Help with degree plan - Bachelors in Business at Excelsior

[gremlinbrawler]

Hi everyone,
About 6 months ago I started with Jay Cross doing his DIY degree program. He gave me my "roadmap" that tells me what tests to take so that I can test out of my degree and I got started on it. I currently have about 42 credits.
I would like to "switch out" some of the tests he set up for me on my plan with other ones that I would prefer taking but I just don't know what tests will transfer. I am really afraid of taking tests that I don't need and wasting time.
If anyone could help me figure out what tests to take or even figure out how to know if a test will work I would appreciate it. I've spent a lot of time on the Excelsior website trying to figure it out but I'm having a difficult time with it.
Thanks everyone

[jsd]

Can you post the degree plan he gave you along with any credits you already have under your belt?

[gremlinbrawler]

I'll send the plan to you in a private message if that's okay? Because I payed for it I wouldn't want other people to be able to steal it because that would't be too fair to Jay Cross.

But the credits I already have are - 43
and the tests/classes were:
Classes:
French 101 - 5 credits in class
French 102 - 5 credits in class
Western Civilization I - 3 credits in class
Tests:
Intro to Psychology CLEP - 3
Intro to Sociology CLEP - 3
Business Law CLEP - 3
Info Systems CLEP - 3
Management CLEP - 3
Marketing CLEP - 3
Environment and Humanity DSST - 3
Substance Abuse DSST - 3
Organizational Behavior UXCEL - 3
Human Recourse Management UEXCEL - 3

Thanks so much for your help

[gremlinbrawler]

And here is a list of some tests that look easy/interesting to me that I would like to take if they could fit in to my plan -
CLEP:
Intro to Educational Psychology
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
Human Growth and Development
Humanities
Social Sciences and History
Natural Sciences
American Literature
English Literature

DSST:
Principles of Supervision
Fundamentals of Counseling
Introduction to Business
Lifespan Development Psychology
Intro to Law Enforcement
Foundations of Education
Introduction to World Religions
Astronomy
Criminal Justice - Upper Level?
Principles of Public Speaking
Here's to Your Health - UL
Business Ethics and Society - UL
Management and Info Systems - UL

UEXCEL (business courses) :
Business Ethics
Labor Relations
Management
Marketing
Workplace Communications with computers

TECP (business) :
Business in Society
Strategic Management
Managerial Communications
Marketing Communications
Advertising

[jsd]

To be honest, anything you paid for by Jay Cross is already freely available here.

[gremlinbrawler]

The ones in gray are the ones that I have already taken and the ones in light blue are the ones I want to swap out if possible.

[jsd]

Are you set on Excelsior? TESU would likely be much cheaper. I have a feeling dfrecore is going to provide you a great TESU plan soon that will save you big.

[gremlinbrawler]

I'm not necessarily set on Excelsior but I would definitely want to know all of the pros and cons to each before deciding not just cost.

[jsd]

The Big 3 (TESU, Excelsior, and Charter Oak) are all very similar. Mainly, they all have a very liberal credit transfer policy. TESU and COSC are public, non-profit state schools, Thomas Edison having the benefit of "University" (as opposed to college) status -- though that doesn't mean much aside from a better name. Excelsior is also non-profit, but they are a private school. TESU is generally much cheaper than Excelsior, with COSC not too far behind TESU at this point.

TESU appears to be better represented on these forums, and building a degree plan for TESU is generally easier for us as it's a little clearer how things transfer to TESU (as opposed to Excelsior) based on our collective knowledge.

[gremlinbrawler]

Thanks that's helpful to know. I was reading some other forums and I noticed that some people apply to both and then decide from there where to go based off of how many of their current credits transferred so I might do that.