Prior Learning

You may earn up to 45-credit hours (the equivalent of 15 college courses) through the Prior Learning Assessment program. In the 3-credit Prior Learning Assessment course (ED202), you will learn how to demonstrate your previous learning for college credit and produce your first portfolio. Facilitators will guide and assist you through the process of matching your learning experiences to college course descriptions. If needed, you will learn to use the Internet and other resources to locate equivalent course descriptions at regionally accredited colleges throughout the nation, so you are not limited solely to courses offered by Regis.

Students have earned Prior Learning Assessment credit by matching their experience to a wide variety of college courses such as:

The ED202 course is available in both the accelerated classroom format and online. If you are pursuing teacher licensure/certification, the Prior Learning Assessment option is also available to you.

You can also earn college credit through credit by-exam programs: CLEP, DANTES (DSST), and Challenge Exams. Most exams are pass/no pass and award 3 to 12 credit hours. The CLEP and DANTES national testing programs offer more than 65 exams that meet core, major, minor, prerequisite, and general elective degree requirements. National League of Nursing exams and Miller Analogies Tests are also offered.

Challenge Exams have been developed by Regis faculty and are based on specific Regis courses. Challenge Exams are designed to allow students to demonstrate mastery of a particular subject area gained through life or work experience. Some of the wide range of subject areas covered by these exams include:

• Accounting
• Computer science
• Economics
• Education foundations
• English composition
• Ethics
• History
• Languages: Spanish, German, or French

• Law enforcement
• Literature
• Management
• Marketing
• Natural sciences
• Personal finance
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Statistics

We offer testing facilities at most of our Front Range campuses. Testing times include a choice of evenings and Saturdays. You may obtain test preparation information, the testing schedule, and registration information from our website at www.regis.edu/testing. You are also welcome to drop by, or call the Testing Center, where the staff will be glad to help you.