Experiential Learning (EXPR1-UC)

This course offers a study of the history and theory of experiential learning. Students identify their own educational goals and analyze how their prior college-level learning fits into the curriculum of their overall degree plan. Students document, write, and edit their portfolios of prior learning. At the discretion of the instructor, students may use one additional semester to complete their portfolios without an additional fee. Students may not register for this course more than once.

In this course, students identify career and professional goals and develop an individualized degree plan. Theories of adult learning and adult development are studied in the context of understanding their role in the student’s decision to return to school. Topics include the purposes of a college education in today’s rapidly changing world, the relationship of the liberal arts to our increasingly technological society, and the competencies necessary for success in college and in life.

This course is the continuation of the Seminar in Experiential Learning for students who have successfully completed the first semester seminar. During the Seminar in Experiential Learning, students must have completed one portfolio to demonstrate their prior learning, earned a passing grade for the seminar, and have challenged a minimum of one NYU course for credit toward their Bachelor’s degree. In the recitation, students meet with their seminar instructor to develop and write their remaining portfolios by the end of the recitation semester.