Prior Learning Assessments
Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) is a process that allows students to earn college credit for knowledge and skills gained outside of a traditional classroom setting. This may include learning acquired through work experience, testing, religious mission, military service, Peace Corps, volunteer work, community service, or other life experiences. By awarding credit for prior learning, PLA can reduce the cost of your education, shorten your time to graduation, and recognize the value of the experience you bring to your academic journey.
Credit is awarded based on the type and length of your experience and is reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Standardized Tests
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Service Learning Credit
Receive credit for service experiences such as completing a religious mission, doing humanitarian service such as Peace Corps or AmeriCorps, or community service.
Military Credit
Get credit for your military training.
Language Credit
Credit options for prior language experience. For additional details please email worldlanguages@weber.edu.
Experiential Credit
Receive credit for prior experiential learning, industrial or commercial training may be awarded at academic departmental discretion.
Credit By Exam
Credit by special examination (i.e., Institutional Challenge Exams, National Certification Exams) may be awarded at the discretion of academic departments.
Career & Technical Education
Receive credit from Utah Technical Colleges, and other Regional Pathway Agreements.
Non-regional Credit Application
If a transfer institution is not regionally accredited, transfer credits may be accepted at the discretion of academic departments. Credit may be accepted only if the course is deemed to be equivalent to a course in the WSU catalog.
Post Credits
View credit options for the Peace Officer and Standards Training.