There is no fee to transcribe credit from military experience, dual credit, or transcripts from CLEP or DSST exams.

The fee to transcribe your prior learning credit onto your transcript from departmental exams or a portfolio is $21.50 per credit hour. The fees become part of a student’s current bursar bill and can be satisfied using financial aid. Students are not expected to pay the fees before the credit is posted.

Please note: there may be fees charged by organizations providing the exams or courses for credit.

The English program accepts Prior Learning for ENG-W 131 Reading, Writing & Inquiry I and ENG-W 231 Professional Writing Skills.

Students with experience in journalism or business writing may submit a portfolio with sample work to demonstrate their ability to meet the learning outcomes for each of these courses. In addition to sample work, students must include a statement in which they demonstrate how they have met those outcomes.

Portfolios will be assessed by faculty to determine if the student’s prior learning meets the respective course outcomes.

The Fine Arts program honors prior learning in observational drawing. Prior learning is assess by program faculty on a case by case basis. Candidates may submit a portfolio of ten images of original observational drawings for review. The candidate’s portfolio must achieve the following outcomes in order to be awarded credit for Fundamentals Drawing (FINA-F 101).

1. Analyze visual properties of objects through hands-on drawing assignments including:
   • Blind contour, true contour, upside-down drawings
   • Gesture drawings, open and closed compositions,
   • Sighting and Measuring two and three dimensional objects
   • Value applications and techniques
   • Cross-contour line drawings
   • Drawing using the grid
   • Linear perspective drawing
   • Drawing ellipses
2. Given a drawing medium and an object, create a variety of responses to observational drawing including:
   • Contour lines
   • Gesture
   • Proportional relationships
   • Sighting and measuring
   • Value
   • Reductive drawing
   • Simple Perspective
   • Drawing ellipses

Prior learning by portfolio assessment is available to students in a degree program for which a BUS-M course is required (e.g., BUS-M 301 for BSBA majors). Prior learning by portfolio assessment also is available to any BSBA major.

For marketing, prior learning is assessed with an electronic portfolio consisting of four parts:

1. Completion of course prerequisites.
   • All BUS-M courses – Course prerequisites appearing on the IU transcript as “T” or “C” or better; or, scores consistent with a letter grade of “C” or better on approved exams (e.g., CLEP, DSST) for course prerequisites.
2. Demonstrated content mastery.
   • BUS-M 301 – Three credits in BUS-M 300 appearing on the IU transcript as “T” or “C” or better; or, a score equivalent to a letter grade of “C” using an approved prior learning exam (e.g., CLEP “Principles of Marketing”) for BUS-M 300.
   • Other BUS-M courses – The marketing faculty will review bona fide certificates/credentials with CEUs that have been earned in the past 7 years on a case-by-case basis. If it is determined there is a BUS-M course equivalent at IU East, students may be eligible to demonstrate prior learning through portfolio assessment.
3. Demonstrated competency in applying course content.
   • BUS-M 301 – We utilize a simulation as a mechanism to assess each students’ ability to apply marketing across a broad range of activities. An average score of 80% or better sufficiently demonstrates competence in applying marketing content.
   • Other BUS-M courses – For students with bona fide certificates/credentials which demonstrate content mastery (See 2), the application requirement will be explicated on an as-needed basis and documented for subsequent use.
4. Documented prior learning in a work setting, in lifelong learning, or via other instruction.
   • All BUS-M courses – Documented evidence that explicates the type and nature of prior learning in marketing is a necessary component of the portfolio. Examples may include a syllabus, a supervisor’s letter, a self-reflective essay, a transcripted course with a passing score or grade (e.g., from IU or from another institution), or other similar, verifiable forms of evidence.

The Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography Department accepts prior learning for SOC-S 100 Introduction to Sociology, ANTH-A 103 Human Origins and Prehistory, and SOC-S 217 Social Inequality.

Students with experience in Sociology, Anthropology and other course work in the liberal arts and social sciences may submit a portfolio with sample work to demonstrate their ability to meet the learning outcomes for each of these courses. In addition to sample work, students must include a statement in which they demonstrate how they have met those outcomes.

Portfolios will be assessed by faculty to determine if the student’s prior learning meets the respective course outcomes.

Talk to your advisor before compiling a portfolio to determine what documentation is required and relevant.

The following examples of documentation may be useful to gather for portfolio assessment or assessment of certificates and licensures:

• Completion of recognized academic programs
• Certificates and other credentials with their fulfillment criteria
• Résumé
• Documentation of project management skills
• Documentation of skills consistent with those expected in the course being reviewed (e.g., an animated short film, a mobile application, an e-commerce website)
• Job descriptions
• Passing a comprehensive examination on the contents of the course
• Service to a nongovernmental organization or the government (e.g., a volunteer organization, the military, diplomatic corps)
• Report on funded and unfunded research projects
• Syllabi of courses covering similar content
• Testimonials of course-related knowledge and skills acquisition
• Documentation of professional activities clarifying acquired knowledge and skills concerning the course’s contents, such as developing a website for a community service organization, contributing to IT fair projects, mentorship, performance reviews, presenting or publishing scholarship, and producing a video.