{"id":1032,"date":"2020-06-22T16:46:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T20:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/admissions\/professional-continuing-studies\/graduate-nontraditional-3\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T17:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T21:21:40","slug":"life-experience-credits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/admissions\/adult-learners\/life-experience-credits\/","title":{"rendered":"Credit for Prior Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CPL is a nationally established, rigorous academic process that awards college credit for knowledge and skills gained outside of traditional college classrooms. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/professional-continuing-studies\/\">College of Professional and Continuing Studies<\/a> awards CPL through the following, widely recognized means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Credit by Examination\n<ul>\n<li>CLEP, DSST, Defense Language Proficiency Tests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Credit for military training (<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acenet.edu\/Programs-Services\/Pages\/Credit-Transcripts\/Military-Guide-Online.aspx\">Joint Services Transcript<\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>Credit for Non-Collegiate Courses: Professional training courses approved by the <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acenet.edu\/National-Guide\/Pages\/Seeking-Credit.aspx\">American Council on Education<\/a><\/span> (ACE), the <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalccrs.org\/students\">National College Credit Recommendation Service<\/a><\/span> (NCCS), or the New York State Department of Education.<\/li>\n<li>Credit by Portfolio Assessment or Other Individualized Assessment (students work under the direction of a faculty member to demonstrate prior learning).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How does CPL work?<\/h2>\n<p>A prospective student should schedule an appointment with a CPL Specialist as soon as possible prior to admission.\u00a0 The CPL Specialist will review the student\u2019s background and devise a plan to award the maximum possible CPL (up to 60 credits), which will depend on the student\u2019s major.\u00a0 Once the plan is approved, the student has one year to complete any remaining CPL requirements (e.g., passing a CLEP exam or submitting a portfolio).<\/p>\n<h2>How much time and money will I save?<\/h2>\n<p>An accurate estimate will be made by the CPL Specialist, but a rough estimate can be provided by the Credit Predictor tool.<\/p>\n<h2>What are the fees for CPL?<\/h2>\n<p><span>There is no fee for credits awarded by Adelphi for Credit for Prior Learning.\u00a0 However, there may be associated fees charged by other entities, e.g., registration fees charged by the College Board for CLEP examinations.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CPL is a nationally established, rigorous academic process that awards college credit for knowledge and skills gained outside of traditional college classrooms. 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