The University of Saint Joseph Program for Adult Learners respects the challenges, rewards, and educational needs of adults who are returning to college. In the Program for Adult Learners, you will find:
- Highly regarded professional degrees
- Classes on evenings, weekends, and online
- Credits for prior learning
- Personal advising and academic support
- Lifelong career development services
- Accelerated paths to graduate study
Small classes taught by distinguished faculty will foster leadership, confidence, vision, and creativity for your professional career.
See Degree Requirements
Bachelor’s degrees offered in the Program
Accounting, B.S.
Management, B.S.
Nursing, B.S. - RN to B.S. Multicultural Health Track (online or on campus)
Nursing, B.S. - Accelerated Second Degree
Psychology, B.A. (Behavior Analysis/Autism concentration not possible)
Social Work, B.S.
Certificates
Adelante Certificate
Concentrations
Criminal Justice Concentration, Social Work, B.S.
Criminal Justice and Mental Health Concentration, Psychology, B.A.
Human Resource Management Concentration, Management, B.S.
Latino Community Practice Concentration, Social Work, B.S.
Latino Community Practice Concentration, Nursing, B.S. - RN to B.S. Multicultural Health Track (online or on campus)
Credits for Prior Learning
The Prior Learning Assessment Process allows matriculated students to earn up to 30 credits for college-level knowledge that they have gained through life or work experience. Contact the Program for Adult Learners for more information on prior learning assessment. Contacts: Cindy Dodge, assistant director of Academic Advising, cdodge@usj.edu, 860.231.5344 or Raymie Wayne, Ph.D., associate dean, Graduate and Professional Studies, rwayne@usj.edu, 860.231.5541.
Proficiency and CLEP Examinations
College credit may also be awarded to matriculated students for successful completion of proficiency examinations. Such examinations may be designed and administered by the faculty of a department for specific courses, or standardized exams such as CLEP (College Level Examination Placement) or DANTES (Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support) may be used as the basis for awards. Please see complete list of Proficiency and CLEP Credit exams accepted.
Portfolios
Students in the Program for Adult Learners must satisfactorily complete INTD 115 - Prior Learning Assessment Theory and Practice before submitting a portfolio for prior learning credit. One free submission allowed within six months of completion of INTD 115.
Subsequent portfolios are $125 paid directly to the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL). Available to students in the Program for Adult Learners. Students must satisfactorily complete INTD 115 - Prior Learning Assessment Theory and Practice before submitting a portfolio for prior learning credit.
Contact the Office of the Program for Adult Learners for registration approval, portfolio procedures and forms. Contacts: Cindy Dodge, assistant director of Academic Advising, cdodge@usj.edu, 860.231.5344 or Raymie Wayne, Ph.D., associate dean, Graduate and Professional Studies, rwayne@usj.edu, 860.231.5541.
Degree Requirements
Changes to PAL graduation requirements:
- Waiver of Kinesthetic (KN) requirement
- 18 of the student’s final 24 credits must be completed at USJ (meaning that a student in her senior year can take 6 intersession credits, or a final summer course, at a community college without seeking a waiver).
For more information, see Degree Requirements .
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