Transfer Credits and Prior Learning Assessment Credits

Online Degree Programs

Breyer State University, the innovators in curriculum design, offers students the opportunity to apply for and receive transfer of previously earned college credits/courses toward their online degree requirements. We also provide the unique opportunity for students to make a formal application and request for evaluation/assessment of career/work/prior learning experiences to receive course equivalents for required courses in the curriculum. Students may be awarded transfer credits from past courses and/or via formal application/review for prior learning credits.

Breyer State University will consider transfer credits for its online degree programs according to the following standards/policy:

Associate Degrees: up to 75% of degree requirements by credit transfers of courses which are equivalent to required courses in the degree curriculum and/or up to 15 semester credit awards by prior learning portfolio assessment. A combination of transfer credits and credits by prior learning portfolio assessment are allowable for up to a total of 75% of degree requirements, with a maximum of 15 semesters hours awarded by prior learning portfolio assessment.

Bachelors Degrees: up to 75% of degree requirements by credit transfers of courses which are equivalent to required courses in the degree curriculum and/or up to 30 semester credit awards by prior learning portfolio assessment. A combination of transfer credits and credits by prior learning portfolio assessment are allowable for up to a total of 75% of degree requirements, with a maximum of 30 semesters hours awarded by prior learning portfolio assessment.

Masters Degrees: up to 45% of degree requirements may be awarded by credit transfer courses which are equivalent to required courses in the degree curriculum, and/or up to 15 semester hours of credit awards by learning portfolio assessment; for a combined total of 45% of the degree requirements. Credit transfers do not apply for any Masters Thesis Course.

Doctorate Degrees: up to 45% of degree requirements may be awarded by credit transfer courses which are equivalent to required courses in the degree curriculum ,and/or up to eighteen semester hours of credit awards by learning portfolio assessment; for a combined maximum total of 45% of the degree requirements. Credit transfers do not apply for any doctoral proposal or dissertation course.

Additional Information:

1. Credit transfers of courses are likely accepted if the course(s) is/are "equivalent" to a required course in the degree curriculum. See Online Degree Programs and Requirements.

2. Credit transfers will be considered only from schools which are accredited by a U.S. Department of Education approved accreditor, or a school which is approved or licensed by a U.S. State Department of Education, or a school which is legally exempt from licensing under state laws, or a school outside of the U.S.A. which has the equivalent of appropriate accreditation and/or authorization to grant degrees by a country's Ministry of Education. We reserve the right to have credits and degree programs earned from institutions outside of the USA evaluated by a credentialed degree evaluator.

3. Appointed Academic Officers complete evaluations on all submitted Prior Learning Credit Portfolios, according to their education, majors, and subject specialties.

4. Any degree earned solely by "life credits or experiences" are not considered for course transfers or admission requirements to a higher degree level.

COLLEGE CREDITS/COURSES-Transcript Evaluation Request

Breyer State University offers online degree students the ability to have past earned college credit and courses transferred into their degree programs. Students must make a formal request in writing by mail, e-mail or fax, requesting that previous completed college course work be evaluated for transfer credits. Before submitting a request for evaluation, you must have first completed an online application form. There is no charge and no obligation for submitting the application. If we do not have an application on file, we can not evaluate any request for transcript evaluation. Access application form. Credit transfer requests are conducted by the Academic Admissions Committee of the University.
Please follow these guidelines when submitting a request:

Prior Learning Credits

All submitted Prior Learning Credits application and completed Portfolio are reviewed and evaluated by the Academic Officer of the degree subject specialty in which the student is making application. The Academic Officer will provide a comprehensive review of the completed portfolio. Academic Officers: 1). Approve the portfolio and accompanying documentation as meeting the standard for learning objectives/course content based on theory and practice; or 2). Determine that there is a lack of past experiences/learning to meet the course objectives and approve that a student be approved for completing the course via “challenge examinations;” or 3). Deny the application for prior learning credits for a course where the Dean has determined there is not enough past experiences/learning to support the award of credits for a course, based on the core content and learning objectives, and/or lack of theory and/or experiential practice.

Current Academic Officers who are authorized to evaluate submitted portfolio’s are degreed and experienced in the subject area for which they are conducting the evaluation , and are degreed one level above the degree level of the course they are evaluating. All graduate level course portfolios are evaluated by an Academic Officer with an earned doctorate degree.

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