Policy on Prior Learning Assessment and the Award of Credit for Prior Learning.

Hostos Community College recognizes that collegiate-level learning may take place outside the college classroom or laboratory and still be relevant to Hostos degree programs, and consistent with Hostos academic policies, standards, and mission. Students may apply to the college to receive credit for knowledge and skills gained from such experience. It is important to understand that credit is never awarded for experience alone, but for the demonstration that the student has achieved college-level learning as a result of the experience. Students are expected to articulate and demonstrate their college-level learning and to participate actively in the evaluation process.

 Hostos Community College follows CUNY’s policy on credit for prior learning https://www.cuny.edu/academics/academic-policy/credit-prior-learning/ with each academic department determining how to evaluate learning outside the classroom relevant to that discipline based on the mechanisms outlined in the CUNY policy and which courses are equivalent to the student’s learning.

In order for credit for prior learning to be awarded:

• Career/work-based/life experience directly aligns with the learning objectives of courses taught at Hostos Community College.

• Career/work-based/life experience is verifiable and documented.

• The student is able to demonstrate relevant learning outcomes.

• The student’s career/work-based/life experience is evaluated by the department and determined to be aligned with the learning outcomes for comparable HCC course(s).

• Credit can only be awarded once for the same learning within a student’s degree.