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Experiential learning credit lets you earn high school credit for time you already spend in sports, dance, music, theatre, jobs, internships, and volunteer work. At Mountain Point Academy, every 60 hours you log counts toward 0.5 credit once you complete the academic portion of the course.
Experiential learning is learning by doing. You build knowledge and skills through hands-on experience, then reflect on what that experience taught you and apply it the next time.
Experiential learning credit turns that outside-of-school learning into high school credit. We recognize that real-world learning happens every day and can matter just as much as what you learn in a course, so we give students a structured way to earn credit for it.
Most qualifying activities involve regular, ongoing participation with a group or organization. Here are the types of groups and activities we work with:
Not sure your activity counts? Ask us first. We’ll confirm whether it qualifies before you start logging hours, so none of your time is wasted.
Experiential learning credit fits students who already put serious time into something outside school and want that time to count toward a diploma.
Every student works with a dedicated Academic Mentor, a certified teacher, who helps plan which activities to log and keeps progress on track.
Experiential learning helps you apply what you learn, build skills you’ll use outside school, and stay engaged because the work connects to something you care about. With experiential credit, those same hours also move you toward your diploma.
Our process takes you from approved activity to transcript credit in five steps.
Experiential learning is often described as a cycle of doing, reflecting, connecting ideas, and trying again; psychologist David Kolb’s widely used model names those stages concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. Logging your hours covers the doing, and the academic portion of the course covers the rest.
| Logged hours in one activity | Credit earned |
|---|---|
| 60 hours | 0.5 credit |
| 120 hours | 1.0 credit (the yearly maximum per activity) |
You can earn up to one additional credit per school year for each activity. If you take part in more than one qualifying activity, each one is counted on its own.
Experiential learning credit is recorded on your official Mountain Point Academy transcript, and it usually counts as elective credit. Your Academic Mentor can show you where it fits in your graduation plan.
Mountain Point Academy is accredited by Cognia, with an initial accreditation date of January 23, 2020. Accreditation supports transferability, and the school, district, or college receiving your transcript makes the final decision on accepting any specific credit.
Student-athletes planning to compete in college should note that NCAA core-course requirements are separate from elective credit. Your Academic Mentor can help you map NCAA-approved courses from our catalog alongside your experiential hours.
Tuition is worked out during your free consultation, and flexible tuition options are available. Utah families can apply Utah Fits All Scholarship funding toward tuition at Mountain Point Academy.
A dedicated Academic Mentor sets goals with you, tracks your progress, and keeps you accountable, so your hours never get lost in the shuffle.
Self-paced courses, 24/7 access, and year-round open enrollment leave room for practice, rehearsals, shifts, and games.
Your credit is recorded on a transcript from an accredited school, and your courses are taught by certified teachers.
Athletes, performers, working students, adult learners, and students in residential programs all use Mountain Point Academy to keep school moving around real life.
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Activities with regular, ongoing participation can qualify, including dance and music studios, theatre groups, sports teams, jobs with an employer, internships, and volunteer work. We confirm whether your activity qualifies before you start logging hours.
Every 60 hours of logged participation counts toward 0.5 credit. At that rate, 120 hours in a single activity reaches one full credit.
Yes. You can earn up to one additional credit per school year for each activity. If you take part in more than one qualifying activity, each one is counted on its own.
Experiential learning credit usually counts as elective credit. Your Academic Mentor can show you where it fits in your graduation plan.
Yes. Adult diploma students can earn credit for activities they're already doing, like work or volunteering, alongside the courses they still need to finish.
Credit you earn is recorded on your Mountain Point Academy transcript, and we're Cognia accredited, which supports transferability. The school, district, or college receiving your transcript makes the final decision on accepting any specific credit.
A transcript is sent when you complete a course. If you need another copy or a different record, email our registrar through the Request Academic Records page.
Schedule a free consultation. Tell us about your activity, and we'll confirm whether it qualifies, explain how to log your hours, and walk you through next steps with your Academic Mentor.
Reviewed by Sara Busalacchi, Executive Director & Co-Founder · Last reviewed October 2026
Experiential learning credit eligibility is confirmed activity by activity. Acceptance of any credit by another school, district, or college is decided by the receiving institution.
Book a free consultation, tell us about your activity, and we’ll help you plan where experiential credit fits in your diploma.
