Questions about Excelsior BSLA

[lonelySamurai]

I want to get my BSLA at Excelsior, here is what I have so far from sophia and one class from SNHU. Where could I get my UL, without writing papers and what other classes would you recommend to satisfy my remaining LL credit without writing papers.

Sophia:
Art History l
Art History ll
Calculus l
College Algebra
Developing Effective Teams
English Comp l
Environmental Science
Financial Accounting
Intro To Business
Intro To Ethics
Intro To IT
Intro To Nutrition
Intro To Statistics
Intro To Web Development
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Project Management
US History l
US History ll
Visual Communications


SNHU: Perspectives In Humanities

[dfrecore]

I want to get my BSLA at Excelsior, here is what I have so far from sophia and one class from SNHU. Where could I get my UL, without writing papers and what other classes would you recommend to satisfy my remaining LL credit without writing papers.

Sophia:
Art History l
Art History ll
Calculus l
College Algebra
Developing Effective Teams
English Comp l
Environmental Science
Financial Accounting
Intro To Business
Intro To Ethics
Intro To IT
Intro To Nutrition
Intro To Statistics
Intro To Web Development
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Project Management
US History l
US History ll
Visual Communications


SNHU: Perspectives In Humanities

All LL can be done w/o writing papers except English Comp II - EU doesn't take exams for that requirement, so you're out of luck.

UL can be done with no papers through Coopersmith - but only certain courses are accepted as Arts & Sciences, so you need to make sure you do the right courses before you plunk down money to take them.

[lonelySamurai]

I want to get my BSLA at Excelsior, here is what I have so far from sophia and one class from SNHU. Where could I get my UL, without writing papers and what other classes would you recommend to satisfy my remaining LL credit without writing papers.

Sophia:
Art History l
Art History ll
Calculus l
College Algebra
Developing Effective Teams
English Comp l
Environmental Science
Financial Accounting
Intro To Business
Intro To Ethics
Intro To IT
Intro To Nutrition
Intro To Statistics
Intro To Web Development
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Project Management
US History l
US History ll
Visual Communications


SNHU: Perspectives In Humanities

All LL can be done w/o writing papers except English Comp II - EU doesn't take exams for that requirement, so you're out of luck.

UL can be done with no papers through Coopersmith - but only certain courses are accepted as Arts & Sciences, so you need to make sure you do the right courses before you plunk down money to take them.

Thank you, do you have any reccomendations on where else I can get LL other than sophia?

[rachel83az]

I've split your questions off into a new thread.

Study.com can be a good source of LL credits. They're more expensive than Sophia, but they have more A&S classes. Most of their LL classes require only quizzes and a final exam. A handful, including English Comp, also require assignments/essays. You need to check each class beforehand to see what it requires.

[dfrecore]

Here's where everything you've taken goes:

Written English
English Comp l

Ethics/Humanities
Intro To Ethics
Art History l
Art History ll
Perspectives In Humanities
Developing Effective Teams

SocSci/History
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
US History l
US History ll

Math/Science
Calculus l
College Algebra
Intro To Statistics
Environmental Science
Intro To Nutrition

Free Electives
Financial Accounting
Intro To Business
Intro To IT
Intro To Web Development
Project Management
Visual Communications


So you have met all of your requirements for each GE area.

For UL:
A&S (GE) - you need 21cr UL there, and 3cr will come from the Capstone, so 18cr to bring in
Free Electives - you need 9cr UL there, and 3cr will come from the Cornerstone, so 6cr to bring in.

For LL:
A&S (GE) - you need English Comp II
This will put you at 40cr taken + EC2 (3cr) = 43cr / then add the 21cr of UL = 64cr
Free Electives - you've taken 18cr / add the 9cr of UL = 27cr + Info Lit (1cr) = 28cr - so you need to take 28cr of anything EC will bring in

[lonelySamurai]

Here's where everything you've taken goes:

Written English
English Comp l

Ethics/Humanities
Intro To Ethics
Art History l
Art History ll
Perspectives In Humanities
Developing Effective Teams

SocSci/History
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
US History l
US History ll

Math/Science
Calculus l
College Algebra
Intro To Statistics
Environmental Science
Intro To Nutrition

Free Electives
Financial Accounting
Intro To Business
Intro To IT
Intro To Web Development
Project Management
Visual Communications


So you have met all of your requirements for each GE area.

For UL:
A&S (GE) - you need 21cr UL there, and 3cr will come from the Capstone, so 18cr to bring in
Free Electives - you need 9cr UL there, and 3cr will come from the Cornerstone, so 6cr to bring in.

For LL:
A&S (GE) - you need English Comp II
This will put you at 40cr taken + EC2 (3cr) = 43cr / then add the 21cr of UL = 64cr
Free Electives - you've taken 18cr / add the 9cr of UL = 27cr + Info Lit (1cr) = 28cr - so you need to take 28cr of anything EC will bring in

Thank you!

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I've split your questions off into a new thread.

Study.com can be a good source of LL credits. They're more expensive than Sophia, but they have more A&S classes. Most of their LL classes require only quizzes and a final exam. A handful, including English Comp, also require assignments/essays. You need to check each class beforehand to see what it requires.

Do you know which LL courses I could take from SDC that wouldn't duplicate my ones from sophia?

