Maximize Your Time, Minimize Your Cost

Investigate the opportunities and strategies supported by CCU that can help you save money and reduce the
amount of time it will take to obtain your degree:
Scholarships for Adult Students
Using Prior Learning Credit at CCU (Additional information about Prior Learning Credit, such as Credit by
The portfolio is available through the Student Resources tab in Blackboard.)
Transfer Credit
Testing for Credit
Then create an initial post that answers the following:
Which opportunity or strategy provided by CCU will be the most beneficial in helping you maximize your time
and money? Why?
What will you need to do to meet the eligibility requirements for this opportunity or strategy?
What is one life experience or skill that you could potentially translate into college credit through Prior Learning
Credit By Portfolio (pdf)? Locate a college or university that offers a course that aligns with your experience or
skill (course equivalency), and explain how the description of this course matches your experience or skill.
Respond to your classmates by offering suggestions and further expanding on opportunities to maximize time
and minimize the cost of earning a degree.

Sample Solution