Taught by

Nancy Parkes

creative writing, sustainability, public policy

Prior Learning from Experience allows people with significant professional and/or community-based experience to kick-start or accelerate a college degree. Students receive significant support from peers and faculty in learning how to assemble a portfolio of documentary essays that show the “college equivalent learning” they have gained through professional and/or community-based work. Students earn credit through a combination of coursework, and separate faculty assessments of completed documentary learning essays. This separate and economical assessment and award of credit for prior learning speeds time to degree.  Students completing a PLE document generally describe the experience as “transformative,” helping them to understand the college level equivalence of their professional and community-based experience, as well as preparing them for future academic and professional work. The program has a prerequisite course, which you will find under “Writing from Life.” You will also find further information, including a video, at https://www.evergreen.edu/ple .

Credits per quarter

Fields of study: 

• communication
• writing

Prerequisites:

Successful completion of Writing from Life course and application to the PLE program

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Freshman–Senior
Class Size: 25

Scheduled for: Evening

Final schedule and room assignments:

• Fall

First meeting:

Tuesday, October 1, 2019 - 6:00 pm

SEM 2 D2107 - Seminar

Located in: Olympia