Lipscomb offers a unique competency-based education model that allows you to earn course credit for the knowledge, skills and abilities you have developed over the years.
Chances are you’ve learned quite a bit from your work and life experiences, and you shouldn't have to learn—or pay for—those skills again. Lipscomb offers three ways to assess your prior learning of skills and specific knowledge, allowing you to earn up to 60 total credit hours toward the 126 hours required to graduate. Each offers the opportunity to add credits to your transcript and get you closer to graduation, even before you begin taking classes at Lipscomb.
Three Ways to Earn Credit
About our CORE Assessment Center
Where you've been takes you where you want to go.
Lipscomb recognizes that you possess knowledge, skills, and abilities that you have acquired through your professional experience. The CORE Assessment Center measures those competencies through a full-day behavioral assessment that simulates a day at work. Participants engage in a series of individual and group exercises while being observed by certified assessors.
Students demonstrating high levels of leadership competence can earn up to 30 hours of undergraduate credit - in their very first semester!
These credits are in addition to other prior-learning credits and transfer credits (see above), and they can be applied to any Lipscomb undergraduate degree, either as major courses or electives.
Lipscomb utilizes the internationally-recognized Polaris© Competency Model and is the first and only university utilizing the Polaris© Competency Model to award credit.
CORE Badges And the CORE Assessment Center is more than just credit; CORE gives you a path for growth and development. Where you may have gaps in a competency, we will provide personal faculty coaching and self-paced development courses designed to help you grow. You can utilize the Competency Development Tools to aid in your growth. Additionally, you will earn e-credential badges to highlight your unique strengths.
The experience really gives you insight on things you need to work and work towards. I learned so much and now have a different or new perspective on the way I look at a leadership position. I would suggest to anyone interested in this program to participate in the assessment center. — M.B., Lipscomb graduate and CORE Assessment Participant
Credly Badges
Lipscomb University has partnered with Credly to provide you with a digital version of your competency badges earned through the university’s CORE Competency Assessment Center.
Credly allows you to easily share your badges on Facebook, LinkedIn and X to get instant recognition from your friends, family and professional network for the achievements you’ve worked hard to earn. You can also display your badges in your email signature and digital resume.
There is no fee for this service and acceptance is completely up to you.
What are the benefits of a Credly digital badge?
- A web-enabled version of your credentials that can be shared online
- A more efficient way of posting to social media platforms
- Labor market insights that relate your skills to jobs
- A trusted method for real-time credential verification
- Employers can search for you to fill a job based on your skills
Are you ready to display your badges?