To have a course designated as EXL, the course should meet all 3 of the following criterion:

1. 1. 1. Intention – 学习ing experiences are carefully chosen for their learning potential, such as deepening emergent skills, encountering novel and unpredictable situations or learning from mistakes.
      2. Active Engagement – Throughout the experiential learning process, students must actively engage the learning through experiences real-world or simulated environment where they physically apply the concepts of the content.
      3. Reflection – Reflection on learning occurs after the engagement activity to connect the experience to course content, feelings about what was learned, contradictions, and new ideas. Reflection often includes analysis, critical thinking, and synthesis of learned material and may lead to further modifications of understanding.

申请EXL指定的流程

During the annual scheduling process the 注册商's office invites faculty to communicate any appropriate attribute(s) that should be assigned to a given course. Faculty are responsible for following the EXL criteria outline above. Faculty and department schedulers can learn more here: