FAST TRACK Degree programs for the working

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FAST TRACK Degree programs for the working / experienced adult

The International University evaluates and awards academic credits for prior experiential learning based on guidelines recommended by the American Council on Education ( ACE) , New York Board of Regents Program on Non-collegiate Sponsored Instruction (PONSI), Council for Advancement of Experiential Learning (CAEL), Defense Activity for Nom-Traditional Education (DANTE), American College Testing ( ACT), Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and all recognized credit sources.

Credit for Life and Work Learning

Like many institutions of higher education, we believe that a learner's work and life experience should translate into academic credit as long as it can be verified and documented.

However, we do not grant entire degrees based on life and work experience. By policy, only a percentage of your credits may come from your Personal Learning Portfolio.

If you have significant life and work experience, you can earn additional credit through testing and directed-study courses, or even a final project.

Credit for Military, Technical Schools, Law Enforcement and MANY other learning methods are also considered.

Earn a World-Wide, recognized degree from TIU in as little as 15-30 hours!! (For Students that Qualify)

The Process
You will work with your Faculty Review Committee to develop a portfolio of your significant accomplishments and acquired learning, called your Personal Learning Portfolio.

The Personal Learning Portfolio is a review of the comprehensive learning you have acquired during your work and life, or other professional experiences. It is the beginning point for the process of documenting that work and life experience, or other.

Once you have developed your Personal Learning Portfolio, you will associate your work and life learning experiences with matching college and university courses. And you will then need to carefully document your learning.

Documentation Process
You will work with your Advisor to identify and carefully document learning that has been realized from your life's events and experiences. Your documentation may include items such as an extensive work, verifiable resume, letters from former supervisors, and work results from projects you have completed. Any type of training could be evaluated and converted into college credit.

You will then assemble the documents in a portfolio and clearly illustrates the results.

The Personal Learning Portfolio exercise is challenging. Your Advisor will be careful to document each credit we award. We expect the process to be fair and legitimate. That way, your credits and your degree will retain their long-term value, and you can be proud of what you have accomplished.

Although all potential students may apply for Personal Learning Portfolio credit, it is recommended that only learners with significant life experience undertake the exercise.

Other Areas
If you believe that your life and work experience merits more than 33% of your required credits, we have developed methods to test for subject matter expertise. You may take general subject matter tests, such as CLEP, Dantes, or another similar test. An oral test may be conducted via telephone and or computer for additional credit.

We also offer customized subject-matter projects that may be applied for college credit.

You may also undertake directed study courses that give you the chance to formally study and document your knowledge in a subject area. Directed study exercises are courses that are tailored just for you, because we want you to get the maximum available credit.

Remember, at least 15 new credits, or other approved project must be taken through TIU, or one of it's approved international affiliates, and all financial obligations satisfied, before the conferral of any degree.

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