Prior learning must be relevant to the
student’s field of study and must represent graduate-level
learning acquired after the student obtained a bachelor's
degree and prior to enrollment into the ILPS Department.
A maximum of 8 quarter credits of prior learning may be
applied toward the degree.
Prior learning credit may be earned
from successfully completing graduate courses with a B-
or better from regionally accredited schools, from experiential
learning, or from a combination of the two.
During the development of the individualized
curriculum, in consultation with the committee and the faculty
advisor, the student should decide whether or not to include
prior learning. An important factor is the advisability
of investing time, money, and energy into the documentation
and evaluation of prior learning.
Students design a course syllabus for
all prior learning credit. The student submits narrative
evaluations and the relevant documentation of learning with
the draft individualized curriculum to the committee and
faculty advisor.
The faculty advisor (or designee) evaluates
all prior learning before the individualized curriculum
can be approved in final form. Credit is awarded at the
time of approval of the student’s individualized curriculum.
Guidelines
for earning credit for prior learning:
Transfer Credit is work completed at a regionally
accredited institution of higher learning, usually documented
in the form of an official transcript. (Work done outside
the United States will sometimes have other forms of documentation.
If documentation is in a language other than English, a
certified translation of the document is required ) Documentation
of potential graduate transfer credits is submitted to Antioch
during the admissions process. Only courses with a passing
grade of B- or better, or satisfactory evaluations from
institutions that do not give letter grades, may transfer
as prior learning credit. The student must also provide
to Antioch a completed prior learning form, which includes
a brief self-assessment of the transcripted work.
NOTE: Prior learning credit is awarded
when the individualized curriculum is approved, not during
the admissions process.
Semester credits convert to quarter
credits by multiplying the credits earned by 1.5. For example,
3 semester credits are worth 4.5 quarter credits.
Experiential Learning
credit may be granted to a student for learning that took
place outside a formal educational setting but is comparable
to graduate-level course work. Students develop a syllabus
that reflects the learning gained through experience.
Prior learning is recorded through
the development of a syllabus, presentation of documents
that demonstrate the depth and breath of the learning acquired,
and a student self-evaluation of his or her learning.
