Location: Bladen Hall, Room 122
Phone: 301-322-0437
PLAN is a program that enables you to receive credit for college level
learning acquired through work, volunteer and other life experiences. The
program includes several ways in which prior life experiences may be evaluated.
These include portfolio assessment, challenge or competency examinations, ACE
evaluations of business and industry and military training. A PLAN advisor will
assist you in deciding which of these options is best for you.
Determine Your Eligibility for PLAN
Are you eligible to earn college credits through the PLAN Program? Complete
this questionnaire and see.
Of the sixty-three degree programs at Prince George’s Community College,
twelve enable adult learners to obtain maximum benefit from portfolio
documentation through the PLAN Program. To determine if you could benefit,
please answer the following:
- Do you have five or more years of work/life experience in a single
field?
YES or NO? If NO, then you are not eligible to earn credits through
portfolio documentation.
- Is your life/work experience applicable to one of the following programs of
study leading to an Associates Degree at Prince George’s Community
College?
YES or NO? ( view Catalog for 2002-2004; Chapter 10, Programs of
Study for page references of program descriptions.)
- Art Option (pg. 79)
- Business Management (pg. 62)
- Computer Engr. Tech. (pgs 65/66)
- Computer Specialist (pg. 68)
- Criminal Justice (pg. 72)
- Drafting Technology (pg. 73)
- Early Childhood Ed. A.A.S. (p. 69)
- Forensic Science Tech. (pgs.76/77)
- General Studies (pg. 77)
- Marketing Mgt. (pgs. 90/91)
- Paralegal/ Legal Ass’t (pg. 92)
- Technical Support Spec. (pg. 69)
If you answered NO to question 2 above then it is very unlikely that the
portfolio documentation portion of the PLAN Program could benefit you. However,
you may benefit from taking standardized examinations (CLEP, Challenge and
Competency). Call (301) 322-0147 for additional information.
If you answered YES to questions 1 and 2 above, then it is very likely that
you could benefit from portfolio documentation through the PLAN Program. Please
call (301) 322-0437 to sign up for a free PLAN Information Session held
in Bladen Hall, Room 122.
Prior to attending the Information Session you must complete the
following:
- Be a currently admitted credit college student. Complete the Application for
Admission (Admissions & Records Office, Bladen Hall, Room 168) if not
currently admitted. If you have had a two-year break in attendance you will need
to apply for readmission. Any questions about what to declare as your major
(curriculum or course of study) should be directed to an Adviser in Bladen Hall,
Room 145.
- Have credits earned from other colleges/universities, military training, and
training approved by the American Council of Education (ACE) evaluated by
requesting your official transcript(s) be sent to the Admissions & Records
Office. You must submit the Request for Evaluation of Credit from Other
Institutions Form (Bladen 168) for any credential evaluation. Call (301)322-0803
for information. Allow a minimum of two months for transcript evaluation once
your transcript has been received.
- Take the Sentences Placement Test and test eligible for EGL 100,
Introduction to Composition. Obtain a Test Referral Card from an Adviser (Bladen
145), and Sample Questions and Test Information from Student Assessment Services
(Temporary Services Building). Successful completion of Freshman Composition at
any accredited college/university fulfills this requirement.
What Next?
- After the Information Session, you must meet with a PLAN Adviser to select
the courses from your program of study (curriculum or major) for which you will
be seeking credit.
- Enroll in CAP 105, Portfolio Development, (you must have prior approval of
the PLAN Office) to develop a portfolio containing a description of the
experiences that will qualify you for credit in each course you’ve selected.
- Meet one on one with your CAP 105 Instructor to fine-tune your portfolio.
- Submit the completed portfolio to faculty assessors who will determine if
credit is to be awarded.
- You will be charged a modest per credit hour evaluator’s fee for each course
you submit for evaluation.
- Take up to six months after the semester in which the CAP 105 course ends to
submit additional requests for credit (not exceeding the 15 credit hour limit).
You may direct all questions concerning PLAN By E-mail:
PLAN@pgcc.edu