Prior Learning

Prior Learning is defined as college-level learning acquired outside of a college setting. Credit for this kind of learning may be awarded with documentation from the student and a satisfactory evaluation by Antioch-approved prior learning evaluators, usually Antioch faculty members.

Prior Learning units may count toward a student's Self-Directed Non-Classroom Learning requirement. Students may earn up to 44 Prior Learning Units (22 upper division units and 22 lower division).

Students who have the maximum number of lower division units, 105, should not pursue lower division Prior Learning. Students who transfer in the maximum total units of 135 with only 45 left to go should not purse Prior Learning at all, because Prior Learning units do not count towards the 45-unit residency minimum.

The first step for students interested in pursuing Prior Learning (PL) is to attend a required non-credit workshop (ORN 0020) offered twice every quarter Fall, Winter and Spring, and once in the Summer. The workshop is designed to help identify PL units, create a proposal, choose an evaluator, and register.

The resources below are designed to supplement the information covered in that workshop, but you may also contact Prior Learning Coordinator, MeHee Hyun (mhyun@antioch.edu) with further questions.