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This course offers ongoing academic support for students writing Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Portfolios.  Student work is individualized and no class meetings are required.  In order to maintain good standing in the course, students will write at least one prior learning essay per semester.   Students in the course will not be charged tuition and will not earn credit hours.  Class is graded on a pass/fail basis.

Students will learn to develop a Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Portfolio for elective credit by reflecting on relevant prior experiential learning.  The completed portfolio includes a table of contents, vita, letters of support, autobiographical essay, learning outcomes statements, documentation, and at least two PLA Essays, which identify what they have learned from professional and personal experience.  The class meets every other week for 16 weeks, so that students have the time to produce all parts of the portfolio and are prepared to submit it for assessment at the end of the semester.  Students who choose to write more than two PLA essays have one year from the end of the class in which to submit their portfolio for assessment.

Explores the role of technology in contemporary professional settings by introducing the functions of computer software and hardware, networks, the internet, and social media.  Applies knowledge of computer systems to work based problems and the broader context of rapid technological change.  A basic level of computer proficiency is a necessary prerequisite for this course.

This course is an introduction to the principles, theories and practices which underlie holistic stress management. The student will be introduced to stress and its consequences from a holistic health viewpoint.  Individual stressors will be identified. Students will actively participate in interventions that alleviate stress and promote health as well as devise a long term plan to deal with stress.