GENS 301 - Portfolio Development

Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: As Needed

This course requires students to develop a portfolio that they can then use to document prior life/work experience. An expanded version of this document serves as documentation to support an award of credit for college level learning gained through experience. Students will enhance their research skills by compiling and organizing documents that will constitute proof of their creditable experience; develop their persuasive writing skills by presenting how these documents substantiate their claim that prior work and/ or experience should be given course credit; and develop their ability to document resource materials correctly for the field(s) in question.

Prerequisite(s): an autobiographical essay to be used as a diagnostic tool for writing skills and creditable learning experience, and approval of the instructor.