Excelsior - transcripts Evaluated - need advice on CLEP DSST please......

[houdini2040]

First and foremost any help is greatly appreciated. You are all positive and awesome.
Received my transcripts evaluated and degree would be in "Bachelor of Science in Business"
They require that I take some courses, but of course I would like to CLEP & DSST out of as much as possible. Please advice on deciphering what it means also. Thank you .
Here is what they require:

Degree Template:
Arts and Sciences (60) + Business Components (45) + Additional Requirement Components (15) = Total Degree Credits Required (120)

ARTS AND SCIENCES:
Written English 3.0 ( I already have english 101 & 102 completed, they asked me to enroll to talk to a counselor to enable a proper credit transfer of them)
Microeconomics 3.0 (will do CLEP)
Statistics 3.0 (will do DSST)
Remaining Arts and Science Requirement 4.0 (What do I take here please, easiest ones if possible)

ADDITIONAL CREDIT COMPONENT (15 Credits) TO INCLUDE:
Information Literacy 1.0 (I guess I have to take it at Excelsior)

BUSINESS COMPONENT (45 Credits) TO INCLUDE:
Financial Accounting 3.0 (Principles of Finance CLEP?)
Managerial Accounting 3.0 (Principles of Management CLEP?)
Introduction to United States Business Law 3.0 (Introductory Business Law CLEP?)
Principles of Management 3.0 (CLEP)
Financial Management 3.0 (CLEP)
Production/Operations Management 3.0 (What do I take here?)
Business Policy BUS *495 (Must take at Excelsior)

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Organizational Behavior Not Met (Please advise what to take here and what it means)
Ethics Not Met (I took engineering ethics, but apparently does not apply here) (Please advise what to take here and what it means).
Additional Business Credit 16.00 (I really need to take this many more?)
Upper-level Business Credit 19.00 (I really need to take this many more?)

My friend who who used to frequent this site "bkahuna" recommended some of these CLEP & DSST exams and courses to finish the above requirements, though I have to real clue on what they will replace or give me credit for:
CLEP
Principles of Microeconomics
Natural Sciences (he had no clue here either, I was thinking Psychology & something else?)
Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing
Introductory Business Law

DSST
Introduction to Business
Principles of Supervision
Management Information Systems
Principles of Statistics
Organizational Behavior
Business Ethics and Society
Business Law II
Money & Banking
Here's to your Health
Principles of Finance

STRAIGHTLINE
Straightline Accounting I
Straightline Accounting II

CSU Pueblo
MGMT 311 - Ops Mgmt

[marianne202]

Hi, welcome to the board. First of all I would like to direct you to the Excelsior catalog, they have a great section titled credit by examination. It actually lists all the CLEP / DSST and ECE exams and how they apply to their programs. So for example it will show the CLEP biology exam will transfer in as a natural science credit. It also shows the exam scores and letter grades they equate, for the exams that still give letter grades. This should make this process much easier for you. I will also recommend the ECE exams. These are a great way to earn credit. The exams are harder and more involved than CLEP and DSST exams but they are a quick way to get credit and they have a lot of upper level credit available. As for the information literacy, I would look at Penn Foster or you could check your local community college for a possible transfer course. Just make sure you get approval from your EC advisor to verify they will accept it before you spend the money. EC has an ethics theory and practice exam for your ethics, I don't believe the accounting classes will be met by the principles of finance or management CLEPS. I think you will find the credit by examination booklet at EC very helpful!

[NAP]

According to this thread some things have changed since JackBanta posted a degree plan, but it may still be helpful for some of your questions:

http://www.degreeforum.net/excelsior-tho...post111034

[houdini2040]

Thank you! I found the PDF at excelsior finally after reading the above comment on which areas can be clep / dsst out of. I was constantly wondering where my friend was getting the info, and he is so busy that I don't want to bug him anymore than I need to.