FEMA Credits with Excelisor

[Sabrinam1979]

I know you must go through Frederick CC to have Excelsior accept FEMA credits, but what courses are accepted by Excelsior for Liberal Studies degree?

[EI2HCB]

I know you must go through Frederick CC to have Excelsior accept FEMA credits, but what courses are accepted by Excelsior for Liberal Studies degree?

Sabrinam, have you had your official evaluation done by Excelsior? You'll need to get clarification from the school of liberal Arts as to what the FEMA credits would apply to, mostly free electives if they still accept them. Going through Fredrick CC costs about $100 per credit hour so you should them added to your "MAP" before you have them transferred to Excelsior. Your advisor is able to add the Fredrick Course equivalent to your MAP if you give them a call and request them to do so.

[dfrecore]

That is a VERY expensive option to bring over credits, when you can get CLEP/DSST/Saylor/Study.com/Straighterline/Shmoop, etc. for $33/credit or less.

COSC takes FEMA credits for free, so that's a better way to bring them in if you have a bunch.

[sanantone]

Excelsior will accept FEMA credits from any college's transcript. I don't know if the other community colleges that accept FEMA credits will be cheaper. I also don't know if Excelsior will accept a credit bank transcript from COSC.

[bjcheung77]

I know you must go through Frederick CC to have Excelsior accept FEMA credits, but what courses are accepted by Excelsior for Liberal Studies degree?

How many credits and where have you taken them? Are you positive you want to get a degree from Excelsior over COSC or TESU/WGU?
If you list your credits and where they came from, there maybe an easier/faster or cheaper option to get your degree of choice.

[Life Long Learning]

Are you using them for electives?

Excelsior took all my Frederick CC FEMA credits. They are now $88 for 1 SH. They also took all my Clackamas CC FEMA qtr credits at $40 ($60 1 SH). I changed from Liberal Arts (the most flexible BS degree on the market) to the new Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) degree. Overall, I transferred in 116 of the 120 for the BS in HSEM degree.

I know you must go through Frederick CC to have Excelsior accept FEMA credits, but what courses are accepted by Excelsior for Liberal Studies degree?

[Sabrinam1979]

My son is attending Excelsior. Yes, he trying to use them for Applied Professionals section. Here is his tentative evaluation. Excelsior won't tell him what FEMA courses will come forward from FCC until he applies. Can you tell me which ones they accept? His degree plan is Liberal Studies.

Degree Template.
Arts and Sciences Credits (60) + Additional Credits (60) = Total Degree Credits Required (120)
Credits Needed
ARTS AND SCIENCES
Arts and Sciences Lower Level 0.00 Arts and Sciences Upper Level 21.00 TOTAL ARTS AND SCIENCES REMAINING 21.00
APPLIED PROFESSIONAL or ADDITIONAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
Any Academic Area Lower Level 42.00 Any Academic Area Upper Level 9.00 TOTAL IN ANY ACADEMIC AREA REMAINING 51.00 Totals listed above must include the following requirements: 0.00
General Education Requirement:
Written English 3.00 Humanities Distribution 1.00 Humanities Requirement 3.00 Ethics 2.00 Social Sciences/History Distribution 0.00 Natural Sciences/Math Distribution 0.00 Math Requirement 0.00 Natural Science requirement 0.00 Information Literacy 1.00 Capstone Course Requirement 3.00
Depth Requirement in the Arts and Sciences (Depth 1) (included in the total Arts and Sciences) (Effective 7/1/2016 Depth will be 15 credits with 6 at the upper level)
Upper Level Depth 1 6.00
Lower Level Depth 1 9.00
Depth Requirement in Any Academic Area (Depth 2) (Effective 7/1/2016 Depth will be 15 credits with 6 at the upper level)
Upper Level Depth 2 6.00 Lower Level Depth 2


STRAIGHTERLINE
BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II

COLLEGE ALGEBRA

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

PRECALCULUS

UNITED STATES HISTORY I

UNITED STATES HISTORY II

WESTERN CIVILIZATION I

WESTERN CIVILIZATION II

BUSINESS STATISTICS

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I

GENERAL CALCULUS I

GENERAL CALCULUS II

PHYSICS I

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

ENGLISH COMPOSITION I

[bjcheung77]

I highly doubt anyone will know what will go through, but this is what you should do, get your son to complete 42+ credits from FEMA if needed.
Here's the main point "Any Academic Area Lower Level 42.00". That means he should be able to take anything from FEMA and have it transferred to FCC.
My suggestion is to get the 7 credit PDS Certificate along the way to the 42 credits since it's a "mini certificate". Good luck...

Here's EM-Study's webpage: https://em-study.com/emsfema/
FAQ: https://em-study.com/emsfema/articles.php?category_id=4
Courses: https://em-study.com/emsfema/article.php...icle_id=62

Update: You may get your son to just complete the single two credit course, and anything that`s 1 credit in the Courses list above.
Easiest way to get them completed is, having their PDF course document open and taking their open book exam.
Again - go for the 7 credit PDS cert here, https://training.fema.gov/is/searchis.aspx?search=pds

[Sabrinam1979]

Thank you so much!

[rebel100]

If its marked "college credit" then its very likely EC will accept them. Pretty much anything FCC has reviewed counts. https://training.fema.gov/is/crslist.aspx