of factors:
- the length and duration of the experiences submitted for consideration
- the quality of the student’s self-assessment of learning
- whether the learning is college-level (undergraduate)
- whether sufficient and appropriate documentation has been provided
- whether the portfolio is in the correct order and meets all requirements
Graduate prior learning credit portfolio
These are documents that make up a graduate portfolio. Some documents are fillable forms. The order of the documents listed here is the order of items that need to be in a submitted portfolio. The documents listed that are not fillable forms are documents that you will also need to include in your portfolio.
Cover Letter
This is an optional section that can be used for specific information regarding your portfolio that you wish to point out.
Tabs I and II Personal and Education Information
In this section, you will outline your personal and education information.
Academic History
Include your academic history which is available in your student account portal.
Tab III Table of Contents
There are separate forms for Work, Training, and Life Experiences which all make up the Table of Contents.
Tab IV Work Experiences
This section consists of four parts and you will complete all four parts for each job or position.
Tab V Training Experience
This section consists of four parts and you will complete all four parts for each course or training experience.
Tab VI Life Experiences
This is an opportunity to highlight your volunteer experiences.
Signature
Sign the signature block.
Portfolio checklist
This section will help you organize and ensure that you have completed each section before you submit your Prior Learning Credit Portfolio to PriorLearning@cmich.edu.
Writing resources
Below are several resources to help you create a successful Prior Learning Credit Portfolio.