[bjcheung77]

@lonelySamurai, I recommend creating a spreadsheet template of the requirements for reference and tracking purposes, you can then link us to your onedrive or google drive (make it viewable, not editable). I also recommend completing a few more courses on Sophia.org as they're the best option for your general education (English Comp II) and your remaining lower level electives. You can review the Sophia.org WIKI and see which courses you haven't taken yet. Link: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/So...lency_List

[dfrecore]

Here's where everything you've taken goes:

Written English
English Comp l

Ethics/Humanities
Intro To Ethics
Art History l
Art History ll
Perspectives In Humanities
Developing Effective Teams

SocSci/History
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
US History l
US History ll

Math/Science
Calculus l
College Algebra
Intro To Statistics
Environmental Science
Intro To Nutrition

Free Electives
Financial Accounting
Intro To Business
Intro To IT
Intro To Web Development
Project Management
Visual Communications


So you have met all of your requirements for each GE area.

For UL:
A&S (GE) - you need 21cr UL there, and 3cr will come from the Capstone, so 18cr to bring in
Free Electives - you need 9cr UL there, and 3cr will come from the Cornerstone, so 6cr to bring in.

For LL:
A&S (GE) - you need English Comp II
This will put you at 40cr taken + EC2 (3cr) = 43cr / then add the 21cr of UL = 64cr
Free Electives - you've taken 18cr / add the 9cr of UL = 27cr + Info Lit (1cr) = 28cr - so you need to take 28cr of anything EC will bring in

Thank you!

---

I've split your questions off into a new thread.

Study.com can be a good source of LL credits. They're more expensive than Sophia, but they have more A&S classes. Most of their LL classes require only quizzes and a final exam. A handful, including English Comp, also require assignments/essays. You need to check each class beforehand to see what it requires.

Do you know which LL courses I could take from SDC that wouldn't duplicate my ones from sophia?

There are literally too many to list.  It's pretty easy to figure out which duplicate what you've already taken at Sophia, so you may just want to check and see which ones you're leaning towards and then ask about those specific courses here instead.

The good thing about making the switch to SDC is that you can pick courses that have no papers.  There may be some at Sophia that don't have any papers either, I might try to do a few of those first since it's cheaper.

[lonelySamurai]

Here's where everything you've taken goes:

Written English
English Comp l

Ethics/Humanities
Intro To Ethics
Art History l
Art History ll
Perspectives In Humanities
Developing Effective Teams

SocSci/History
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
US History l
US History ll

Math/Science
Calculus l
College Algebra
Intro To Statistics
Environmental Science
Intro To Nutrition

Free Electives
Financial Accounting
Intro To Business
Intro To IT
Intro To Web Development
Project Management
Visual Communications


So you have met all of your requirements for each GE area.

For UL:
A&S (GE) - you need 21cr UL there, and 3cr will come from the Capstone, so 18cr to bring in
Free Electives - you need 9cr UL there, and 3cr will come from the Cornerstone, so 6cr to bring in.

For LL:
A&S (GE) - you need English Comp II
This will put you at 40cr taken + EC2 (3cr) = 43cr / then add the 21cr of UL = 64cr
Free Electives - you've taken 18cr / add the 9cr of UL = 27cr + Info Lit (1cr) = 28cr - so you need to take 28cr of anything EC will bring in

Thank you!

---

I've split your questions off into a new thread.

Study.com can be a good source of LL credits. They're more expensive than Sophia, but they have more A&S classes. Most of their LL classes require only quizzes and a final exam. A handful, including English Comp, also require assignments/essays. You need to check each class beforehand to see what it requires.

Do you know which LL courses I could take from SDC that wouldn't duplicate my ones from sophia?

There are literally too many to list.  It's pretty easy to figure out which duplicate what you've already taken at Sophia, so you may just want to check and see which ones you're leaning towards and then ask about those specific courses here instead.

The good thing about making the switch to SDC is that you can pick courses that have no papers.  There may be some at Sophia that don't have any papers either, I might try to do a few of those first since it's cheaper.

Thank you, I already completed all of the courses on sophia without papers. Who knows I might knock out some of these shorter essay courses on sophia.

[lonelySamurai]

I finally completed my degree from Excelsior on May 1st. I started taking Sophia classes in February 2023, then tested out at CooperSmith. After that, I finished my Cornerstone, Capstone, and Information Literacy classes at Excelsior. I also want to thank everyone on this forum who helped me achieve this goal. Thank you so much! Down below is the list of classes I completed and from where.


Sophia:
US History
US History II
Calculus I
College Algebra
Conflict Resolution
Developing Effective Teams
Eng Comp I
Eng Comp II
Environmental Science
Financial Accounting
Human Biology
Intro to Bus
Intro to Ethics
Intro to Information tech
Intro to Nutrition
Intro to Statistics
Intro to Web Dev
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Principles of finance
Project management
Visual Communications
Ancient Greek philosophers
Human Bio Lab
Intro to College Math
Intro to psych
Intro to python programming
Intro to relational databases
IT career Exploration


CooperSmith:
Sport and Exercise Psych
Drugs society and human behavior
Abnormal psych
Family therapy
Foundations of stress management
Substance abuse counseling


Study.com:
Presentation skills in the workplace (forgot about this one)

Lawshelf:
Administrative law
Protection for employees

Excelsior:
Info lit
Cornerstone
Capstone


Also, my degree is a plain BSLA. I forgot to mention, I also had a short stint at SNHU, but they didn't count the one class I took there, which was Perspective in Humanities.