Credit for Portfolio Presentation

Students at Aims can earn credit for experiential learning through the presentation of the portfolio. Aims recognizes that some students may have acquired theory and knowledge outside the academic setting through life experiences which may be equivalent to college-level course work.

The portfolio is not merely a study of accumulated knowledge, but rather an examination of learned life experiences discussed in essays and presented through publicly verifiable documentation.

Students should prove to an expert in the field that they possess the learning which is claimed:

• This learning must reflect theory beyond the specific situation, procedure, routine or skill from which the learning was based.
  
  
• Further, students must document the relationship between prior learning, written academic goals, and their degree program, and should connect a cognitive theory of learning to the relationship between theory, knowledge, and experience.
  
  
• Students will be responsible for preparation, presentation, and documentation of the portfolio to gain credit for specific courses at Aims.
  
  
• Additionally, students will be required to take a Portfolio course prior to submission of a portfolio.

Information about portfolios is available in the Student Success Center.