Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students (BPATS)

Prior Learning – Update and Info

We value what you’ve accomplished in your life already. Even before you join(ed) the Bachelor’s Program for Adults and Transfer Students, you have acquired valuable knowledge outside the classroom — through on-the-job training, creative practice, volunteer work, activism, military service, and independent learning — and inside the classroom through noncredit courses and other courses for which traditional transfer credit cannot be granted. You also have knowledge of languages other than English, including your native tongue or heritage language. 

Your prior learning can save you time — and money — and give you a head start toward finishing your undergraduate degree. 

To learn more, visit our website: https://www.newschool.edu/bachelors-program/credit-prior-learning/ and email the Coordinator of the Credit for Prior Learning Program, Rachel Heiman (heimanr@newschool.edu), to set up an appointment for the approval process.

Take The Next Step

Submit your application

Undergraduate

To apply to any of our Bachelor's programs (Except the Bachelor's Program for Adult Transfer Students) complete and submit the Common App online.

Graduates and Adult Learners

To apply to any of our Master's, Doctural, Professional Studies Diploma, Graduates Certificate, or Associate's programs, or to apply to the Bachelor's Program for Adult and Transfer Students, complete and submit the New School Online Application.

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