The Credit for Life/Work Experience
Portfolio Process

The Seminar process, used in the past, was replaced in May 2006 with this powerpoint demonstration.

FCLS's streamlined portfolio assessment process offers students the opportunity to earn up to 32 college credits for their life/work experience. Each submission is worth a maximum of 4 credits. If you believe that your life/work experience relates to your degree program, you may be eligible to prepare a portfolio for review for college credit. Credit is granted for life/work experience that is equivalent to "college level learning" demonstrating a theoretical and practical understanding of the subjects being considered.

To be eligible to submit a portfolio for life/work experience a student:
• Must be matriculated.
• Must have accumulated at least 15 credits at FCLS.
• Can apply for no more than a maximum of 30 credits from a combination of portfolio assessment, ACE, and NPONSI
• Will be allowed to transfer only 75 credits including the number of credits for life/work experience.
• Must have a cumulative Grade Point Average above 2.5 for all classes taken at FCLS.

To apply for Life/Work Experience credits, students must follow this procedure:
• Read and study this powerpoint demonstration.  Students not conversant with the details of this presentation will be asked to review it and study it before  meeting with Dean Holt.  Once you are entirely comfortable with the presentation you can write your 4 page proposal and submit it to Dean Holt.  Only after submission of the proposal will a meeting to consider the request be scheduled.
• If the proposal receives approval to move forward, Dean Holt will assign a faculty member to work with you.  Please do not contact faculty members directly before they are assigned to you. 

*Work with the assigned faculty member and  submit the portfolio when they request that you do so.

• Submit an individual portfolio to Dean Holt for each academic unit in which credit is being sought.
• Submit portfolios by the following dates:
For Fall Submissions: October 30
For Spring Submissions: March 30

To begin the process by viewing the powerpoint demonstration log in to http://fordham.blackboard.com/ as a student or guest and search for course:

FCLSTTCREDIT

Further information is contained within the Powerpoint demonstration.

For further information contact:
Patrick Holt
Associate Dean
Fordham College of Liberal Studies
100 Marymount Avenue
Tarrytown, NY 10591-3796
TEL: 914-332-8309
Email: holt@fordham.edu