One of the most unique features of Antioch’s B.A. completion program is prior learning. Antioch recognizes that college-level learning often takes place outside of academic settings.  B.A. students often bring a wealth of such prior learning to their studies at Antioch, and the program offers the unique option to convert this learning into academic credit by documentation and evaluation by a qualified supervisor. Students can earn up to 44 units of credit (22 lower-division and 22 upper-division) by documenting learning that took place prior to their enrollment at Antioch. 

A recent student who entered the program as an accomplished digital artist earned credit by compiling a portfolio of her digital art and writing an analysis of her learning in the field.  Another student who had lost a brother to AIDS reviewed literature on the stages of grief and wrote a paper integrating the findings of academic studies with her personal experience of grief.