{"id":12353,"date":"2026-08-24T19:41:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/?page_id=12353"},"modified":"2026-08-24T22:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T22:14:49","slug":"prior-learning-credit-from-another-institution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/prior-learning-credit-from-another-institution\/","title":{"rendered":"Prior Learning credit from another institution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list left-nav-automatic on-this-page\"><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-2230\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-2230<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:PriorLearningAssessment@nau.edu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> PriorLearningAssessment&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\">Provost<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Prior Learning credit from another institution<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Transfer credit for Prior Learning previously awarded by a regionally accredited institution<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If another regionally-accredited college or university has already evaluated and awarded credit for prior learning, NAU may consider accepting that credit through the transfer credit process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The credit can be transferred directly as general elective credit when:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The awarding institution was accredited at the time the credit was earned.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The accreditor was recognized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chea.org\/\">Council for Higher Education Accreditation<\/a> (CHEA).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The credit appears on an official transcript.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the student has reviewed their degree progression with their advisor and would like the courses to be evaluated for direct course equivalencies or department transfer equivalencies, then it is necessary to obtain the syllabi from the institution for faculty review.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students should submit official transcripts for evaluation transfer of general elective credit. 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