Course objectives are that the student will:

• Demonstrate college level writing skills.
• Demonstrate oral presentation skills.
• Show their learning is knowledge based, not solely experience based.
• Understand a variety of learning styles
• Develop a portfolio, describing and documenting academic, professional, and experiential learning.
• Develop a personal mission statement.
• Document that all experiences and/or professional courses submitted for credit have taken place following the student’s high school graduation.
• Learn about God’s intervention in and directives about the life learning process

The portfolio is a student-prepared record of prior learning in the areas of previous college course work or equivalency tests, professional training, and personal and professional experiences. The portfolio consists of a personal mission statement, resume, verification of transferable credit, technical and professional training, autobiography, and Life Learning Paper(s).

There are two ways portfolio credit may be earned. The first is related solely to technical and professional instruction through various companies and institutions and is described in Section 3: Professional Schools and Training.

The second manner of earning portfolio credit is through the writing of Life Learning Papers and is described in Section 5: Life – Learning Paper. These papers are written following Kolb’s Model of experiential learning on topics, which show your experience and your college level learning.