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Application for admission may be made at
any time. To be admitted to the undergraduate programs of TIU, a
student must have a high school diploma or equivalent. In order to
be admitted to the M.S. program, the candidate must hold at least a
legal, recognized
Bachelors degree.
Once a
student decides to enroll, they should complete the application for
admission and return it to TIU, along with any transcripts from
other institutions and a resume of any life, work, or other security
experience the student would like to have evaluated. After this
information has been evaluated by the Faculty Review Committee, the
applicant will be notified of the acceptance or rejection of his or
her application, or if more information is required.
Each student who applies to and is
accepted by TIU will be assigned a Faculty Review Committee. The
Committee will work with the student to evaluate previous academic
weaknesses and strengths and assist in developing and maintaining a
unique and personalized study program.
FAST TRACK
Degree programs for the working / experienced adult
The International University
evaluates and awards academic credits for prior experiential
learning based on guidelines recommended by the American Council on
Education ( ACE) , New York Board of Regents Program on
Non-collegiate Sponsored Instruction (PONSI), Council for
Advancement of Experiential Learning (CAEL), Defense Activity for
Non-Traditional Education (DANTE), American College Testing ( ACT),
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and all recognized credit
sources.
Credit for Life and Work Learning
Like many institutions of higher education, we
believe that a learner's work and life
experience should translate into academic credit as long as it can
be verified and documented.
However, we do not grant entire degrees based on
life and work experience. By policy, only a small percentage of
your credits may come from your Personal Learning Portfolio.
If you have significant life and work experience,
you can earn additional credit through testing and directed-study
courses, or even a final project.
Credit for Military, Technical Schools, Law
Enforcement and MANY other learning methods are also considered.
The Process
You will work with your Faculty Review Committee to develop a
portfolio of your significant accomplishments and acquired learning,
called your Personal Learning Portfolio.
The Personal Learning Portfolio is a review of
the comprehensive learning you have acquired during your work and
life, or other professional experiences. It is the beginning point
for the process of documenting that work and life experience, or
other.
Once you have developed your Personal Learning Portfolio, you
will associate your work and life learning experiences with matching
college and university courses. And you will then need to carefully
document your learning.
Documentation Process
You will work with your Advisor to identify and carefully
document learning that has been realized from your life's events and
experiences. Your documentation may
include items such as an extensive work, verifiable resume, letters
from former supervisors, and work results from projects you have
completed. Any type of training could be evaluated and
possibly converted
into college credit.
You will then assemble the documents in a portfolio and clearly
illustrates the results.
The Personal Learning Portfolio exercise is challenging. Your
Advisor will be careful to document each credit we award. We expect
the process to be fair and legitimate. That way, your credits and
your degree will retain their long-term value, and you can be proud
of what you have accomplished.
Although all potential students may apply for Personal Learning
Portfolio credit, it is recommended that only learners with
significant life experience undertake the exercise.
Other Areas
If you believe that your life and work experience merits more
than 33% of your required credits, we have developed methods to test
for subject matter expertise. You may take general subject matter
tests, such as CLEP, Dantes, or another similar test. An oral test
may be conducted via telephone and or computer for additional
credit.
We also offer customized subject-matter projects that may be
applied for college credit.
You may also undertake directed study courses that give you the
chance to formally study and document your knowledge in a subject
area. Directed study exercises are courses that are tailored just
for you, because we want you to get the maximum available credit.
Remember, at least 15 new credits, or other approved project must
be taken through TIU, or one of it's approved international
affiliates, and all financial obligations satisfied, before the
conferral of any degree.
CONTACT US:
Assessment Office
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http://www.internationaluniversity.edu
