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Prescott College's Bachelor of Arts and Teacher Certification Programs are unlike any other educational experience. We offer self-directed, community-based distance education with a limited residency requirement. This approach offers you the opportunity to design a meaningful program which is carried out with the support of faculty and mentors (professionals from your home community) who work with you in your chosen field of study. This flexible structure allows students to maintain family, work, and community obligations.
Prescott College's educational philosophy incorporates experiential learning and self-direction within an interdisciplinary curriculum that emphasizes social and ecological literacies. As a result, the Collge seeks students who are strongly motivated and highly self-directed. Upon completing an academic program and graduation requirements, students demonstrate:
- Competence in subject matter and its application to real-life situations
- Integration of practical and theoretical aspects of human experience
- Integration of spiritual, emotional, and intellectual aspects of the human personality
- Sensitivity to, and understanding of, one's own culture and other cultures
- Commitment to responsible participation in the natural environment and human community.
Because each student's situation is unique, the ADP provides a great deal of flexibility to the student while designing his or her own community-based studies. Studies can be carried out in education, human services, environmental studies, human development, adventure education, and management; or, students may design individualized competences in specialized academic programs. Prescott College strives to support each student to create an individualized program of study that best fulfills his or her needs, interests, and career goals.
Why do students choose the Prescott College Adult Degree Program to complete their undergraduate degrees?
- Receive a regionally accredited degree to help you reach your goals
- Make a positive difference in the world while discovering your life's journey
- Complete your program while continuing to work and meet family and community obligations
- Study one-on-one with mentors in your community instead of online
- Transfer credits to your Prescott College program with our liberal transfer policy
- Incorporate real world experiences in to your learning
- Travel to Prescott, Arizona for only one three-day weekend
- Begin the program at one of four convenient times each year -- January, April, July or October
The Prescott College Adult Degree Program (ADP) is set up so students can live normal lives and earn their degree at the same time. This means that students can continue working full-time jobs and earn full-time wages while studying. The majority of our students continue to hold jobs and have family responsibilities while they pursue their education.
Development of a student's curriculum is often considered one of the most exciting features of the program. Education students pursuing teacher certification complete a list of required courses within a structured curriculum that meets state standards. However, within this structure, the ADP model allows the student to incorporate activities that enhance learning and bring the student into real-world situations likely to be encountered in the teaching profession.
Students in the liberal arts find development of curriculum more open-ended, but equally empowering. Core Faculty and mentors assist all students in choosing appropriate activities for their courses. Core Faculty will encourage students to research their fields of study and develop a solid list of courses that form the basis for each individualized program. All students work with a curriculum committee that helps them structure their programs to meet the ADP's academic standards.
Prescott College features community-based education so our students can live and work in their home communities while earning their degrees. Community-based education means that students use local experts in their home communities as educational resources. Mentors provide students with a valuable network of professionals in their field of study, and these connections often lead to internships, recommendations, and jobs.
Mentors can be found in local business and other professional organizations, even local educational institutions such as elementary and high schools and universities and community colleges. Upon enrollment, our core faculty members assist students with the process of finding mentors in their community.
The student-mentor relationship differs significantly from the traditional student-teacher relationship. In this community-based model students find mentors who agree to work with them on a particular, individualized course. Students are expected to direct their own learning, using mentors as course resources and guides. Mentors provide community-based expertise for each course, and students receive human contact and support throughout the program.
At Prescott College, knowledge acquired outside the classroom can be translated into college credit. A prior learning advisor assists students with this process after enrollment. Prescott College recognizes that college-level learning occurs in many different ways outside of the classroom, including work experience, independent reading, and study.
Although students complete most of their courses in their home communities, they are required to be in Arizona once during their entire program of study for the Orientation weekend at Prescott College. The three-day Orientation schedule may include sessions held in Tucson for the students advised through the Tucson Center.
Our students do not experience the same isolation as in distance programs because they develop strong relationships with faculty at the College as well as mentors in their communities throughout their program. Our residency, although limited, also provides for interaction with fellow students.
Prescott College welcomes interest from international students. Please click here for frequently asked questions regarding Prescott College and our program as they pertain to international students.
The Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Scholarship is open to all Phi Theta Kappa members who are currently attending a two-year college and who will be attending Prescott College's Adult Degree Program as an undergraduate, first degree seeking student.
Phi Theta Kappa transfer students are eligible for a $1,000 tuition award per year; renewable one additional year based on maintaining full-time enrollment at Prescott College as an Adult Degree Program undergraduate, first degree seeking student.
The Adult Degree Program offers easy transfer options for students from Maricopa Community Colleges and Northwest College. Click on the link below for information on the transfer process and for more details on the Adult Degree Program.
Maricopa Community College Students Transfer Information
Northwest College Students Transfer Information
Information for Academic Advisors
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