Your newest pathway to success!
Mobile-first, competency-based education (CBE) allows you to earn your degree faster, with more flexibility, and much more affordably. You can complete coursework on mobile devices, fully on-the-go. As a busy professional, it is designed with you in mind.
The Ascend pathway is
100% Mobile
Every course is built on a mobile-first design. That means you can do all your coursework from your phone or tablet just as easily as you can from a laptop or desktop!
Personalized
You earn credit while building a portfolio of projects and real-world applications of knowledge. So if you can demonstrate your mastery based on previous schooling or work experience, you earn the credit and can move on!
Self-Paced
Speed up or slow down based on YOUR life. No more going too fast or too slow because of a pre-determined course schedule. Complete as much as you can during each 4-month subscription period.
Ultra-Affordable
Designed as an “all you can eat” subscription model, you can complete as much as you’re able to for a flat rate. No unnecessary charges. No wasted time. You pay as you go.
What is Competency-Based Education (CBE)?
Competency-based education is a learning approach that measures learning based on a student’s demonstration of understanding and skills – rather than based on time spent in class and achieving a passing grade on assignments. Students demonstrate their mastery of topics through projects and presentations, then move on to the next topic. Each new competency adds to the previous ones allowing for a self-paced building of mastery. If a student can demonstrate mastery of a competency based on previous schooling or work experience, then they are able to move on even more quickly.
Along the way, students build a portfolio of projects that demonstrate their competence and work-ready knowledge. In addition, in a CBE model, faculty become coaches rather than lecturers. They are there to clarify, assist, and give feedback. CBE is simply a different way of learning that is controlled by the student.
At LAPU, Ascend is that pathway.
LEARN MORE TODAY
- Call or Text: (626) 268-0304
- Email: msidt@lapu.edu
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Is the Ascend pathway right for you?
| REGULAR ONLINE | ASCEND (CBE) | |
|---|---|---|
| SCHEDULE | 8-week sessions with weekly routines | Unstructured sessions and flexible routines |
| PACE | Weekly assignments with deadlines to make steady progress. | Set your own pace, and speed up or slow down as needed |
| LEARNING | Instructor-led courses, and discussions with classmates | Independent study, with faculty coaching as needed |
| EXPERIENCE | Coursework required even with previous work experience. | Earn credit demonstrating mastery from previous schooling and/or work |
| ASSESSMENT | Assignments, discussions, and grading to monitor progress | Demonstrating mastery of skills through projects and presentations |
| SUPPORT | Faculty feedback and a personal success coach. | Faculty as a coach/advisor when needed |
| TUITION | Fixed cost by the course | All-you-can-learn subscription fees, pay as you go |
Explore Ascend Programs at
L.A. Pacific
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Instructional Design & Technology
Master the real-world skills required to be an emerging expert and work-ready in the field of instructional design.
