Associate of Arts degree plans

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As of October, 2011, Excelsior College has updated their requirements for associate degrees in the school of liberal arts.

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Associate in Arts at Excelsior College – 60 credits

General Education for AA

Humanities - 6 credits
Social Sciences/History - 6 credits
Math/Natural Sciences – 6 credits with a minimum of 2 credits in math and 2 credits in natural science

Written English Requirement – 3 credits

Information Literacy – 1 credit (options include EC course, Penn Foster, LSU)

Capstone course – 3 credits

Arts and Sciences – 24 credits

Arts and Sciences/Applied Professional – 11 credits

An optional Area of Focus is awarded with 15 credits in a single Arts and Sciences discipline.

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Associate in Science at Excelsior College – 60 credits

General Education for AS

Humanities – 6 credits
Social Sciences/History – 6 credits
Math/Natural Science – 6 credits with a minimum of 2 credits in math and 2 credits in natural science

Written English Requirement – 3 credits

Information Literacy – 1 credit (options include EC course, Penn Foster, LSU)

Capstone course – 3 credits

Arts and Sciences – 6 credits

Arts and Sciences/Applied Professional – 29 credits

An optional Area of Focus is awarded with 15 credits in a single discipline.

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Download the Liberal Arts Catalog and Student Guide to Credit by Exam for more details and information. School Catalogs - excelsior.edu

"Arts & Sciences" are the same categories as the General Education categories – Humanities, Social Sciences, History, Math, Natural Science. The Student Guide to Credit by Exam is a good place to look for specific examples.

“Applied Professional” is like a free electives section and can include subjects like business, computing, and health. The Student Guide to Credit by Exam is a good place to look for more examples.

It appears that the Social Science/History gen ed category has no specific minimum requirement to meet individually. In other words, you can have 6 credits in one and none in the other.

If you are transferring all of your credits to EC, except the capstone course,
$80 Application fee
$1170 3 credit Capstone course
$1015 Multi-Source Enrollment option
$495 Graduation fee (minus $45 for capstone discount)
the total cost to finish would be about $2700 plus $125-400 for Info Lit.