Experiential Learning Credit is most helpful if you have had long, rich and varied learning experiences, and if you do not have many hours of credit on your transcript.

Students are permitted to submit a Learning Portfolio (evidence of Experiential Learning), only after you have been accepted to the University of Memphis and University College, successful completed one course, and only after you have an approved degree plan (a baccalaureate contract or University College advising guideline).

Credit is awarded based on a faculty evaluator's determination that the portfolio provides sufficient evidence that the knowledge and skills a student has acquired are equivalent to what a student would acquire in a college-level class at either the lower or upper-division level.

The amount of Experiential Learning credit will be granted based upon guidelines of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

No Experiential Learning Credit is guaranteed with the exception a few pre-assessed licenses such as a Pilots' Licenses held by Commercial Aviation students.

A non-refundable fee of $90 is payable when your portfolio is submitted.  The charge for having Experiential Learning Credit posted on your transcript is $30 per credit hour. The $90 fee is applied to this charge.  All payments are made at the Office of the Bursar, 1st Floor, Wilder Tower - the receipt is submitted to University College with the portfolio.  

Experiential Learning Credit cannot substitute for basic general education requirements. It can be given only in subjects that contribute to an interdisciplinary University College coordinated study or major.

Evaluation of portfolios can be a lengthy process, six months or more.  Therefore, it is important to submit your portfolio a minimum of two semesters before you plan to graduate.