Excelsior UL credit

[irnbru]

hi,
I just switched my degree plan from Liberal Arts to BA in Psychology. I need to take Biopsychology/Physiological Psychology and History of Psychological Foundations. they are both UL credits and are offered at Excelsior Online for 15 weeks. Has any one found a shorter alternative who have completed this degree? I searched the forum and asked the Excelsior advisor, but they stated they can't offer a suggestion. I thought they used to do this. Any suggestions?

Unfortunately, my first instinct is to recommend biting the bullet and taking these courses through EC. At 15 weeks and with content overlap you'd certainly be sitting in a good place to both pass and pass well these courses. But, that's not what you asked for.

The 'History of Psychological Foundations' course is also widely known as 'History and Systems'. Sometimes this is used as a captstone-style course for psychology major programmes but is also offered at lower level by a lot of institutions, e.g. BYU. Doing a google for 'psychology "history and systems" distance', throws up quite a few online courses, but most are scheduled for Fall 2012 running 12 weeks+.

Andrews University partner Oakwood University offers an upper level, paper-correspondence, self-paced, 3-credit course in History and Systems:

Psychology/Behavioral Sciences :: Andrews University

It's $345/cr, so on par with EC. Both Andrews and Oakwood are regionally accredited, so this should be acceptable at EC.

IMHO, I'd still recommend doing the courses with EC.

Good luck!