Excelsior Business Degree Requirements Exam Reference Guide

[BMWGuinness]

Required Courses/Exams for an Associates in Business:

Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Statistics
Math (College Algebra or Higher)
Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing
Intro to Business Law
Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Intro to Computers (or Info Sys)
(Plus Business Electives of your choice)


Required Courses/Exams for a Bachelors in Business:

Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Statistics
Math (College Algebra or Higher)
Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing
Intro to Business Law
Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Intro to Computers (or Info Sys)

Plus
Ethics
Organizational Behavior
Principles of Finance
Operations Management
Business Policy/Strategy
(Plus Upper Level Business Electives of your choice)


Core and Arts and Sciences

Business Policy & Strategy (not required for associate degree)
Thomas Edison State College Examination BUS 421-TE: Business Policy
3 Core Credits

Computers
CLEP Information Systems and Computer Applications
DANTES SF/SG 536 Introduction to Computing
3 Core Credits

Ethics (not required for associate degree)
Excelsior College Examination BUSx310 Ethics: Theory & Practice
DANTES SF/SG 474 Ethics in America
3 Core Credits
Arts and Sciences*

Financial Accounting
DANTES SF 525, Principles of Financial Accounting
3 Core Credits

Financial Management (not required for associate degree)
DANTES SF/SG 524 Principles of Finance
3 Core Credits

Introduction to Business Law
CLEP Introductory Business Law
3 Core Credits

Macroeconomics
CLEP Principles of Macroeconomics
3 Arts and Sciences Credits

Mathematics (Precalculus or higher)
CLEP College Algebra
CLEP Precalculus
CLEP Calculus
3, 3, 6 Core Credits (respectively)

Microeconomics
CLEP Principles of Microeconomics
3 Arts and Sciences Credits

Organizational Behavior (not required for associate degree)
Excelsior College Examination BUSx315 Organizational Behavior
DANTES SF/SG 531 Organizational Behavior
3 Core Credits
Arts and Sciences*

Principles of Management
CLEP Principles of Management
3 Core Credits

Principles of Marketing
CLEP Principles of Marketing
3 Core Credits

Production/Operations Management (not required for associate degree)
Thomas Edison State College Examination OPM 301-TE Introduction to Operations Management
3 Core Credits

Statistics
Excelsior College Examination MATx210 Statistics
DANTES SE 450 Principles of Statistics
3 Arts and Sciences

Written English Requirement
Excelsior College Examination ENGx111 English Composition
Excelsior College Examination ENGx111 College Writing
6, 3 Arts and Sciences Credits (respectively)

*These exams may be classified as business credit or as arts and sciences credit.


Advanced Level

Organizational Behavior
Excelsior College Examination BUSx315 Organizational Behavior
3 Credits

Business Law II
DANTES SF 534 Business Law II
3 Credits

Human Resource Management
Excelsior College Examination BUSx410 Human Resource Management
3 Credits

Labor Relations
Excelsior College Examination BUSx360 Labor Relations
3 Credits

Ethics
Excelsior College Examination BUSx310 Ethics: Theory & Practice
3 Credits

Money and Banking
DANTES SG/SH/SL/SM 548 Money and Banking
3 Credits

Management Information Systems
DANTES SE 551 Management Information Systems
3 Credits


Global Business Foreign Language

Foreign Languages
CLEP College French Levels I and II
CLEP College German Levels I and II
CLEP College Spanish Levels I and II

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References:
https://www.excelsior.edu/pls/portal/doc...ATALOG.PDF
Snazzlefrag

[snazzlefrag]

A great resource BMW.

I just want to point out that CLEP no longer offers the 6-credit Principles of Accounting exam.

[BMWGuinness]

A great resource BMW.

I just want to point out that CLEP no longer offers the 6-credit Principles of Accounting exam.

Ouch, what are the new options?

[snazzlefrag]

Ouch, what are the new options?

Both DSST and CLEP offer a 3-credit Financial Accounting exam. However, no such exam exists for the Managerial Accounting requirement (Note: These accounting courses are sometimes called Accounting I and Accounting II).

Unfortunately, it is now necessary to complete a course in Managerial Accounting to fulfill this requirement.

I completed the old 6-credit Principles of Accounting exam which covered both the Financial and Managerial requirement. So my knowledge of alternative options is limited. Perhaps someone else can provide some advice about how best to complete the Managerial Accounting requirement.

Hope that helps,
Snazzlefrag

[BELLA]

Great POST!

[ShotoJuku]

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[jec959]

Since I ddin't realize my accounting courses were to old to count I did not take the old accounting clep, I am planning on the clep financial acct and to take managerial acct from Penn Foster (ec approved this). My EC advisor did tell me at this time there wasn't a test to cover managerial accounting. But they did offer a course which I wasn't paying that much for. I am taking this through Penn Foster though I haven't had the materials sent to me yet. I have read in the forum that some people are taking lsu's distance education managerial accounting course, I also saw that BYU offers a course as well when I was looking. You could also probably take the course at your local community college as well. I believe cookderosa mentioned the winter minimester as a quick alternative though I don't remember if it was for this or math, but that might be an alternative as well. I know our local community college offers the course online as well.

[BMWGuinness]

Thanks for the input!