Energy: GPiLEARN Web-Based Training (WBT)

Excelsior College

GP has partnered with Excelsior College to assign college credit for completion of our online power generation courses. After a comprehensive evaluation process, Excelsior College determined that a number of our GPiLEARN online courses met the college’s criteria for college-level learning. When you successfully complete the required GP courses and exams, you’ll earn 25 credits toward an Excelsior College degree program.

See what degrees you can earn by taking GPiLEARN courses.

Currently, the following self-paced distance programs are available through Excelsior College in conjunction with GPiLEARN:

Associate in Applied Science in Technical Studies with a Power Plant Technology or Electromechanical Technologies specialty (AAT)
Associate in Science in Technology with a Power Plant Technology or Electromechanical, Electronic, and/or Mechanical Technologies specialty (AST)
Bachelor of Science in Technology with a Power Plant Technology or Electromechanical, Electronic, and/or Mechanical Technologies specialty (BST)

The following chart shows which GPiLEARN courses power generation facility employees can apply toward meeting Excelsior College’s degree requirements:

GP Training Modules	Equivalent Excelsior College Course/Requirement
All OSHA/Environmental Compliance modules	OSHA/Environmental Compliance
ELO1, MM06, MM17, OP13, OP14, PF02, PF03, OP01, CC1, CC6, BA01	Power Plant Fundamentals
PF12, PF13, MM16, PF04, PF05, PF10, PF11, PF19, PF21, OP04, OP10, OP11, OP12, CC3, PF14, PF21, OP02, OP09, CC4, PF20, OP03, CC2, PF15, EL07, OP07, and 4 of these 5: PF06, PF07, PF08, PF09, or PF22	Power Plant Systems (Mechanical)
MM01, MM02, MM06, MM07, MM08, MM13, MM14, IE16, EL12	Mechanical Fundamentals (Components)
AT01, AT02, AT03, AT04, PF17 (1,2), AC01, AC02, AC03, AC04, AC05, AC06, AC07, AC08, AC09, AC10, AC11, AC12, IE10, IE11, IE12	Instrumentation and Control
PF15 (3), PF16 (1,2,3,4), EL07, MM22, MM23	Electric Rotating Machinery
PF15 (1,2), IE01, IE02, IE03, IE04	Basic Electricity
IE05, IE06, IE07, IE08, IE0805	Digital Electronics and Microprocessors
BC01-05, NA01-16	Boiler Water Chemistry
FG01, FG02, FG03	Flue Gas Conditioning
WTE01, WTE02, WTE03	Waste-to-Energy

Please see the Excelsior College Technology Degree Programs flyer (126KB PDF) for more information.

Apply credits from other institutions to your degree.

GPiLEARN users may complete their degrees with many credit sources, including Excelsior College courses, credits previously earned at other regionally accredited institutions, through military and corporate training, and through college-level proficiency exams, such as Excelsior College examinations.

Information on guidelines and submitting records for Excelsior College is available on our technical support web site.

“Since leaving the Navy, I wanted to complete a degree, but the demands of working shift work and raising a family prevented me from attending a traditional college. The partnership between GP and Excelsior allowed me to complete my degree while working rotating 12-hour shifts with limited impact to my family. The combination of credit from GP lessons and Navy courses met all of my technical course requirements, leaving only the general education courses to earn my degree. Excelsior’s course structure allowed me to work when it was convenient for me, through night shifts and around outages and I could still interact with the instructor and other people in the class. In August of 2007 I received an A.S. degree from Excelsior College.”

John Morgan
Team Leader
AES Ironwood

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