TESU BS Technical Studies Engineering AOS

[davewill]

PLA is Prior Learning Assessment. It's credit-earning methods used to earn credit for knowledge and skills acquired through work, training and other college-level learning completed outside of a traditional college. Here is a helpful TESU page on it: https://www.tesu.edu/degree-completion/pla

I used quite a bit of PLA for my TESU BACS because the courses weren't available at alt credit at that time. You can see the courses I got PLA credir for in my signature. There's a also a link to a thread outlining my and other's experience ith the PLA process.

What I generally tell people is that if you can take an alt credit course to get the credit, that will usually be easier. However, if that's not available, then PLA is not a bad choice, assuming you have relevant experience or training.

You can search this database: https://www2.tesu.edu/plasearch.php to find possible courses to try to get PLA credit for. You would have to take the two PLA courses at TESU, then write portfolios explaining how your experience or training fulfills the learning objectives listed for the courses you choose. The portfolio, contains your proessional resume, a narrative of your relevant experience or training, a PLA resume listing the course learning obectives and how you completed them, evidence and documentation (could be certificates or transcripts, or letters from previous supervisors or teachers, I even used a patent I was named on).

The portfolio is evaluated by a subject matter expert, who may request additional information, and you get a decision about whether you've been granted credit.