Degree Completion - Life Experience Credit
If you enter the Degree Completion Program with fewer than 80 semester hours, you may seek to gain the remaining hours of credit needed to graduate in several ways as noted in the following paragraphs. A maximum of 30 semester hours can be accepted when it has been achieved in a combination of the following ways:
Evaluation of Alterative Educational Experiences, Credit by Examination, and Credit by Demonstrated Competency (CDC). Unless otherwise approved, this credit will be applied only to elective credit.
Evaluation of Alternative Educational Experiences
The College will evaluate formal educational experiences gained in non-college settings. Where the American Council on Education (ACE) has evaluated such courses, the College will use the evaluation in the appropriate guide as a source for determining what credit might be given. Students may have had courses in specialized institutes, e.g., banking or real estate or courses as part of vocational training in industry; in a technical institute or as specialized training in the military. Multnomah Bible College will evaluate such work according to standards established by accrediting associations.
Credit by Examination
Multnomah Bible College will accept the results of testing by CLEP (College Level Examination Program), DTTS, the military equivalent, or a departmental examination accepted by the College. There may be charges in addition to the costs involved with taking the examination.
Credit by Demonstrated Competency (CDC)
CDC allows a student the opportunity to prepare a portfolio describing specific work activities and life experiences and then to document the learning that resulted from these experiences. Material for this portfolio can come from a number of different sources, including, workshops, seminars, self-study,
non-credit classes, training courses, and work experiences. Please note that it is the learning (and not merely experience) from these sources that is evaluated. Appropriate faculty members will evaluate the written portfolio and determine what credit might be warranted. In the admissions process the Degree Completion Program staff will provide you with an estimate of the number of CDC credits you might expect to receive through this program. Students will be assessed fees when they submit their portfolio. A schedule of fees for CDC evaluation is available in the Degree Completion Program
Office.
