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CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING
Lakeshore recognizes its responsibility to provide advanced placement status to those students with valid and credible learning experiences that have occurred outside our college classrooms. Credit for Prior Learning may be granted for the following situations:
Transfer Credits:
1) Postsecondary credits earned at other Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) colleges. 2) Postsecondary credits earned at non-WTCS colleges.
3) Credits earned by high school students.
4) Credits earned by completing a registered apprenticeship.
Other Non-College Education & Training*:
1) Subject area competency demonstrated by passing a district or national examination.
2) Previous work experience, military training, education or training, or other prior learning demonstrated
as comparable in content and rigor to a specific technical college course or courses.
*Students desiring to earn credit for their prior learning from non-college education and training (work/life experience) may be assessed for their prior learning through a prior learning assessment. A prior learning assessment can be a test, portfolio, skills demonstration, or combination of methods. Testing out of a course must be completed within the first two weeks of the course. Not all courses have prior learning assessments, students should contact their Program Counselor at 920.693.1366 for more information.
General Guidelines for Credit for Prior Learning:
Credit for prior learning must be applied toward a specific program at the College. Non-program students are not eligible for advanced standing.
• The student must have earned a grade of 2.0 or better (on a 4.0 scale) in the course being considered.
• The course being transferred must be generally equivalent in content and meet or exceed the credit value of
the Lakeshore course.
• Transfer credit may be awarded for up to 75% of the degree, diploma, or certificate requirements. Students
must complete a minimum of 25% of the technical/occupational courses required to complete the degree
or diploma at Lakeshore.
• Lakeshore reserves the right to place time limits on prior learning for which credit may be granted based on
technological changes specific to that field.
• Original transcripts from awarding institutions are required when transferring college credits to Lakeshore.
• If the student chooses to be assessed for their prior learning in a currently enrolled class, it must be completed
within the first two weeks of the term and any refund due to the student will follow WTCS refund policy for
that specific class.
• Credits earned through prior learning assessments are not eligible for financial aid.
• The student does not have to be enrolled in the course to complete a prior learning assessment.
• If the student has been enrolled in the course for longer than two weeks or has been enrolled in the
same course at any point in the past, the student may not petition for Credit for Prior Learning.
• Exams are $50 and Portfolio and Skill Demonstrations are $90.
• Credit for prior learning for previous work experience will include a $90 fee.
• Courses may be bundled so that only a single assessment fee is charged.