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Excelsior Official review/plan - feedback will be appreciated. - jec959 - 09-27-2007
Finally got the official review from excelsior there was some hold up due to the whole test center server crash and losing the results to my principles of marketing which I did get credit for with the letter from collegeboard and my grade results by the way. Here it is I have 99 credits granted. This is what I have left.
at least 18.00 credits in arts & sciences to include:
- College Algebra, at the level of precalculus (or higher) - almost finished with Penn Foster
- Statistics - Approved to take from Penn Foster
Ethics Requirement - Apparently they couldn't tell from the write up if this if it would work for business ethics on my Ethics in Information systems course so credit toward humanities and I still need the business ethics requirement. Since I don't need upper level will take DSST - ethics in america
Business Component
You need:
- Introduction to Accounting I (Financial) (mine was older than 20 years and didn't count) plan to clep this
- Introduction to Accounting II (Managerial) (mine was older than 20 years and didn't count approved to take from Penn Foster )
- Business Law- (mine was older than 20 years and didn't count)
plan to clep this
- Managerial Finance or Financial Management
BUS*350 PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE - Just finished the course waiting for the proctor package to take the final
- Production/Operations Management - Approved to take from CSU - peublo
- Business Policy*** I may take this with Excelsior haven't decided yet.
BUS*495 BUSINESS STRATEGY - where are other people taking it or is the tecep exam do-able.
So I need more than I thought but hey I am still almost there. For the last of the arts/sciences I thought I would take intro to psych, world religions, and american literature. Unless someone can suggest easier/faster ones.
Excelsior Official review/plan - feedback will be appreciated. - CDM - 09-27-2007
Sounds good to me! You ARE almost there!!
Couple things: Why not take the DANTEs Statistics test?
I'm not sure if these would work, but the Humanties and the Social Science and History are pretty easy. (6 credits each)
Excelsior Official review/plan - feedback will be appreciated. - Kiwi Lover - 09-27-2007
Quote:[Business Component
You need:
- Introduction to Accounting I (Financial) (mine was older than 20 years and didn't count) plan to clep this
- Introduction to Accounting II (Managerial) (mine was older than 20 years and didn't count approved to take from Penn Foster )
- Business Policy*** I may take this with Excelsior haven't decided yet.
BUS*495 BUSINESS STRATEGY - where are other people taking it or is the tecep exam do-able.
Judy,
Any chance you work in the accounting field now?? I took those two accounting courses over 20 years ago as well, but I was able to successfully challenge Excelsior to accept those credits. I wrote to the Dean and sent him my resume and current job description (working as an accountant for years), and this clearly showed him that I obviously hadn't forgotten what I learned "way back when". So if you or anyone else here has a similar situation...go for it!
As for Business Policy, I highly recommend you take the TECEP exam as it will be a LOT less work IMHO. Yes, it is a bit of a pain getting it all set up with TESC and it's definitely not cheap ($450), but I personally think it would still be worth it.
JoAnne
Excelsior Official review/plan - feedback will be appreciated. - jec959 - 09-28-2007
I have not worked in the accounting field I finished up my A.S. and happily spent the next years working in IT, so I can't argue the credits are to old. Thanks for the input. I am a math phobic and figured I would just keep putting of the statistics test so by taking it as a course I have to do it. As you can see I have procrastinated on any math course.
I will look at the specific exam threads on the business strategy course, if I try to take it as a semester course I may not get finished up by the end of my year, it is going to be challenging as it is with the extra requirements I have now. Although I may try the csu peublo course as it is similar in price to the tecep exam anyone have any feedback on that one?