{"id":12366,"date":"2026-08-24T20:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T20:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/?page_id=12366"},"modified":"2026-08-24T22:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T22:14:42","slug":"12366-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/12366-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Work &amp; life experience"},"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 \">Work &amp; life experience<\/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><strong>Work and life experience portfolio<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your professional, community, leadership, and life experiences may have helped you develop college-level knowledge and skills. Through the Work\/Life Experience Portfolio process, students can demonstrate learning gained outside of formal coursework and request evaluation for academic credit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples of experiences:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Professional employment and career progression<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leadership roles and supervisory responsibilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Workforce training not captured through certifications or ACE recommendations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community service and volunteer leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entrepreneurial experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Specialized technical or industry experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students seeking portfolio assessment must provide documentation demonstrating how their learning aligns with specific academic learning outcomes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Documentation may include:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A resume or curriculum vitae (CV)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professional work products or projects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Employer verification<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professional development records<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reflective narratives connecting experiences to learning outcomes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other evidence supporting college-level learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A verification of employment will always be required for work experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty review<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Faculty reviewers evaluate the portfolio using established academic standards to determine whether the demonstrated learning is equivalent to learning achieved through NAU coursework.&nbsp; Academic units establish whether their program accepts work\/life experience, and if they do, each has their own evaluation criteria, required documentation and transfer pathway for awarding credit. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional notes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Important:<\/strong> Credit awarded through Work\/Life Experience Portfolio review may only be applied as department course equivalencies or department elective credit. General elective credit is not awarded through this PLA pathway.&nbsp; Review the list of majors accepting Work\/Life Experience to determine if this pathway is appropriate to your discipline. 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