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Originally posted by Wes Grady
Funny, but when I made a similar comment about a member of distancedegree.net, I was chastised and decided leave rather than accept it. 6 college credits and all the rest "life experience" and yet I found a large part of that group supported the concept.

While I certainly agree that life experience should be transferrable into college credit, I don't believe that it should be taken for an entire degree. If you are a photographer and have the ability to support a level of expertise in the field, then you get 3 credits, or perhaps 6 if you can show that it is worth significant work. But, there are schools that will say, "He is a great photographer, who has exhibited at the Met, lets give him a BA". Of course, none of those schools are accredited, and I think we can understand why.

Wes

I agree, but comptetence in the field of photography may well be worth more than six credits. Of course, it depends on how well rounded and accomplished the photographer is. Maybe 30 max, in unusual situations.

Tony

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