Welcome to Prior Learning Assessment!

Prior Learning Assessment offers students admitted to Eastern Michigan University the opportunity to earn credit for college-level learning they have gained outside the college environment. This may include:

• Seminars
• Training completed on the job
• Knowledge acquired independently

The Prior Learning Assessment process
requires students to:

• Identify and analyze learning
• Document experience
• Match the learning to EMU courses
• Compile a written portfolio for each class in which you hope to gain credit.

Once the portfolios are completed:

• The student pays a fee
• The portfolio is evaluated by Department faculty
• A determination is made
• The student is notified of the determination
• Grades for successful portfolios are recorded on the student's transcript

Submitting a portfolio does not guarantee credit will be awarded. Credits earned through portfolio-assisted prior learning assessment may be applied toward any degree for which they are appropriate. Students seeking credit for prior learning must attend a free workshop prior to beginning the process.