Prior Learning Assessment

Obtain course credits towards a college diploma or university degree using life experiences and workplace skills

What is PLA?

Prior Learning Assessment enables you to gain recognition and credit for what you already know and can do. In today's work place, employees are constantly learning new skills. Through work-related experience and those gained through life, candidates may receive course credits and accelerate their achievement of a college diploma.

Rather than repeat what you have already learned, wouldn't it be better to be able to go directly to what you still need to learn to reach your career and educational goals? That is exactly what Prior Learning Assessment ( PLA - sometimes called PLAR - Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition ) is all about. Prior Learning Assessment is a process that uses a variety of tools to help learners reflect on, articulate, and demonstrate past learning that has been acquired through study, work, and life experience but has not been recognized through a formal transfer of academic credits. Prior Learning Assessment allows the evaluation of past learning against established academic standards so that credit can be awarded in one of Willis College's diplomas or used towards the University of Winnipeg's programs taught here.

In today's fast-paced world, we seem to have little time to plan our careers and lives. Prior Learning Assessment helps you focus on your accomplishments and plan toward personal and professional goals. Prior Learning Assessment can also be an effective job-search tool, helping you to identify your work-related skills and knowledge and plan your career.