Preface

Valdosta State University has a long history with Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) beginning with a pilot program during the Fall Semester 2007 involving selective courses and academic departments.

This handbook is designed to provide students, faculty, administrators, and other interested individuals with information needed when seeking credit for prior learning which is related to specific courses at Valdosta State University. The handbook is regularly revised to incorporate institutional and system-wide policies, as well as lessons learned from the program's evolution at VSU.

The Credit for Prior Learning program began as a pilot project funded by the Transition to Teaching grant and was cooperatively developed by faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Dewar College of Education. A CPL Working Group composed of members of both colleges was charged with developing the pilot project.  Members of the CPL Work Group who developed the CPL program and related materials are Dr. Heather Brasell, Dr. Ada Burnette, Dr. Mary Ellen Dallman, Dr. Sharon L. Gravett, Dr. Christine James, Dr. Sean Lennon, Dr. Jerry Merwin, Dr. Jim Nienow, Dr. Beverly Richardson-Blake, Dr. Barbara Stanley, Ms. Karen Shepard, and Dr. Arsalan Wares.

Acknowledgements

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Important guidance was provided by Dr. Patricia Patterson, Executive Director of Teacher Quality Initiatives, University System of Georgia, and our consultants, Dr. Morry Fiddler and Dr. Catherine Marineau of DePaul University.  Their wealth of knowledge gave the Working Group background information and sources, when coupled with their training and experiences, to develop the CPL program at VSU.

Preface, Introduction, Description of Courses

Preface & Acknowledgements (Provides background information on the development of the CPL Program at VSU)

Introduction

Description of Courses

CPL Documentation Course Information