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Prior Learning Experience (PLE) Programme
As learning occurs in many different ways, Michael University offers a program, which will enable students to earn University credits for learning acquired through documented experiential learning. Through this program, Michael University translates certain types of demonstrable adult learning experiences into University credits, the measurement units of higher education.
The Assessment of Prior Learning Experience (PLE) Program at Michael University is a process, which recognizes prior life/work experience by having the knowledge you have gained assessed for University credit. It is a process by which a student may receive University credit for the learning derived as a result of that life/work experience. This learning is called non-traditional or experiential learning, and oftentimes it translates into University-level learning.
Michael University will award credits to students who can demonstrate the attainment of skills and knowledge equivalent to those expected of persons satisfactorily completing specified portions of a degree programme by means other than formal classroom instruction or sponsored, supervised, out-of-class learning. For instance, those individuals who have been away from formal education for some time may want to complete this procedure by writing a portfolio to be evaluated for credits toward the degree programme.
Students who choose to prepare for this advanced standing programme must first complete all the steps in the admissions procedure. A minimum of six credits at Michael University must be completed, then the student enrols in the advanced standing programme in which the student learns the specific skills needed in the identification, articulation, and documentation of their prior learning experience. Employment, volunteer activities, hobbies, travel and other experiences are analysed closely for their identifiable skill and knowledge base. Students are taught how to quantify such informal learning. The purpose of the course is to guide the student in the development of a portfolio to be presented for evaluation of credit.
An easy way to ascertain if the learning you have gained outside of traditional college classrooms is similar is to think of your learning in the following terms:
- Is the learning in a subject area taught at a University?
- Can the learning be applied to situations other than the one in which it was acquired?
- Can the learning be verified by an expert in the field?
- Can the learning be related to other learning from similar areas of study?
If your answers to the above questions were yes, then the PLE Program is probably worth exploring. Another way to tell is to read the course descriptions in the brochure. If your response is positive, then it would appear that this is an appropriate program, and one, which would be of benefit to you.
To receive credit for enrolment in this advanced standing course, students must complete a satisfactory first draft of a portfolio by the end of the course. Thereafter the final portfolio is submitted for evaluation to the Examination Committee of Michael University, which comprises of evaluators who will determine the number of credits you will receive. You can receive up to 60 credits to be applied toward a program of study at Michael University, which can be Bachelor Degree, Master Degree or Phd Program. The course is graded on a Pass/No Pass basis.
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