07-21-2025, 10:54 AM
(07-01-2025, 01:01 PM)katannshaw Wrote: I need them to do a portfolio review to see what professional experience and certifications can count towards college credit. Unfortunately they only do it if you take their 12-week "Prior Learning Assessment" course beforehand, which you have to pay for.Keep in mind that what I am about to say is based on my own experiences with portfolio evaluations which are almost 10 years old by now.
PLA-100 will teach you how to evaluate your own past experiences to see if you have enough experience in a certain subject to receive credit for it. One of the nice benefits of taking this course is that you can have up to 12 credits evaluated, which translates into four courses, for no additional tuition cost besides the cost of the PLA course.
It's possible I don't quite understand what you said in the quote above. But I'm wondering if you're putting the cart before the horse. You're not going to sit down with an advisor and have them say "oh yeah you have enough experience to write portfolios, go ahead and do it and we'll will give you credit." you will decide if you have enough experience, and if you can gather enough evidence. Have you looked through the portfolio database? https://www2.tesu.edu/plasearch.php
This has all of the courses that are eligible for portfolio reviews. You might want to start there to see if there are courses that correspond to your experience, that will also work in your degree plan. Then you can decide if you want to take the PLA course and write up to 4 portfolios to receive credit for four courses.
There's a link in my bio that takes you to my portfolio tips. In a nutshell, you need to collect evidence of your past experiences that corresponds to a course that you find in the database. You will also need to write an essay about those experiences.
I'm a huge fan of portfolios because they work very well for the right type of person. Let me know if you have any questions about them. Wishing you the best of luck!
BSBA/Accounting TESU (2016). MSA UIUC (2018).
Need help with portfolios? I earned 18 credits at TESU through portfolio evaluations. Nine of those were for upper level accounting courses. My advice for PLA/portfolios: TESU portfolio tips The first post has the Portfolio Checklist I created. Page ten has the actual narrative I wrote to receive credit for ACC-440.
Using Straighterline's Financial Accounting as a substitute for TESU's Intermediate Accounting I? Don't do it if you are an accounting major and/or want your CPA license. They are not the same course and I think TESU has erred in accepting the SL course as Intermediate I. I made this discovery here: Intermediate Accounting II.
Need help with portfolios? I earned 18 credits at TESU through portfolio evaluations. Nine of those were for upper level accounting courses. My advice for PLA/portfolios: TESU portfolio tips The first post has the Portfolio Checklist I created. Page ten has the actual narrative I wrote to receive credit for ACC-440.
Using Straighterline's Financial Accounting as a substitute for TESU's Intermediate Accounting I? Don't do it if you are an accounting major and/or want your CPA license. They are not the same course and I think TESU has erred in accepting the SL course as Intermediate I. I made this discovery here: Intermediate Accounting II.
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