Can you get credit for Independant Study courses...

I was wondering if anyone has received credit by selecting Independant Study courses via portfolio assessment?

EX: Independent Study in English, History, Humanities, etc...

Thanks!
Jay

 

I've earned credits via independent study courses without any type of portfolio assessment. The courses are worth college credit by themselves without any type of further assessment. LSU and Southwest Texas State are among the most inexpensive.

 

If I understand your question, you mean 'do people receive credit for study on their own through portfolio credit?'

My understanding is that this is one of the principle uses of portfolio credit! At least I intend to leaven my degree plan with such portfolio credit....

Anyone care to confirm?

--Orson

 

What I mean is, when you reference a course/topic from University XXXX, and the course number/description is (for example)

Engl 500 - Indpendent Study in English
"Opppertunity to work in topics of special intrest within English"

This a reference course that would have to be submitted to the college for portfoilo assessment approval.

 

What college?
This is not my understanding. It ought to transfer directly if you're talking the Big Three assessment colleges; elsewhere it may depend upon policy. But if transfer credit is rather liberal, I can't imagine why one would have to have the work assessed twice...!

Perhaps you can refer us to a relevant policy statement?

--Orson

 

I believe what Nobycane is asking is can one put together a portfolio (based on prior individual study) using as a basis for credit, an independent study course from a regionally accredited school. I would guess the answer would be no, as the independent study course has no description of competencies that will be gained.

Tony

 

Independent study is NOT portfolilo assessment!

Most independent study courses require you to develop a course outline with deliverables with a faculty memeber and then to follow that outline. The supervising faculty member then assigns a grade basedon how well you achieved your stated objectives.

Most also require new work. IMHO the difference between independent study and guided research or project is in the scope of the effort, with independent study being less effort.

Now each insitution may have a different take on this,as will various facutly members, but this is what I got from looking at several different programs.

 

It sounds like you might be better off with credit by examination. A friend of mine got "practicum" credit for things that didn't appear in the school's catalog, but those were documented achievements. The way schools document reading is with tests.