Help with Excelsior Degree Plan

[aprlnah]

I'm new to this and just got my preliminary review from Excelsior. I'm trying to figure out which exams I can take to satisfy what I still need. Below is a copy of my review.

ARTS AND SCIENCES COMPONENT (60 CREDITS) TO INCLUDE:
Written English Requirement 0.00
Humanities Requirement 0.00
Social Sciences/History Requirement 0.00
Macroeconomics 3.00 CLEP Principles of Macroeconomics
Microeconomics 0.00

Natural Science/Math Requirement
Mathematics Requirement (pre-calc or above) 0.00
Statistics Requirement 0.00
Natural Science requirement 0.00

Remaining Arts and Sciences Requirement 8.00 Don't know what to take here
Total Arts and Sciences Component 11.00

ADDITIONAL CREDIT COMPONENT (15 CREDITS) TO INCLUDE:
Any Collegiate-level Study 0.00
Information Literacy 1.00 Is this a required Excelsior course/no testing option?
Total Additional Credit Component 1.0

BUSINESS COMPONENT (45 CREDITS) TO INCLUDE:
Financial Accounting 3.00 CLEP Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting 3.00 Don't know what to take here
Introduction to United States Business Law 0.00
Computers 3.00 Don't know what to take here
Principles of Management 3.00 CLEP Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing 3.00 CLEP Principles of Marketing
Financial Management 0.00
Production/Operations Management 3.00 Don't know what to take here
Business Policy (You must complete BUS*495 at Excelsior College)
3.00

Additional Requirements
Organizational Behavior Not Met Not sure how to meet this requirement
Ethics Not Met Not sure how to meet this requirement

Additional Business Credit 0.00
Concentration Requirements (minimum 15 semester hours required, including 9 at the
advanced level)
IA. Principles of Risk Management 3.00 Don't know what to take here
IB. Risk Control or Risk Finance 3.00 Don't know what to take here
IC. Principles of Insurance 0.00
II. Risk Management and Insurance Electives 0.00
Upper-Level credits
Upper-Level Business Concentration
0.00
Upper-Level Business Elective
0.00


Any help as to which exams to take would be appreciated. Thanks!

[UptonSinclair]

Computer - DSST Management Information Systems 3 UL credits
Ethics - DSST Ethics in America 3 UL credits
Organizational Behavior - ECE BUSx315 Organizational Behavior 3 UL credits
Remaining Arts & Sciences - Analyzing Lit if you haven't already taken it. 6 LL credits / Any General Ed CLEP for 3 credits

Check Excelsior MAP for exams that meet the other business requirements. I am not seeing ECEs listed in the catalog for the business requirements, but they may show up in MAP.

If you are looking for alternate sources of course credit, CSU-Pueblo Indpendent and BYU Independent both have business class for less than $600 a course.

Be sure to run each of your exams/courses past your adviser to make sure they will fit. If they give you information that doesn't seem to align with the catalog, don't be afraid to ask for a second opinion. Several people on here have had issues with inexperienced advisers giving bad information.

[aprlnah]

Thanks! If I take the Organizational Behavior exam, will that satisfy any of the credit requirements or just fulfill the organizational behavior requirement?

[UptonSinclair]

It looks like you have quite a few credits already. It would appear that it will just meet the requirement. Are you specifically needing a business degree? If not, you may be closer to a liberal arts degree. I originally applied to a Technology program at Excelsior, but lacked a bunch of the requirements. When I applied for the Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies, I found that I had met most of the requirements. There is far more flexibility in the BSLS.

[publius2k4]

I agree with UptonSinclair. If you don't need a business degree specifically, then a BSLS would provide you with much more wiggle room. You may also want to consider Charter Oak. I found that Charter Oak was much more accepting of my credits than Excelsior. YMMV.