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CREDIT FOR LIFE EXPERIENCE
Credit for life
experience may be granted by verification of college credit recommendation in
the Directory of the National Program on Noncollegiate Sponsored Instruction
or by approval by the Vice President of Learning, the Academic Department Dean
and an appropriate faculty committee.
A request to
petition for credit for life experience will be approved by the appropriate
Academic Department Dean (or designee) prior to the student's submission of a
portfolio documenting professional experience that directly relates to the
content of a specific course at Pellissippi State.
Credit for life
experience may be petitioned for courses for which credit cannot feasibly be
granted by other means, such as advanced placement, CLEP, credit by
examination, or transfer credit. Credit
for life experience may be granted for up to 25 percent of the credit applied
toward the degree. In exceptional individual cases, however, up to 30 credit hours
may be awarded if justified by the special nature and content of the learning
experience. The student must also meet
the College's graduation residency requirement as specified in the College
catalog.
The Curriculum Development
Committee reviews policy and procedures related to life experience credit as
needed. In addition, the committee
periodically reviews documentation supporting awards of credit for life
experience to ensure compliance with policy requirements.
Procedure
1. Student requests Credit for
Life Experience form from the appropriate department office, completes the
petition section of the form and schedules an appointment with the appropriate
Academic Department dean (or designee).
2. If the Academic Department
Dean (or designee) grants approval for the student to proceed, he or she
appoints a faculty committee of at least two members, who schedule a meeting
with the student to discuss instructions and guidelines for the documentation
to be included in a portfolio.
3. Upon completing the
portfolio, the student schedules an interview with the faculty committee to
explain or clarify the experience.
4. The faculty committee
completes the approval form and forwards it, along with the portfolio and any
other documentation, to the Academic Department Dean for review.
5. Upon approval, the Academic
Department Dean forwards the form and materials to the Vice President of
Learning for review.
6. Upon approval, the Vice
President of Learning forwards the form to Admissions and Records for
implementation of the credit and returns the portfolio and any other
documentation to the department office.
Admissions and Records forwards a copy of the
completed form to the department office and files the original.
Approved: Executive Council, November 25, 1992
Executive
Council, March 29, 1993
Editorial
Changes, April 20, 1993
Approved:
President Allen G. Edwards, September 9, 1997
Approved:
President Allen G. Edwards, August 6, 2001
Approved:
President’s Staff, December 12, 2005
Approved: President’s Staff, May 15, 2006
Approved:
President Allen G. Edwards, May 15, 2006
Editorial
Changes, July 2008
Attachment I
CREDIT FOR
LIFE EXPERIENCE
Student: (Some
four-year institutions do not accept transfer credit for life experience.)
After completing this form, make an appointment with the appropriate Academic
Department Dean for discussion. The
department secretary will assist you in making the appointment with the
appropriate person.
Date:__________ Name:________________________________ Student
ID______________
This is a request
to petition for credit through life experience for the following course(s) or
other program requirements.
Course
Prefix and Number Course
Title Credit
Hrs.
_________________________
__________________________ ____________
_________________________
__________________________ ____________
_________________________
__________________________ ____________
This course(s) (or
credit hours) is required for (
certificate)________________Degree in
___________________________
Major
Anticipated
Graduation Date: ____________________________
Rationale for
Request:
Request to
petition approved by:______________________(Academic
Department Dean or designee)
Date__________________
Department ______________________________________
Faculty
Committee assigned for evaluation:
_____________________________________
__________________________________
_____________________________________
__________________________________
Course
Objectives Achieved:
(Attach Course
Syllabus)
Date of Oral
Interview _______________
Comments
(Committee Chair):
Approval:
Faculty
Committee
_____________________________________________________
Date _____________
_____________________________________________________
Date _____________
_____________________________________________________
Date _____________
_____________________________________________________
Date _____________
Department Dean
______________________________________ Date _____________
Vice President
of Learning
_______________________________ Date _____________
Admissions and
Records* ________________________________ Date _____________
* Admissions and Records
implements credit and returns a copy of the form to the department office.