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Depths at Excelsior? - TMW2010 - 07-30-2010
I was informed by one of the advisers (Jodi) in response to my inquiry that Statistics does not fall under the math cap of 3 classes.
Depths at Excelsior? - NAP - 07-30-2010
That was fast! This agrees with what I was told about Stats and the 3 courses below calculus policy (called the Math Restriction).
Depths at Excelsior? - irnbru - 08-01-2010
To add to the great information from NAP and TMW2010 on depths which can be tested out.
For the BA/BS in Liberal Arts an arts depth in Literature could be:
CLEP English or American Literature 6cr LL
ECE American Dream 6cr UL
This might qualify for an even more specific depth of 'American Literature'. ECE's 'Arts and Sciences Examinations' description page classifies American Dream as 'Literature in English'. This is in addition to it being listed as Social Sciences/History, Humanities and Political Science.
Is it possible that this could be extended to an Area of Focus in Literature? (21 credits of which 6 credits must be upper level)
CLEP Analysing and Interpreting Literature 6cr LL
CLEP English Literature 6cr LL
CLEP American Literature 6cr LL
ECE American Dream 6cr UL
Edit: Having spent the past while looking for feedback regarding the ECE American Dream exam, it appears that it is probably not worth it. According to past feedback on the forum, it's an essay-based exam which requires an enormous amount of preparation, is somewhat ambiguous in its direction and requires a couple of months to be marked up and a grade returned. For 6 UL credits and a good chance of taking a hit to any GPA, the consensus is that there are better exams to take out there with respect to risk*effort*time -> reward.
Depths at Excelsior? - TMW2010 - 08-02-2010
One thing I noticed being tossed around is - Intro Stat's - 3 UL credits
We may want to be careful with this one... Remember at EC anything with the word 'Intro' in the title is supposively counted as a lower level class and in theory will not be granted UL credit -p21 in the Liberal Arts catalog (or pg 25 if you're looking at the PDF.)
While some people may have gotten UL credit for this in the past, others may not. Best bet is to go through VIA ALEKs if you're doing it for intro stats and as soon as ACE gets your credit, get either business or Stats for Behavioral Sciences done asap. The credit will duplicate, but its generally worth it to make sure you're getting that UL credit instead of LL credit for a Intro class.