Patricia Clayback, Associate Dean, Director

The purpose of Adult Academic Services is to provide academic guidance and support to adult undergraduate students. Students are advised and registered, and are also provided with information concerning academic programs, policies, and procedures. Adult students are defined as those who are at least 22 years of age upon admission, whether they are entering the college as freshmen or with previous college credit.

Advisement and Registration

Students meet with an academic adviser to plan their schedule of courses. The adviser will also process the student’s course registration. The office of the Associate Dean is located in OM 111. Therefore, any questions relating to transfer credit, the pass/fail option, course withdrawal, or other academic policies can be answered here.

Academic Programs

All academic programs offered by the college are open to adult students. A variety of degree and certificate programs are available during the day and on a part-time basis in the evening. Please refer to page 27 for a listing of programs.

Non-Collegiate Learning Assessment Program

This program is designed to help adults reflect on what they have learned in their lives and how that learning may be applied to a college degree. The purpose of the program is to identify and document learning in one’s life and determine its applicability to an academic degree.

To properly evaluate the level and extent of each student’s learning, the college requires that each assessment process include the preparation of a portfolio which contains the student’s evidence of learning. Each student must matriculate in a degree program at the college. The student is responsible for becoming familiar with the requirements of the degree chosen and for verifying that the learning described in the portfolio applies to that particular degree.

Students must apply for admission to the program through Adult Academic Services.

In constructing the portfolio, every student is aided by the careful attention and advice of an individual portfolio adviser.

At least three semesters and 36 credit hours must be completed at Canisius before receiving credit from this program.

LLL 499 – NLAP (Non-Collegiate Learning Assessment Program)

Assessment of learning as compiled in a student’s portfolio of evidence. Completed under supervision of adviser. Number of credit hours depends on assessment.