Credit for Prior Learning
- Prior Learning includes knowledge, competencies, and skills acquired through formal
or informal education outside a traditional academic environment or at the initiative
of the individual learner, including through participation in employer training programs,
military service, and independent study.
- Credit for Prior Learning is assessed by a proven, validated process through which
faculty subject matter experts evaluate a student's previously learned competencies
in a particular field and grant college credit when appropriate.
- Credit for Prior Learning is determined by each department within the context of their
mission, roles, student needs, and academic program. Undergraduate students must be
admitted and enrolled at Snow College to be eligible to earn PLA credits. The number
of credits earned through prior learning awarded may be limited. Some limitations
may be imposed by the student degree plan.
- Credit for Prior Learning is awarded through:
- Transfer Credit (Block Transfer, Course-to-Course, Military) and/or
- Proficiency Credit (Training, Certifications, 3rd party evaluations, Standardized
exams, Institutional Exams and Individualized Assessments (proficiency exam))
- Accepted forms of prior learning assessments include:
Additional Prior Learning Assessment Opportunities Include:
- American Council on Education (ACE)
- Joint Service Transcripts (Military Transcripts)
- Departmental Approved Prior Learning Assessments
- Third party or industry certification such as the FLATS, P.O.S.T
- Student portfolio, documented experience
- Department or institutional proficiency exams
More about Prior Learning
Credit earned for prior learning at a Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) institution
is transferable to Snow College on the same basis as if the credit had been earned
through regular study at the awarding USHE institution. Credit for prior learning
will not be assessed for the purpose of receiving credit for a course in which Snow
College does not offer. Additionally, credit will not be awarded if it duplicates
credit that has been previously earned. Credit for prior learning is recorded on a Snow
College transcript as Transfer Credit awarded as Credit for Prior Learning and will
receive a TR or transfer grade. This grade does not affect the Grade Point Average
(GPA). Transfer credit and Proficiency credit will incur a service fee charge of $10 per credit. Proficiency credits of prior learning may incur associated exam or portfolio review
fees. Federal financial aid and employee tuition reimbursement may not cover prior
learning assessment fees.
Questions?
Contact the Registrar's Office at registrar@snow.edu