Your path: PLA Program
Prior Learning Assessment Program
Through Marylhurst’s Prior Learning Assessment Program, life and work experiences such as employment, homemaking, company-sponsored or military training, community service, independent research and travel study may apply as credit toward an undergraduate degree.
The Program
Step One:
Development of an individual education plan begins in the Learning Assessment Workshop, the first of three required PLA courses, where students:
- Clarify educational goals and priorities;
- Develop a personal plan with specific objectives; and
- Discover how many credits may be earned for prior learning.
Step Two:
Next, the PLA Seminar provides a step-by-step method for making credit requests based on the student’s mastery of subjects through prior learning or personal study. Students identify areas which fulfill specific Marylhurst University requirements and learn how to describe, analyze and document acquired knowledge.
Step Three:
Portfolio Development Studies are individualized tutorials where students receive one-on-one instruction and guidance. A PLA advisor meets regularly and individually with each student to review work.